ISIS raised their flag over a building in the outskirts of the town yesterday morning following an assault lasting almost three weeks, amid fears the town could fall to the jihadists within hours.Kobane is just six miles from the Turkish border - the gateway into Europe - and the NATO member country has already called on the international alliance to provide military assistance in the event that ISIS fighters breach the border.  Despite the symbolic raising of the flag, the town's brave Kurdish defenders earlier claimed that the terrorists had not reached the city centre and would not be allowed to do so 'for as long as we live'. But ISIS are believed to have now taken the town's industrial zone in the east - as hundreds of civilians flee to the Turkish border.Meanwhile, Turkish tanks were massing across the hillsides just miles away, with soldiers standing atop ready to fire. Turkey has announced that NATO has drawn up a strategy to defend the country if it is attacked along its border with Syria, ABC News reports.Defense Minister Ismet Yilmaz yesterday said that NATO had done this at Turkey's request, adding: 'If there is an attack, NATO's joint defence mechanism will be activated.'NATO's Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg also spoke yesterday, claiming that the alliance had 'deployed Patriot missiles in Turkey to enhance and strengthen' the country's air defence.He added: 'The main responsibility for NATO is to protect all allied countries. Turkey is a NATO ally and our main responsibility is to protect the integrity, the borders of Turkey,' NBC News reports. Local sources inside Kobane confirmed the group had planted its flag but said that Kurdish forces had repelled their advances so far. At least 20 ISIS militants have so far been killed in their assault on the city yesterday - following the deaths of more than 45 fighters on each side on Sunday. (dailymail.co.uk)Bakudaily.Az