Syria says would work with any state to fight islamist militants
Doors closing for Syrians seeking refuge abroad
NGOs called on countries outside the region to provide financial support to Syria’s neighbours.
As US warplanes bomb Islamic State in parts of Syria, Assad’s military has intensified its own campaign.
Turkey has rebuffed criticism over their reluctance to do more to help Kobani’s Kurdish defenders.
The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has confirmed 815 people have been killed.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the majority of the deaths were militants from Islamic State.
Turkish and US officials said IS were on the verge of taking Kobani from its outgunned Kurdish defenders.
The coalition had conducted 21 attacks on ISIS militants near the Syrian town of Kobani.
The fighters seized more than a third of the Syrian border town of Kobani, a monitoring group said.
Kobani, a predominantly Kurdish settlement, has been surrounded by Islamic State fighters for three weeks.
The Islamic State wants to take Kobani in order to strengthen its grip on the border area.
A black flag belonging to Islamic State was visible from across the Turkish border.
The Iraqi PM said he received the information on Thursday morning from militants captured in Iraq.
A third night of US-led air strikes targeted Islamic State-controlled oil refineries in eastern Syria.
Rami Abdulrahman said it wasn't clear which countries carried out the strikes.
Israel said the aircraft crossed the battle lines of Syria’s civil war.
The US and five Arab states have launched airstrikes against ISIS targets in the City of Raqqa, Syria.
Close to a 1,000 Syrian Kurds gathered on the border seeking to cross into Turkey on Friday.
An unspecified number of planes may take part in air strikes against insurgent targets.
Western officials believe the Syrian army has been under growing strain since ISIS staged advances.