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Turkey Appears to Give In on Aid to Kurdish Fighters
After weeks of resisting any military role in the Syrian war, Turkey will allow Kurdish forces to cross its border and fight the so-called Islamic State in the besieged town of Kobane. Last night, the US dropped tons of arms, ammunition and medical supplies to the Kurds.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readAfter weeks of resisting any military role in the Syrian war, Turkey will allow Kurdish forces to cross its border and fight the so-called Islamic State in the besieged town of Kobane. Last night, the US dropped tons of arms, ammunition and medical supplies to the Kurds.
Daniel Dombey is based in Ankara, the Turkish capitol, for the Financial Times.
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