Kurdish fighters' success in recapturing the key Syrian town of Kobane from the Islamic State group was a "big deal," US Secretary of State John Kerry said Saturday.
Kerry, speaking during a trilateral meeting with his Mexican and Canadian counterparts in Boston, noted that IS has been "forced to acknowledge its own defeat."
The US-led coalition targeting IS meanwhile said it carried out more than 700 airstrikes since August 8 to help Kurdish fighters drive the militants from Kobane.