One site for all things Syria

seems like a good resource.

http://www.syriadeeply.org/

everyday they publish an Executive Summary:

To give you an overview of the latest news, we’ve organized the latest Syrian developments in a curated summary.

Islamic State Closes in on Kurdish Area of Syria

The AP reports that militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) are closing in on Kobani, the majority-Kurdish city on Syria's border with Turkey – an advance the wire says is thus far "unhindered" by U.S.-led airstrikes.

ISIS fighters pounded Kobani "with mortars and artillery shells, advancing within three miles of the Kurdish frontier city, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and Nawaf Khalil, a Kurdish official.

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Meanwhile, in the Guardian, Hassan Hassan writes that what strength the U.S. is taking from ISIS via its airstrikes, the group will gain in legitimacy among Syrian civilians.

"Air strikes against Isis were inevitable, as the group’s advances towards Baghdad, Erbil and northern Syria seemed irreversible by local forces. But the way the US-led coalition, which the U.K. has now joined, has conducted itself so far threatens to worsen the situation in favor of ISIS.