PHOTOS: Streets of death: Dead ISIS fighters lined up as pictures reveal scale of destruction after militants' defeat in epic battle

A Kurdish fighter points at ISIS militants laying dead on the ground in the village of Halimce, near the Syrian town of Kobane after they were apparently lined up and shot


Kurdish fighters have killed dozens of Islamic State militants in recent days as battles continue to rage around the strategic Syrian border town of Kobane. 
In one village, a Kurd was today pictured standing over the bodies of Islamic extremists after they were killed in Halimce, a village east of the town.
Around 20 jihadists also died in the hills west of Kobane days after it was recaptured following months of heavy fighting which has left the town in ruins.
Kurdish forces retook the town on January 26 in a symbolic blow to the jihadists who have seized large swathes of territory in their onslaught across Syria and Iraq. 
The bodies of around 20 Islamic extremists were rounded up days after the Kurds recaptured the strategic town of Kobane following months of heavy fighting which has left the town in ruins
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights director Rami Abdel Rahman said: 'Nineteen ISIS members were killed in fighting against the (Kurdish) People's Protection Units (YPG) in the hills surrounding Manaz to the west of Kobane.
'Another three jihadists died in fighting around villages to the east of Kobane, while the YPG also took one ISIS member prisoner,' he told AFP.  

The YPG had also recaptured five villages around Kobane this week, according to Mr Rahman, whose Britain-based group relies on a network of sources inside Syria.
But the Islamic State group still controls hundreds of villages in the area. 
'Another 350 villages remain under ISIS control,' he said, referring to settlements in the area around Kobane. One civilian was also killed.
'ISIS shelling in the western countryside of Kobane killed a civilian,' said Mr Rahman, who has repeatedly stressed that the fight for the Kobane area is far from over. 
The Kurdish People's Protection Units also recaptured five villages around Kobane this week, according to Abdel Rahman, whose British-based group relies on a network of sources inside Syria
ISIS militants lay dead on the ground in the village of Halimce, near the Syrian town of Kobane

, which is known in Arabic as Ain al-Arab, is now characterised by demolished buildings and heavily armed fighters roaming otherwise deserted, rubble-strewn streets

Musa, a 25-year-old Kurdish marksman, sits in the rubble of the Syrian town of Kobane
Musa, a 25-year-old Kurdish marksman, sits in the rubble of the Syrian town of Kobane

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