ISIL seizes additional territory of Syrian town despite air strikes
Written by : Mohamed Abdel Fattah
Oct 10, 2014
Islamic State fighters seized more than a third of the Syrian border town of Kobani, a monitoring group said on Thursday.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Islamic State, which is still widely known by its former acronym of ISIS, had pushed forward on Thursday.
The US military said that US-led coalition warplanes have intensified bombing raids to push back ISIS, intent on seizing the Kurdish town of Kobane in Syria.
US Central Command, which is overseeing the air war and American forces in the Middle East, said on Wednesday,US and Jordanian aircraft conducted eight additional strikes on ISIL around Kobane, for a total of 14 coalition strikes for the day and 19 bombing raids near the town since Tuesday.
Observatory this morning said that despite overnight airstrikes, which have continued into this morning, Islamic State fighters managed to capture a police station in the east of Kobane and now control one third of the city.
Islamic State militants are now in control of one third of the besieged Syrian city of Kobane despite three days of American airstrikes.
Earlier on Wednesday, the Pentagon acknowledged that Kobane could still fall and said ISIL could seize additional territory elsewhere.
The terrorists launched a renewed assault on Kobane last night, killing dozens of Kurds who have resisted ISIS' advances into the city's suburbs over the last three weeks.
Kurdish sources inside Kobane say that the YPG (Syrian Kurdish Popular Protection Units) have advanced in the east and that a group of Free Syrian Army fighters moved behind IS lines causing heavy losses.
But the big black IS flag still flies on a small hill and a building in the far east of Kobane.
The assault has forced some 160,000 Syrians to flee and put a strain on Kurdish forces, who have struggled to hold off the extremists. Hundreds more civilians fled Kobani on Monday as the jihadists advanced, according to Observatory for Human Rights.
Kurds have expressed anger and disappointment over Ankara's policy against ISIS, accusing the government of turning a blind eye to the group and refusing to allow Turkish Kurds to cross the border and fight in Syria.
Pro-Kurdish protesters demanding Turkish intervention have clashed with police in several cities over recent days, leaving at least 19 people dead.
Meanwhile, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday that a buffer zone along the border between Syria and Turkey is worth considering ,wall street Journal reported
Kerry, appearing at the State Department with his U.K. counterpart, said a buffer zone is “worth examining, worth looking at very closely.” He added that Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan should not bear the “incredible burden” of thousands of refugees fleeing from Syria into neighboring countries.
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Friday
a no-fly zone over northeastern Syria and a buffer zone along the border between Syria and Turkey are among the options being considered by the Obama administration to protect civilians from airstrikes by the Syrian government.
Sources
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-29555999
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/09/us-mideast-crisis-idUSKCN0HX0XF20141009
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/10/us-steps-up-air-strikes-isil-syria-201410903939944707.html
Oct 10, 2014
Islamic State fighters seized more than a third of the Syrian border town of Kobani, a monitoring group said on Thursday.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Islamic State, which is still widely known by its former acronym of ISIS, had pushed forward on Thursday.
The US military said that US-led coalition warplanes have intensified bombing raids to push back ISIS, intent on seizing the Kurdish town of Kobane in Syria.
US Central Command, which is overseeing the air war and American forces in the Middle East, said on Wednesday,US and Jordanian aircraft conducted eight additional strikes on ISIL around Kobane, for a total of 14 coalition strikes for the day and 19 bombing raids near the town since Tuesday.
Observatory this morning said that despite overnight airstrikes, which have continued into this morning, Islamic State fighters managed to capture a police station in the east of Kobane and now control one third of the city.
Islamic State militants are now in control of one third of the besieged Syrian city of Kobane despite three days of American airstrikes.
Earlier on Wednesday, the Pentagon acknowledged that Kobane could still fall and said ISIL could seize additional territory elsewhere.
The terrorists launched a renewed assault on Kobane last night, killing dozens of Kurds who have resisted ISIS' advances into the city's suburbs over the last three weeks.
Kurdish sources inside Kobane say that the YPG (Syrian Kurdish Popular Protection Units) have advanced in the east and that a group of Free Syrian Army fighters moved behind IS lines causing heavy losses.
But the big black IS flag still flies on a small hill and a building in the far east of Kobane.
The assault has forced some 160,000 Syrians to flee and put a strain on Kurdish forces, who have struggled to hold off the extremists. Hundreds more civilians fled Kobani on Monday as the jihadists advanced, according to Observatory for Human Rights.
Kurds have expressed anger and disappointment over Ankara's policy against ISIS, accusing the government of turning a blind eye to the group and refusing to allow Turkish Kurds to cross the border and fight in Syria.
Pro-Kurdish protesters demanding Turkish intervention have clashed with police in several cities over recent days, leaving at least 19 people dead.
Meanwhile, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday that a buffer zone along the border between Syria and Turkey is worth considering ,wall street Journal reported
Kerry, appearing at the State Department with his U.K. counterpart, said a buffer zone is “worth examining, worth looking at very closely.” He added that Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan should not bear the “incredible burden” of thousands of refugees fleeing from Syria into neighboring countries.
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Friday
a no-fly zone over northeastern Syria and a buffer zone along the border between Syria and Turkey are among the options being considered by the Obama administration to protect civilians from airstrikes by the Syrian government.
Sources
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-29555999
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/09/us-mideast-crisis-idUSKCN0HX0XF20141009
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/10/us-steps-up-air-strikes-isil-syria-201410903939944707.html
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