Fighters of the Islamic State (ISIL) last night launched a new attack from all directions on the Syrian border town of Kobani, a few hours after it was announced that weapons had been delivered to the Kurds.
Jihadists have launched an "attack on the city from all fronts," said the director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Rami Abdel Rahman, AFP reported.
A local network of activists reported that there was heavy fighting and that shells were heard in the city of Kobani in the evening, and two suicide attacks were registered north of the city, with the apparent intention of cutting the city off from Turkey, according to the French agency.
ISIL fighters asked for reinforcements from the town of Jarabulus west of Kobana, and activists report that they have launched another front in Iraq, with an attack on the Kurdish town of Kana Tapa where at least 10 people were killed and the population began to flee, half of the town's approximately 9.000 inhabitants. there is.
AFP estimates that ISIL fighters have renewed fighting due to increased activity on the diplomatic front, increased airstrikes on Kurdish Kobane and the involvement of Turkey, which stated that it would "help by supporting the Iraqi Kurds", while US Secretary of State John Kerry stated that "it is not morally turn their backs on the Kurdish community fighting against (fighters) ISIL".
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