Islamic State gains spark exodus and hopes for Turkish action near border

By Ruth Pollard
Updated October 3 2014 - 1:23am, first published October 2 2014 - 9:03am

Turkey-Syria border: White smoke mushroomed towards the sky and the boom of artillery shells echoed all around as hundreds of refugees from the besieged Syrian Kurdish town of Kobane attempted to flee to safety into Turkey on Wednesday.