Dramatic shift in the Turkish position due to internal protests on government inaction and support for regional fight against Isis
Turkey will allow Kurdish peshmerga forces from northern Iraq across its territory to defend Kurds in the besieged Syrian border town of Kobani, in a move that fighters say could tip a month-long battle against Islamic State (Isis) insurgents in their favour.
The announcement marked an abrupt shift from Ankara’s position of refusing to militarily help the Kurds of Kobani and came hours after the US military dropped 24 tonnes of weapons and medicines in the first supply run it had made to the besieged town in nearly five weeks of fighting.
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Weren't they already crossing the border anyway?
ReplyDeleteNo, as Turkey had refused to allow them until now.
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