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Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga delegation back from Syria’s Kobani to Turkey

October 31, 2014 –  firat news & agencies – ekurd – MESOP  – URFA, Turkey’s Kurdish region— A delegation of 10 Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters who have crossed into Kobani in Syrian Kurdistan early Thursday have turned back to Turkey’s Suruc in the evening, Firat news reported.

“Ten Peshmerga (fighters) entered Kobani to coordinate the arrival of their comrades, who are still waiting with their weapons in Turkey,” said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Following day-long talks with Syrian Kurdish YPG/YPJ [People’s/Women’s Protection Units] commanders regarding the crossing of their forces and heavy weapons into the town, the delegation has turned back to the Çukobirlik site near the Mürşitpınar border crossing, where 150 Peshmerga fighters are still being kept waiting since their arrival Wednesday.

Turkish military and police forces have in the meantime taken intense measures in the area where the Peshmerga units are kept waiting. The monitoring group said Thursday the remaining Peshmerga fighters were expected to enter the town in Syrian Kurdistan “within hours”. But it was still unclear when the fighters would cross the Turkish border to join the fight for the Kurdish town of Kobani against Islamic State (IS) jihadists. IS fighters had also launched an assault of a northern neighbourhood overnight but were pushed back by forces from the YPG, said the Britain-based group, which relies on a broad network of activists for its reporting.