Syria rebels cross from Turkey to join Kobane battle
SANLIURFA (AFP) – A group of fighters from the rebel Free Syrian Army (FSA) crossed into Syria from Turkey on Wednesday to join Kurdish fighters defending the border town of Kobane against Islamic State jihadists, a local Turkish official said.The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, confirmed the information but put the number at 50 fighters.The pro-Kurdish Firat news agency said the FSA fighters had crossed in eight vehicles at the Mursitpinar border crossing.There was no confirmation on the deployment from officials in Ankara and it was not clear where the FSA fighters had come from originally.Turkey, which has called …read more
Source: Dunya TV
