(VOVworld) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called Tuesday for ground troops to be deployed in the Syrian border town of Kobane after his warning that Kobane teeters are on the verge of falling under the control of the Islamic State (IS). Erdogan said air strikes by the US-led international coalition were not enough to help Kurdish soldiers halt IS's advances, adding that he has already talked this with Western members of the coalition.
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| Smoke rises from the Syrian town of Kobani, seen from near the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border. (Photo: Reuters) |
Kobane town, which is densely populated by the Kurdish people, has become a hot spot of violence over the past 2 weeks as IS militants have accelerated their raids. According to local sources, IS militants have seized hundreds of villages and 3 gateways to Kobane town and forced thousands of locals to flee their homes.