New group of Iraqi peshmergas enters Syrian Kurdish town
DIYARBAKIR - A second group of 150 Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga forces has entered the Syrian border town of Kobani from Turkey to replace a first group helping Kurdish forces fight off a siege by Islamic State militants, peshmerga sources said on Thursday.
"The first group has left Kobani and is en route to the airport right now," one peshmerga source told Reuters, referring to the 150 Iraqi Kurdish forces who arrived in the besieged town in early November.
The second group of peshmergas arrived in Kobani late on Tuesday, the source added.
