Daesh militiamen have been driven more than six miles from the Syrian border town of Kobane by Kurdish fighters and American bombing raids, a week after being defeated in the battle for the town, according to The Telegraph newspaper.
Monitors of the civil war and Kurdish leaders both say that Daesh is putting up little resistance as it withdraws from the town, on the Syria-Turkey border.
"Our units liberated 11 villages and two strategic hills today within the ongoing operation," a statement by the YPG, the main Syrian Kurdish militia, said.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which follows the war from London, said Daesh was now at least six miles from the town.
At the weekend, a Daesh statement admitted that it had lost the battle for Kobane and had been forced to withdraw under the pressure of continual US air strikes.
According to the Observatory, more than 1,200 Daesh fighters were killed in the battle, many from the air.
Another nine air strikes hit Daesh positions around Kobane on Sunday night and Monday, according to a Pentagon statement.
The focus on the town has been controversial for both sides.
Source: MENA