Turkey: Kobani syrian town is about to fall to Islamic State jihadists hands, said Turkey’s president
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has said the besieged Syrian-Turkish border town of Kobani is about to fall into jihadist hands, as it’s in the midst of a fierce battle with Islamic State terrorists, numbering around 9,000 heavily-armed fighters.
The next 24 hours could see 5,000 people dead, according to Kurdish intelligence reports. Since the start of the advance toward the city 400 lives have already been lost.
“The problem of ISIS (Islamic State) … cannot be solved via air bombardment. Right now … Kobani is about to fall,” the Turkish president said during a visit to a camp holding Syrian refugees. “We had warned the West. We wanted three things. No-fly zone, a secure zone parallel to that, and the training of moderate Syrian rebels,” he said.
IS fighters advanced into the southwestern part of the town located on the border of Syria and Turkey. They reportedly occupied several buildings at opposite ends of the town in order to carry out attacks, according to Reuters and local border forces.
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