Death Toll Reaches 36 İn Turkey's Kobani Protests

Kurdish fighters held the northern Syrian border town of Kobani, assisted kobani,kobane,protest by coalition air strikes, against a continuing assault by Isis fighters. The limited results show the central weakness of the campaign: There is only so much that can be done from the air to defeat an extremist force that has swept over much of Iraq and Syria. The Islamic State fighters have proven elusive and flexible, able to reorganize to minimize the blows. And more importantly, there are almost no allied forces on the ground able to capitalize on the airstrikes and wrest back territory from the militants. Deilar Kanj Khamis, better known by her military name Arin Mirkan, had stayed behind as Kurdish forces withdrew and mingled with the attackers before detonating explosives. The fighting continued on Tuesday as journalists over the Turkish border reported hearing gunfire and bombing by American fighter jets. And in Germany, more than 20,000 Kurdish immigrants undertook a demonstration in the western city of Duesseldorf.

Coalition planes made at least two sorties over Kobani as Isis advanced from the southwest. Kurds say air strikes are not enough and they are outgunned by militants who have have heavy weapons. Kurdish fighters have ordered kobani,kobane,protest civilians to evacuate, after the jihadists planted their black flags in the eastern part of the city. The demonstration later became heated when the angry protesters clashed with the police force security cordons. The leader of the PYD (a Syrian Kurdish party), Salih Muslim, is reported to have met officials from Turkish military intelligence to plead for aid but was told this would only be available if the Syrian Kurds abandoned their claim for self-determination, gave up their self-governing cantons, and agreed to a Turkish buffer zone inside Syria. Mr Muslim turned down the demands and returned to Kobani. Capturing Kobani would give Isis a direct link between its positions in the Syrian province of Aleppo and its stronghold of Raqqa to the east. It would crush a lingering pocket of resistance and give the group full control of a large stretch of the Turkish-Syrian border. In a graphic illustration of the domestic and regional impact of the deepening crisis, demonstrations turned violent and Turkish police used teargas and water cannon. In the Beyoglu district of central Istanbul, police clashed with masked protesters who sealed off the area with barricades. In Istanbul's suburban district of Kucukcekmece, pro-Kurdish protesters set fire to a truck belonging to the city authorities and hurled petrol bombs which damaged nearby shops. Clashes also took place at protests in the western cities of Ankara and Istanbul. Curfews were imposed in five Turkish provinces. In contrast, this younger generation sees Isis as a force that refuses to compromise with anyone- including even fellow Islamist groups. Young Pakistani fighters have also been impressed by Isis because of its military success, its unilateral declaration of a caliphate, and its commitment to killing Shias and other minorities. Trademark and Copyright 2014 Cable News Network , Inc., a Time Warner Company. All rights reserved. Reports of two coalition air strikes around Kobani late Tuesday followed a Pentagon announcement of five such strikes during the day. The US and Turkey stepped up talks involving secretary of state John Kerry, foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu kobani,kobane,protest and others about a larger role” for Turkey in fighting Isis, the US said. Syrian President Bashar Assad has four secret chemical weapons facilities and used chemical weapons as recently as August, according to a UN briefing. A 25-year-old protester was reported killed Tuesday in the town of Varto. The private Dogan news agency said he was killed by gunfire, while the state-run Anadolu Agency reported that he was hit by a kobani,kobane,protest gas canister. The pro-Kurdish Firat news agency also reported the death. US air strikes have hit Isis targets near the town in recent days but do not appear to have stopped the militants' advance.