U.S.-led coalition jets
pounded Islamic State targets in Kobane on Saturday. There were a total of six
airstrikes against ISIL today. Earlier in the day the Islamic State shelled the
city’s center and hit border areas within Turkey.
YPG Kurdish fighters, with
help of U.S.-led strikes, are holding out against the Islamic State for more
than a month of valiant defense of their city. Kobane is already being compared
to Stalingrad and that city’s heroic defense against the Nazis.
ISIL’s shelling of border
areas with Turkey appears to be an attempt to cut off Kobane’s last link with
Turkey.
“They want to cut off
Kobane’s connection with the rest of the world,” said Dicle, an YPG spokesperson.
“Turkey is not allowing in fighters or weapons, but they send aid at Mursitpar
(border crossing). The Islamic State wants to destroy this gate so that we will
be completely trapped here.” (Reuters, 18 October)
Photo credit: Smoke and
flames rise over Kobane after U.S.-led airstrike against Islamic State
positions in the city. The photo is taken from Muritpinar border crossing.
(Reuters)
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