SMOKE AND FLAMES RISE from an Islamic State fighters’ position in the town of Kobani during airstrikes by the US led coalition seen from the outskirts of Suruc, near the Turkey-Syria border, Tuesday, Oct. 28. Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab, and its surrounding areas, has been under assault by extremists of the Islamic State group since mid-September and is being defended by Kurdish fighters.
Activists say 10 Iraqi peshmerga fighters have entered a northern Syrian border town, the first from among a group of 150 Kurdish troops on their way into the embattled Kobani.
Kobani-based activist Musrafa Bani says 10 fighters entered the town. He says the rest will follow gradually today because the border crossing point has been targeted by Islamic State fighters.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also says the first group of 10 peshmerga fighters entered Kobani around noon through the Turkey- Syria border crossing.
The mission of the peshmerga troops is to help Kurdish fighters inside Kobani try to break a siege by Islamic State militants.
The peshmerga fighters’ push into Kobani followed heavy overnight clashes as Islamic State fighters unsuccessfully tried to capture the border crossing point.
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