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WASHINGTON, USA – US warplanes renewed air strikes against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) jihadists near the Syrian town of Kobane, as Iraqi peshmerga soldiers prepared to reinforce their fellow Kurds in the border area, the US military said on Wednesday, October 29.
US fighter jets and bombers on Tuesday and Wednesday carried out 8 air raids near Kobane, targeting 6 vehicles, a building and several ISIS fighting positions over the past 24 hours, said the military’s Central Command, which oversees the air war in Iraq and Syria.
In Iraq, American unmanned drones and fighter jets conducted six bombing raids, including three near Sinjar in the north and three around Fallujah, west of Baghdad, Central Command said in a statement.
The latest air strikes came as heavily armed peshmerga forces were poised to cross the Turkish border into Kobane to help the local Kurdish militia that has held out against a relentless assault by ISIS militants for weeks.
Free Syrian Army rebels crossed from Turkey to Kobane earlier on Wednesday.
Under heavy pressure from the United States, Turkey announced last week it would allow fighters from Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish province to cross its territory to join the fight for Kobane.
Iraqi Kurdish officials said up to 200 fighters would be sent.
The town has become a crucial symbol in the battle against ISIS, an extremist Sunni Muslim group that has seized large parts of Syria and Iraq and declared an Islamic “caliphate.”
US forces have carried out dozens of strikes around Kobane over the past week in support of the Kurdish fighters, who hold most of the town. – Rappler.com
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