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Iraqi Kurds in Kobani 'temporarily'

IRBIL - The prime minister of Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region said Iraqi Kurdish forces will only stay in Syria "temporarily" as they seek to help defend the city of Kobani from militants with the Islamic State group.

 

In an interview with The Associated Press, Nechervan Barzani said the American government played a role in influencing Turkey to allow Kurdish peshmerga troops to travel by land via Turkey to Syria as the conflict between Syrian Kurdish fighters and the Islamic State group intensified in the border city. He called upon the Iraqi military to offer more support to Kurdish forces battling the extremist group inside Iraq.

 


פרסום ראשון: 11.02.14, 20:20