"We're deeply concerned about the situation in and around the Syrian town of Kobane," Obama said after meeting commanders from a coalition of more than 20 countries fighting the IS group.
The US president, sitting next to his national security adviser Susan Rice and the US military's top officer, General Martin Dempsey, said the US government was "also focused on the fighting that is taking place in Iraq's Anbar province."
The battles in Anbar province and Kobane illustrated the threat posed by the IS group in both Iraq and Syria and "coalition air strikes will continue in both these areas," he said.
Obama said there had been some "important successes" in the campaign against IS militants, citing the successful bid to retake and hold Mosul dam in Iraq.
The coalition chiefs agreed that "this is going to be a long term campaign," he said.
"There are going to be periods of progress and setbacks," he said. But Obama added: "We are united in our goal." The effort to defeat IS was not merely a military operation and the campaign would require tackling the group's extremist ideology and its funding sources, Obama said.
The coalition would need to communicate an "alternative vision to those attracted" to the IS group, he said.
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