MESOP FACING KOBANE : Kobani May Soon Fall

29.09.2014 – Diyako Morad – BasNews, Syria – Following sustained attacks by Islamic State (IS) militants on the Kurdish city of Kobani in Syrian Kurdistan, the fall of the city is getting closer. A source from Kobani has told BasNews that there are only two villages left between IS insurgents and Kobani.

A Kurdish journalist in Kobani, Mustafa Adib, has told BasNews, “By noon on Monday, IS insurgents had taken control of both Sheran and Kazikan villages, located to the east of Kobani and just three kilometers from the center of the city.”Adib said that People’s Protections Unit (YPG) fighters are reinforcing their bases in the center of Kobani to fight the militants. “Following the fall of Sheran and Kaziakn, there are only two villages left between Kobani and the IS militants; Dihaban and Mazraita are two kilometers from Kobani,” said Adib.

Commenting on the situation inside the city, he stated, “Kobani has been emptied of the children, women and older people who fled to Kurdish cities in Turkey.”“The Kobani people who have weapons and the ability to take up arms have gone to the front line to fight hand in hand with YPG fighters against Islamic State,” added Adib.

He said that people in Kobani continue to ask the international community and Kurdistan Region political parties to send them weapons in order to defend the city and themselves against IS militants. “They aren’t only asking for humanitarian aid, but also weapons from the international community and Kurdistan Region,” Adib said. He claimed that 10 mortars had landed in Kobani on Sunday, but the level of damage was as yet unknown. IS militants attacks on Kobani started on September 15th when they took control of 21 villages close to the city.