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Kurds forces head to Turkey
Kurds Forces Head to Turkey. Kurdish forces are travelling to Turkey, from where they plan to cross into Syria to battle Islamic State (IS) militants besieging the town of Kobane.
- Will take part in the war once US-led coalition has an integrated strategy, says Turkey
- ‘Only way to help Kobane is by sending some peace-oriented or moderate troops’
Iraq: Kurdish forces are travelling to Turkey, from where they plan to cross into Syria to battle Islamic State (IS) militants besieging the town of Kobane.
Officials said a plane carrying 150 Peshmerga had left Irbil. Their heavy weapons will be transported by land. Their deployment has reportedly been held up by a dispute between Turkey and the Syrian Kurdish fighters in Kobane.
US warplanes have been bombing Islamic State spositions near Kobane for weeks, but air strikes alone will not be enough to repel the insurgents, DavutoÄŸlu said.
Earlier, the Turkish prime minister rejected claims that he was not doing enough to end the jihadists' assault. "Saving Kobane, retaking Kobane and some area around Kobane from [IS], there's a need for a military operation," Ahmet Davutoglu told the BBC.
But he made clear that Turkey would only take part once the US-led coalition against IS had an "integrated strategy" that included action against the forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
He also noted that Western states were not prepared to send troops.
"The only way to help Kobane, since other countries don't want to use ground troops, is sending some peace-oriented or moderate troops to Kobane. What are they? Peshmerga... and Free Syrian Army," he added, referring to the Western-backed rebel umbrella group.
The battle for Kobane, a predominantly Kurdish town on Syria's border with Turkey, has emerged as a major test of whether the coalition's air campaign can push back IS.
Meanwhile, an Australian teenage runaway, dubbed the Ginger Jihadist by the media, has been featured in a second Islamic State propaganda video.
Australian media reported the latest YouTube video of 17-year-old Abdullah Elmir dressed in Arabic garb and clutching an assault rifle today as the Senate prepared to debate legislation that would simplify prosecuting Australian extremists who fight in the Middle East.
