IS THREAT ++++++++++ US-led forces have continued air strikes - TopicsExpress



          

IS THREAT ++++++++++ US-led forces have continued air strikes against Islamic State (IS) militants near the besieged Syrian Kurdish border town of Kobane. Earlier reports said the militants had controlled almost a third of Kobane, on the Turkish-Syrian border. Turkey has ruled out a ground operation on its own against IS in Syria. Kobane is a major prize for the jihadists, giving the IS unbroken control of a long stretch of Syrias border with Turkey. The extremists have seized large parts of Iraq and Syria, declaring an Islamic caliphate and committing widespread atrocities. Meanwhile, Obama sent retired US general and the US pointman on Iraq to Ankara to squeeze commitments from Turkey on what role it can play in the coalition.
Posted on: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 08:01:33 +0000

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