World Bulletin / News Desk

ISIL executed at least 23 Syrian Kurds, among them women and children, in a village south of the border town of Kobani on Thursday.

"ISIL forces shot dead at least 23 people in the Kurdish village of Barkh Butan, including women and children and residents who had taken up arms to fight," the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

ISIL launched a surprise attack on Kobani on Thursday, using at least two suicide car bombs and clashing with Kurdish forces.