Iraqi Kurds Set to Reinforce Kobani as Turkey Relents
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Iraqi Kurdish fighters are set to reinforce the defense of Kobani, the Syrian town besieged by Islamic State, after Turkey agreed to let them transit its territory.
It wasn’t immediately clear when the fighters, known as Peshmerga, would arrive or how many would cross the border. A small group may be deployed “within a few days,” Erbil-based Rudaw News Agency reported, citing Fuad Hussein, chief of staff to the president of the Kurdistan Regional Government, as saying. Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said yesterday that talks were continuing on the arrangements.