The US defence department
has said it is examining an Islamic State video appearing to show
militants in control of US weapons intended for Syrian Kurdish fighters.
Some 27 bundles containing small arms, ammunition and other weaponry were dropped on Monday for militias defending the town of Kobane from IS.
A Pentagon spokesman said the vast majority ended up in the right hands.
Kurdish forces control most of the town but IS remains a threat, he said.
Militants launched a fierce attack "on all fronts" in Kobane on Monday after two days of relative calm when the town's defenders appeared to have pushed them back.
But Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm John Kirby said IS had been kept at bay by a combination of US-led air strikes and the efforts of the Kurdish forces.
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