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Monday, October 20, 2014

Turkey: Turkey confirms helping Peshmerga forces cross into Kobane

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Turkey’s foreign minister has confirmed that the country has been providing assistance to Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) Peshmerga forces to cross into the Syrian border town of Kobane in order to fight against jihadists.

“We are helping the Peshmerga cross into Kobane. Our discussions are still underway,” Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavusoglu said Oct. 20 during a joint press conference with Tunisian Foreign Minister Mongi Hamdi.

Although Çavusoglu did not elaborate on the ongoing discussions, Foreign Ministry sources confirmed that crossings of Peshmerga forces through Turkey have already begun.

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