Islamic State Group Attacks Kobani now From 'Sometimes NATO ally' Turkey side.(ABC).
The Islamic State group launched an attack Saturday on the Syrian border town of Kobani from Turkey ? a first in the ongoing siege, a Kurdish official and activists said.
The assault began with a suicide attack by a bomber in an armored vehicle on the border crossing between Kobani and Turkey, said the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and Nawaf Khalil, a spokesman for Syria's powerful Kurdish Democratic Union Party.
The Islamic State group "used to attack the town from three sides," Khalil said. "Today, they are attacking from four sides."
Turkey, while previously backing the Syrian rebels fighting to topple President Bashar Assad in that country's civil war, has been hesitant to aid the Kobani fight over its own fears about stoking Kurdish ambitions for an independent state. Ankara had no immediate comment Saturday about Islamic State group fighters launching the assault from Turkish soil.
Associated Press journalists saw thick black smoke rise over Kobani amid the attack. The sound of heavy gunfire echoed through the surrounding hills as armored vehicles took up positions on the border. The Observatory said heavy fighting also took place southwest of the town where the Islamic State group brought in tanks to reinforce their fighters.Read the full story here.
#Kobane
Photos from inside the Turkish side of the border gate
"We must return some terrorists to where they belong" pic.twitter.com/Myxqjv4Fql
— Coldkurd™ (@ColdKurd) November 29, 2014
#ISIS attacking from the Turkish side of the border @kyaksar
#Kobane
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http://t.co/IXsg3sH8t8 pic.twitter.com/ryvoRmd7PI
— Conflict News (@rConflictNews) November 29, 2014
A #Kurdish official and activists say #IS extremists have launched an attack on #Kobani from #Turkey: @todayszamancom pic.twitter.com/raBD1t6MzD
— Kerim meresene (@meresene) November 29, 2014
A SVBIED passed the Mürşitpınar border gate before blowing up. #ISIS based at the Turkish granaries
#Kobane pic.twitter.com/zyjeQu4Rd5
— Conflict News (@rConflictNews) November 29, 2014
#Kobane theTurkish side of the border..
Turkish ambulances transported the wounded and the bodies of the #IS terrorists to Turkish hospitals
— Coldkurd™ (@ColdKurd) November 29, 2014
ISIS fighter crossing border from TURKISH side into #Kobane (near the grain silos) #TwitterKurds pic.twitter.com/Men0oSxo09
— Gilgamesh (@gilgameshh) November 29, 2014
RT @CyberActualite vanaf hier kijkt het Turkse leger toe circa 300m van grenspost 500m van graansilo pic.twitter.com/bsrzbYZX9E”
— JanLodewijk Boonstra (@JanLodewijkB) November 29, 2014
I have spend weeks on kobane border. Here is why this daesh assault would not have been possible without turkish complicity
— cahit storm (@cahitstorm) November 29, 2014
1 there is tanks everywhere around the border crossing ~1 every 50m. Approx 300m from there border there is a military campements
— cahit storm (@cahitstorm) November 29, 2014
2 there is all around kobane small turkish forts with armored vehicles roaming everytime between times. 3 there is at least 4 military check
— cahit storm (@cahitstorm) November 29, 2014
Before entering in kobane. They check everything in vehicles. 4 there is entrenched turkish soldiers everywhere in the hills around and near
— cahit storm (@cahitstorm) November 29, 2014
The road. Ask any journos, there is several hundreds turkish soldiers in a very small area. They have heavy arty aswell.
— cahit storm (@cahitstorm) November 29, 2014
An now we gonna believe that daesh could fight from hours WITHIN the turkish side with any reaction? This is pure bullshit
— cahit storm (@cahitstorm) November 29, 2014
Remember Kader Ortakaya? Shot dead by turkish army while trying to cross. turkey is the sole ally of daesh
— cahit storm (@cahitstorm) November 29, 2014
PLUS i have forget all the countryside in turkish side is held by YPG and they have checkpoints everywhere. So they have use the main road
— cahit storm (@cahitstorm) November 29, 2014
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