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...The facility was recently upgraded and expanded by Russia to provide Syria and Iran with situational awareness of the Middle East. After the upgrade, which took from January to mid-February, it reportedly covered the whole of Israel and Jordan and a large part of Saudi Arabia.[1] According to the report, the upgrade was a reaction to Iranian concern of the facility being too much focused on the Syrian Civil War, neglecting espionage on Israel. New equipment and additional personnel was thus added to the base...
And that's making it obvious that the sole reason of Iranian presence in Syria is that of 'fighting against Islamist extremism' spread by 'Jihadists pretending to be Syrian insurgents'...?

Ah well...

Back to Kobane:
YPG combatants inside Kobane run out of RPG rounds, two days ago, and that's the major reason why the Daesh managed to penetrate the southern and eastern parts of the town.

While the Daesh is claiming to have captured half of the town, the fighting is now primarily concentrated to the area around Mursitpinar border crossing.

Turkish Army units are now well positioned just a few hundreds of metres away from Kobane, on the Turkish side of the border, but not moving: Turkish government demands security guarantees from the YPG (which it considers a terrorist organization, because it's the Syrian-off-shot of the PKK), and its subjection to Turkish control, US/NATO decision to move against the Syrian regime too (not only against the Daesh), and few others. The YPG on the other side, said it would consider any Turkish incursion into Syria for hostile invasion, and fight against it. There are (unconfirmed) reports that most of Kobane wants the YPG/PYD to accept Turkish conditions, but the PKK representatives there refused to do so. With other words: Turkey is not going to do anything at all, despite its declarations it's not going to let Kobane fell (reminds me of Srebrenica and UN blue helmets in eastern Bosnia of 1994).

Although precise figures remain unknown, it's quite obvious the Daesh in Kobane has suffered extensive losses, and meanwhile had to reinforce its gangs there: Chechen unit from Islamic State reportedly fighting at Kobane.

Another Deash gang involved there should be the 'Sabri', also composed of Chechens and other Caucasians. Supposedly, this 'special forces' style of asset should have been responsible for breaching the defences of Tabqa and Base 93 too.

This morning, AJE is reporting that the YPG managed to push the Daesh away from Mishtenur Hill - supposedly thanks to a series of 'massive Allied air strikes'. Air strikes should have happened (few were flown on 5 October too, already), and they should have hit four Daesh positions south and east of the town, but their actual results remain speculative at best.

Here the CENTCOM releases for the previous two days:
CENTCOM, 5 October
In Syria, one strike northwest of Al Mayadin destroyed an ISIL bulldozer, two ISIL tanks and destroyed another ISIL vehicle. Two strikes northwest of Ar Raqqah struck a large ISIL unit and destroyed six ISIL firing positions. To conduct these strikes, the U.S. employed fighter aircraft deployed to the U.S. Central Command area of operations. All aircraft departed the strike areas safely.
CENTCOM, 6 October
In Syria, one strike destroyed an ISIL tank near Taqba Airfield west of Ar Raqqah. One strike destroyed two ISIL fighting positions south of Kobani. One strike southeast of Dayr az Zawr destroyed an ISIL tank. To conduct these strikes, the U.S. employed fighter and remotely piloted aircraft deployed to the U.S. Central Command area of operations. All aircraft departed the strike areas safely.
Although plenty of UAVs - some of them armed - have been seen (and photographed) in the Syrian skies over the last few days, this is the first official citation of their use against the Daesh in Syria.

Furthermore, Kurdpres reports that Turkey has finally left several hundreds of Kurds (and Turks?!?) to enter Kobane and go fighting the Daesh.