A month into the ISIS push against the Kurdish border town of Kobani (Ayn al-Arab in Arabic), the Kurdish forces in the city are continuing to hold out, and have even made some progress.
Commanders of the Kurdish force say that they’ve driven ISIS out of parts of the town, and that they believe they can take back the “pockets of resistance” of the ISIS fighters elsewhere.
Exactly what’s going on the ground remains unclear, as Kurdish factions are keen to manage the narrative. People across the border in Turkey, however, reported considerable fighting is still visibly ongoing in the city.
Though when the battle for Kobani was going poorly the US insisted it was not a “priority,” the Obama Administration has launched scores of airstrikes in and around Kobani, and if the Kurds manage to expel ISIS, even temporarily, expect US officials to change their tune and tout this as a vindication of their war strategy.
ISIS has tried to take Kobani several times, unsuccessfully, and has significant reinforcements incoming. Needless to say, the battle for the town remains far from resolved.
Kobani is going to be the head quater for ISIS to have its main contact and supply route from the Turkish and NATO side, supply of weapons are mainly from Saudi arabia and jordanians regimes with hundreds of military flights landing on turkish military bases. That is to say if they can capture kobani where Kurdish fighters defeating ISIS, is a slap in the face of Turkish Erdogan regime and NATO. It is time for Obama to start support the syrian government helping them to defeat the saudis barbarians once and for all.
Since the PKK is recognized as a terrorist organization I would suggest that Obama send weapons and training to the moderate Kurds so they can fight both PKK and ISIS at the same time. Just a modest proposal…