By 2 October, ISIL succeeded in capturing 350 Kurdish villages and towns, 39 creating a wave of some 200,000 displaced Kurds, most of whom fled across the border into Turkey Kurdish and Free Syrian Army forces, supported by American and Arab airpower, continue to defend the city against the ISIL attack as of early November.
Khamis was a member of the Women's Protection Units, a branch of the main Kurdish militia. The force has more than 10,000 female fighters who have played a major role in the battles against Isis, said Nasser Haj Mansour, a defence official in Syria's Kurdish region. We recommend Firat News , Bianet, DIHA and Rojava Report to our readers. The views and analysis provided on the Harvest blog are our own unless otherwise noted.
The terrorist organization Islamic State” (IS) has been trying to take the region and city of Kobani since the end of 2013, but it has failed due to the resistance of the Kurdish fighters from the People's Protection Units (YPG). In mid-September the Islamists started a major offensive and from 28th September they attacked the city itself. The article reveals the optimism, even the naivete, and casual attitudes of the Kurds in the face of the aggressive forces of the ISIL/ISIS.
The initial Peshmerga force is being led by Sihad Barzani, the commander of Iraq Kurdistan's artillery brigade and the brother of the Kurdistan Regional Government's President Massoud Barzani. Peshmerga sources said that the names of the soldiers, as well as a detailed list of their weapons, have been provided to both Turkey and the US. We have been striking when we can,” Dempsey told ABC News in an interview made public on Wednesday.
CNN's Phil Black reported from the Turkish-Syrian border, Laura Smith-Spark wrote and reported in London, and Ray Sanchez wrote and reported from New York. CNN's Ingrid Formanek, Barbara Starr, Jennifer Rizzo, Radina Gigova and Chelsea J. Carter contributed to this report. The New York Times reports that James Foley and other ISIS captives were tortured and starved ahead of their beheadings.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has spoken twice in recent days with his Turkish counterpart, Ahmet Davutoglu, once on Monday night and again on Tuesday morning, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki told a regular briefing. kobane news Retired General John Allen, the envoy charged by U.S. President Barack Obama with building the coalition against Islamic State, and his deputy Brett McGurk will be in Turkey later this week for talks, Psaki said.
Barack Obama is no longer cool. He is indecisive and, in the process, his ineffectiveness allows terror organizations such as the Islamic State to thrive without opposition. Bob Taylor has been traveling the world for more than 30 years as a kobane news writer and award winning television producer focusing on international events, people and cultures around the globe. This is a part of President Barack Obama's larger strategy to degrade and destroy IS wherever they are,” an official said.
Turkey has absorbed some 200,000 refugees from the Kobane area in recent weeks, but its failure to act to help protect the border town infuriated members of its own Kurdish minority, leading to riots in October in which about 40 people kobane news died. The US military said it continued to target Islamic State militants near Kobane on Thursday and Friday. It said four air strikes damaged four fighting positions used by the militant group as well as one of its buildings.
But even in Sunni areas, ISIS is having to contend with dissent. Over the past few days, the group has massacred more than 200 Sunni tribesmen from the Al Bu Nimr tribe in what is likely to be revenge for the tribe's siding with Iraqi security forces. The killings, in which the militants lined up and shot the men, suggest ISIS fighters now view them as a threat. Baharin Kandal said IS fighters had retreated from all areas, except for two pockets of resistance in the east.
A team of British special forces are believed to have prevented Kobani, on the border with neighbouring Turkey, being taken over by jihadists after joining forces with Kurdish fighters to counter the extremists. In one attack, SAS are said to have guided warplanes into an area where IS fighters gathered with US jets dropping several 500lb bombs into the area. Every time the jihadis tried a move, the guys would zap them. It was brilliant,” a US source added.
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The terrorist organization Islamic State” (IS) has been trying to take the region and city of Kobani since the end of 2013, but it has failed due to the resistance of the Kurdish fighters from the People's Protection Units (YPG). In mid-September the Islamists started a major offensive and from 28th September they attacked the city itself. The article reveals the optimism, even the naivete, and casual attitudes of the Kurds in the face of the aggressive forces of the ISIL/ISIS.
The initial Peshmerga force is being led by Sihad Barzani, the commander of Iraq Kurdistan's artillery brigade and the brother of the Kurdistan Regional Government's President Massoud Barzani. Peshmerga sources said that the names of the soldiers, as well as a detailed list of their weapons, have been provided to both Turkey and the US. We have been striking when we can,” Dempsey told ABC News in an interview made public on Wednesday.
CNN's Phil Black reported from the Turkish-Syrian border, Laura Smith-Spark wrote and reported in London, and Ray Sanchez wrote and reported from New York. CNN's Ingrid Formanek, Barbara Starr, Jennifer Rizzo, Radina Gigova and Chelsea J. Carter contributed to this report. The New York Times reports that James Foley and other ISIS captives were tortured and starved ahead of their beheadings.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has spoken twice in recent days with his Turkish counterpart, Ahmet Davutoglu, once on Monday night and again on Tuesday morning, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki told a regular briefing. kobane news Retired General John Allen, the envoy charged by U.S. President Barack Obama with building the coalition against Islamic State, and his deputy Brett McGurk will be in Turkey later this week for talks, Psaki said.
Barack Obama is no longer cool. He is indecisive and, in the process, his ineffectiveness allows terror organizations such as the Islamic State to thrive without opposition. Bob Taylor has been traveling the world for more than 30 years as a kobane news writer and award winning television producer focusing on international events, people and cultures around the globe. This is a part of President Barack Obama's larger strategy to degrade and destroy IS wherever they are,” an official said.
Turkey has absorbed some 200,000 refugees from the Kobane area in recent weeks, but its failure to act to help protect the border town infuriated members of its own Kurdish minority, leading to riots in October in which about 40 people kobane news died. The US military said it continued to target Islamic State militants near Kobane on Thursday and Friday. It said four air strikes damaged four fighting positions used by the militant group as well as one of its buildings.
But even in Sunni areas, ISIS is having to contend with dissent. Over the past few days, the group has massacred more than 200 Sunni tribesmen from the Al Bu Nimr tribe in what is likely to be revenge for the tribe's siding with Iraqi security forces. The killings, in which the militants lined up and shot the men, suggest ISIS fighters now view them as a threat. Baharin Kandal said IS fighters had retreated from all areas, except for two pockets of resistance in the east.
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