Kurdish fighters managed to regain part of the territory in the city of Kobane, which has been the target of attacks by members of the Islamic State in recent days.
As the BBC reports, the progress of the Kurdish forces was recorded after several successful airstrikes by the US Army, which forced the jihadists to retreat.
It was stated that the Kurds managed to return under their control the hill above the city called Tol Shair, which was in the hands of the Islamic State for more than ten days, and is located less than four kilometers from the Turkish border.
On the occasion of new actions against jihadists, for Tuesday US President Barak Obama announced new meetings with military leaders from more than 20 countries that have agreed to join the coalition to fight the Islamic State. On the other hand, Turkey has still not decided to enter the fight with the Islamists, but on Monday it bombed the strongholds of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, which it has considered its biggest threat for years. The final counterattack by the Kurdish army represents one of the first defeats of the jihadists, who came very close to threatening the border crossing between Turkey and Syria. However, according to estimates, the jihadists still have strong strongholds around the cities of Manbij, Raqqa, Deir al-Zour, Majadin, Abu Kamal, in Syria, while in Iraq they have captured Mount Sinjar, the areas around Kirkuk, Haditha and Fallujah, from where they are planning attacks on Baghdad.
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