Kurdish peshmerga arrive with weapons in Syria's Kobani
MURSITPINAR Turkey/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Iraqi Kurdish forces arrived in the Syrian town of Kobani with heavy weapons to help Syrian Kurds fend off attempts by Islamic State insurgents to seize the town and cement control in the Turkish border region. Syrian Kurdish fighters welcomed the fighters who are known as peshmerga or "those who defy death", and said that with the weapons they had brought with them, they could help tip the balance in a battle raging for more than 40 days. The peshmerga are expected to take part in the military action ...
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