Islamic State moves to take Syria's Kobane
Written by : Mohamed Abdel Fattah
Oct 07, 2014
Islamic State fighters have reportedly moved closer to capturing the Syrian town of Kobani, near the Turkish borders, Associated Press reported
Militants raised their flag on a building on the eastern outskirts of the Syrian border town of Kobani after an assault of almost three weeks, but the town's Kurdish defenders said they had not reached the city center on Monday.
The U.S.-led coalition has launched several airstrikes over the past two weeks near Kobani in a bid to help Kurdish forces defend the town, but have failed to interrupt the advance of Islamic State fighters closing in on a key city on the Turkish border, raising questions about the western strategy for defeating the jihadi movement.
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 Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
Syrian Kurdish fighters, among the most effective of the murderous militants' adversaries, have vowed not to abandon the predominantly Kurdish city to the cowards, According to Reuters news agency, at least 30 Kurdish fighters were killed in two suicide attacks on two checkpoints run by Kurds in Syria's northeastern city of Hasakah.
Kobane has become a crucial battleground in the international fight against ISIL fighters.
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.
last week , Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu vowed late Thursday that Ankara would do whatever it could to prevent the predominantly Kurdish town of Kobani, near its border with Syria, falling to ISIS militants.
The capture of Kobani would give ISIS control of a large swath of land bordering Turkey and eliminate a vital pocket of Kurdish resistance. It would also provide a link between the group's territory near the ancient Syrian city of Aleppo and its largest operations base at Raqqa in northeastern Syria.
The United States and five Arab allies launched an aerial campaign against the Islamic State group in Syria on Sept. 23 with the aim to push back the militant group that has declared a self-styled caliphate, or Islamic state, ruled by its brutal interpretation of Islam in territory it has seized across much of Iraq and Syria.. The U.S. has been bombing Islamic State targets in neighboring Iraq since August.
Meanwhile ,Islamic State militants beheaded British aid worker Alan Henning in a video posted last week , IS had threatened to kill the Salford taxi driver in video footage last month showing the death of Briton David Haines. Henning became the fourth Western hostage beheaded in the last six weeks by the bloodthirsty ISIS forces.
Two weeks ago ,the United Kingdom launched its first airstrikes against ISIS since parliament approved military action Friday.
British fighter planes on had launched their first airstrikes against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) positions in Iraq on Tuesday, targeting a weapon position and armed truck.
Islamic State fighters are waging a two-front war in Iraq and Syria, seeking to expand the boundaries of their newly self-declared caliphate, or Islamic state, ruled by strict Islamic law.
Sources
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/10/isil-penetrates-key-syrian-town-kobane-201410618837412383.html
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/10/07/isis-reportedly-enters-strategic-syrian-town-near-turkish-border/
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/airstrikes-hit-embattled-syria-town-26010812
Oct 07, 2014
Islamic State fighters have reportedly moved closer to capturing the Syrian town of Kobani, near the Turkish borders, Associated Press reported
Militants raised their flag on a building on the eastern outskirts of the Syrian border town of Kobani after an assault of almost three weeks, but the town's Kurdish defenders said they had not reached the city center on Monday.
The U.S.-led coalition has launched several airstrikes over the past two weeks near Kobani in a bid to help Kurdish forces defend the town, but have failed to interrupt the advance of Islamic State fighters closing in on a key city on the Turkish border, raising questions about the western strategy for defeating the jihadi movement.
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 Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
Syrian Kurdish fighters, among the most effective of the murderous militants' adversaries, have vowed not to abandon the predominantly Kurdish city to the cowards, According to Reuters news agency, at least 30 Kurdish fighters were killed in two suicide attacks on two checkpoints run by Kurds in Syria's northeastern city of Hasakah.
Kobane has become a crucial battleground in the international fight against ISIL fighters.
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.
last week , Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu vowed late Thursday that Ankara would do whatever it could to prevent the predominantly Kurdish town of Kobani, near its border with Syria, falling to ISIS militants.
The capture of Kobani would give ISIS control of a large swath of land bordering Turkey and eliminate a vital pocket of Kurdish resistance. It would also provide a link between the group's territory near the ancient Syrian city of Aleppo and its largest operations base at Raqqa in northeastern Syria.
The United States and five Arab allies launched an aerial campaign against the Islamic State group in Syria on Sept. 23 with the aim to push back the militant group that has declared a self-styled caliphate, or Islamic state, ruled by its brutal interpretation of Islam in territory it has seized across much of Iraq and Syria.. The U.S. has been bombing Islamic State targets in neighboring Iraq since August.
Meanwhile ,Islamic State militants beheaded British aid worker Alan Henning in a video posted last week , IS had threatened to kill the Salford taxi driver in video footage last month showing the death of Briton David Haines. Henning became the fourth Western hostage beheaded in the last six weeks by the bloodthirsty ISIS forces.
Two weeks ago ,the United Kingdom launched its first airstrikes against ISIS since parliament approved military action Friday.
British fighter planes on had launched their first airstrikes against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) positions in Iraq on Tuesday, targeting a weapon position and armed truck.
Islamic State fighters are waging a two-front war in Iraq and Syria, seeking to expand the boundaries of their newly self-declared caliphate, or Islamic state, ruled by strict Islamic law.
Sources
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/10/isil-penetrates-key-syrian-town-kobane-201410618837412383.html
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/10/07/isis-reportedly-enters-strategic-syrian-town-near-turkish-border/
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/airstrikes-hit-embattled-syria-town-26010812
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