Turkish intelligence coordinates Peshmerga crossing to Syria.(FactsOnTurkey).
As Peshmerga forces of the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) reportedly departed from Arbil by air on Oct. 28 for the Syrian town of Kobane to help Syrian Kurds in their battle against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Turkish intelligence agency has been commissioned to manage the crossing via Turkey.
“Forty vehicles carrying machine guns, weapons and artillery with 80 of the Peshmerga forces will head to Dohuk [province] and then cross the border today,” a Kurdish officer told AFP.
“There is now no political problem. There is no problem in the way of them crossing. They can cross at any moment,” Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu was quoted as saying by the official Anadolu Agency.
After arriving at the airport in Turkey’s southeastern province of Şanlıurfa, Peshmerga forces are expected to travel to Kobane by land, through Mürşitpınar border crossing.
The initial number of Peshmerga forces offered by the autonomous region was 2,000, but was first decreased to 200 and then 150 upon the Syrian Kurds’ request.
Their weaponry will be transferred by land through Turkey. The cargo will not include heavy weaponary like artillery batteries and tanks.
After the Turkish army stated its unwillingness to manage the Peshmerga crossing during the latest security summit, the National Intelligence Agency (MİT) has been given the responsibility, Hürriyet has learned. The Turkish army is only expected to take initiative during the crossing through the military zone on the border. Hmmm.....'Turkish intelligence'....ISIS probably got all info on the Peshmerga arrival first hand.
#PESHMERGA ARRIVE to jubilance #Turkey enables safe passage together w #YPG/#YPJ #Kurds VICTORY awaits
http://t.co/UjxFztFEDB #ISIS/#ISIL
— himelsan (@himelsan) October 28, 2014
IMAGE: Moment when #Iraq's #Peshmerga disembarked their plane in #Turkey. via @anadoluagency pic.twitter.com/jQMAcN9E5k
— Military Studies (@ArmedResearch) October 29, 2014
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