Turkey To Let Iraqi Kurds Reinforce Kobani. U.S. Continues Air Strikes And Supply Air Drops For Kurdish Forces In The City

Islamic State: Turkey To Let Iraq Kurds Join Kobane Fight -- BBC

Turkey is to allow Iraqi Kurdish fighters to cross the Syrian border to fight Islamic State (IS) militants in Kobane, in what is being seen as a policy reversal.

Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said talks on the subject were continuing.

Tens of thousands of people have fled months of fighting in Kobane between IS forces and Syrian Kurd defenders.

The announcement came shortly after the US carried out air drops of weapons to the town's Kurdish fighters.

Meanwhile the US-led coalition has carried out its first air strike of the day, on the south-west of the town, says the BBC's Kasra Naji on the Turkish border.

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