Kurdish official: ISIS and their flag gone from Kobane

KOBANE—Islamist militants have been pushed out of Kobane and fighters of the Peoples Protection Units (YPG) are now in control of the town, a Kurdish official in Kobane told Rudaw.

“There is no ISIS in Kobane now,” said Omar Alush, co-chair of the TEV-DEM movement in Kobane.

Alush said that following the recent air strikes on positions of the Islamic State (IS) militants in Kobane, the YPG managed to drive the rest of the jihadis out of town and that they are now in control.

“YPG fighters are now searching the homes for bombs and explosives that the Islamist militants might have left behind,” said Alush.

IS militants laid siege to the Kurdish town of Kobane on the Turkish-Syrian border last month, pounding the town with heavy artillery and tanks.

With support from US air strikes, the YPG held the town and eventually managed to turn the tide against the IS.

“Kobane is quiet now and the flag of ISIS is gone,” Alush maintained.

Alush said that the jihadis still hold Kani Arab and Gire Mishtanur, close to Kobane.

“Fighting is still going on between the ISIS and YPG on the eastern outskirts of the town,” he said.

Alush said that the air strikes were effective in pushing back the militants, however, he said, the coalition forces should cut off the ISIS supply route from other parts of Syria “because we have information that the group is preparing for another assault on Kobane.”

God answers prayer....the Kurds needed to put doubt into ISIS so that they aren’t so sure of themselves and as that continues then their losses become more, and then ISIS makes more mistakes and loses more often.
To God be the glory.....
Kobani needed to remain with Kurds.

Thankyou for your prayers. Unfortunately, Erdogan is a stubborn islamist mule, who continues to add fuel to fire with his Ottoman Empire ambitions. Turkey should be kicked out of NATO. And we need to rethink NATO, its members, mission & objectives.

I’d be surprised if there were Americans in Kobane coordinating with the defenders. Kurds have been successfully fighting off stronger Sunni forces than ISIS for a long time. Prior to a couple of weeks ago, it was pretty clear Obama’s pentagon and this joke of a coalition was offering only token air support while they waited for Kobane to be taken and all its occupants massacred while the killers took selfies. It took Leon Panetta blowing the whistle for the air strikes to get serious. Iraq is the only theater the brass cares about.

The Kurds in Kobane are still there and ISIS has not taken it fully so I’m sticking with prayer.

Erdogan is the Turkey Leader and he will get his just desserts soon enough. I understand now the jhadists want Jordan and Lebanon too. That would complete most of the Caliphate in ME, if those nations fail.

I know Christian Lebanese people. Yes, you’re right, they’re after other parts of the M.E., for now. In fact, there were some sporadic clashes between ISIS members, and certain Lebanese groups, including Christians, as far back as June/July this year. Remember, the Kurds warned Obama admin about ISIS as early as January this year, and said so publicly when the fighting started in Iraq in June this year.

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