Refugees Flee Syria As ISIS Advances On Kobani

SURUC, SANLIURFA, TURKEY - SEPTEMBER 27: Kurdish people from the region gather next to the borderfence to see the fighting between the Islamic State (IS, also called ISIS and ISIL) fighters and the Protection of the Kurdish people (YPG) fighters ome hundred meters far away from the border fence in the next Syrian village on September 27, 2014 in the village Mert Ismail in south of Sanliurfa, Turkey. Islamic State (IS, also called ISIS and ISIL) fighters are reportedly advancing with heavy weaponry on the strategic Kurdish border town of Kobani (also called Ayn Al-Arab), which they have surrounded on three sides. Several hundred thousand refugees are reportedly in Kobani and aid agencies are bracing for a massive exodus into Turkey. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images)