BBC News reports: Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters have crossed the Turkish border to help defend the Syrian town of Kobane from Islamic State.
Sources inside the town told BBC Arabic the unit was heading to the frontline about 4km west of Kobane.
PHOTOS: Peshmerga fighters enter Kobani. http://t.co/aSwJknPCoe pic.twitter.com/FqbbWoZlhq
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) October 31, 2014
Source inside #Kobane tells me: "All peshmerga& heavy weapons made it from #turkey into #kobane. V. welcomed; happy atmosphere in town."
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) October 31, 2014
Source inside #Kobane: "ISIS couldn't even attack the peshmerga convoy. Coalition planes bombed ISIS heavily as convoy moved in." @akhbar
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) October 31, 2014
