Airstrikes like those that have helped slow the advance of ISIS fighters in the Syrian town of Kobani rocked the city again Saturday . A huge plume of smoke rose over the city 's center in the aftermath of an apparent airstrike that hit the area with three large blasts , according to CNN crews watching from bordering Turkey . While accounts from within the city differed , the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Syrian Kurdish forces who have retaken parts of the city fought with ISIS fighters south of the city , near the border crossing with Turkey . A fighter in Kobani who declined to be identified for security reasons said clashes also occurred in the city 's eastern neighborhoods . A civilian who similarly declined to be identified said there was no front-line fighting or shelling of the city . Kurdish and Free Syrian Army forces were fanning out across the city probing for ISIS soldiers , the fighter told CNN . Opinion : From guerrillas to conquerors : How ISIS has changed . U.S. warplanes struck only twice Friday and Saturday in Kobani , the U.S. Central Command said Saturday . Both targeted ISIS fighting positions , the military said . That 's far fewer airstrikes than in recent days -- U.S. jets flew at least 14 missions near Kobani on Thursday and Friday , according to Central Command . And although Central Command commander Gen. Lloyd Austin warned Friday that the city still could fall , ISIS militants appear to have vanished from at least portions of the city , the Kobani fighter told CNN . While the Kurdish and Free Syrian Army troops feel victorious , the fighter said they remain wary of ambushes and booby traps left behind . Opposition group : ISIS militants training to fly warplanes in Syria . The civilian who spoke to CNN said water has become an issue , with residents and fighters drawn to wells that are common for homes in the city . In other developments in the fight against ISIS : . -- At least seven civilians died in a U.S. airstrike on an ISIS-controlled oilfield near the city of Khusham , the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said . Three more died in a strike near the village of Kabiba , the group said . The U.S. Central Command said that it had bombed ISIS crude oil collecting points and refineries , including three strikes on a facility northeast of Khusham . The military statement , however , made no mention of civilian casualties . -- Airstrikes also targeted ISIS units in Iraq , destroying an armed vehicle a machine gun position , a building occupied by the group and three guard shacks near Bayji . Airstrikes near Mosul hit an ISIS building , machine gun and vehicle and three small ground units . -- Iraq 's Parliament approved the appointment of a Shiite to the job of interior minister and a Sunni as defense minister , a member of the parliament , Ali al-A'laq , told CNN . Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi had promised to fill the two vacant jobs and give one to a Shiite as part of efforts to heal sectarian divides in the country . Those divisions have been blamed , in part , for allowing ISIS to make the gains it has . The United Nations special representative in Iraq , Nicolay Mladenov , called the appointments `` another important step towards bringing the country together . '' Opinion : Will ISIS 'weaponize ' foreign fighters ?
U.S. airstrikes kill at least 10 civilians , Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says . Only two airstrikes reported in Kobani . Syrian Kurdish and Free Syrian Army forces fight ISIS in and around the city , reports say . Comment: