Islamic State: Turkey to let Iraq Kurds join Kobane fight

Name: Islamic State: Turkey to let Iraq Kurds join Kobane fight
Uploaded: 2014-10-20T18:36:14.000Z
Duration: 1 min 8 s
Description: Turkey has said it is helping Kurdish fighters from Iraq to cross into Syria to join the battle for the town of Kobane as the US drops aid into the Turkish town that sits on the border with Syria.

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Turkey is to allow Kurdish fighters to cross into Syria to join the battle for the town of Kobane, which has been surrounded by Islamic State militants for the past month.

The announcement came shortly after the US carried out airdrops of weapons to the town's Kurdish fighters.

Paul Adams reports

Europe

20 October 2014