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Turkey: Syrian town about to fall to jihadists

he Islamic State group is about to capture the Syrian border town of Kobani, Turkey's president said Tuesday, as outgunned Kurdish forces struggled to repel the extremists with limited aid from US-led coalition airstrikes.

 

 

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the coalition air campaign launched last month would not be enough to halt the Islamic State advance and called for greater cooperation with the Syrian opposition, which is fighting both the Islamic State and forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad.

 

"Kobani is about to fall," he told Syrian refugees in the Turkish town of Gaziantep, near the border.

 


פרסום ראשון: 10.07.14, 15:53