Kurdish FFs finally defeat IS in Kobane, progress also in Iraq

[Tender Branson]

Kurdish forces take control of Syrian border town of Kobane, driving out IS militants



Kurdish forces have taken full control of the Syrian border town of Kobane, driving out the last group of Islamic State (IS) fighters after nearly four months of battles.

With the backing of US-led air strikes and support from Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga forces, Syrian Kurdish (YPG) forces gained control of the town, Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

In Iraq, a senior army officer announced that Iraqi forces had also "liberated" Diyala province from the IS group.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-27/kurdish-forces-take-control-of-kobane/6047610

[Boston Bread]

Freedom fighters!

[Antonio the Sixth]

Fantastic news! The West must be ashamed of itself for not having done more to help these brave men and women.

[Mehmentum]

There isn't much good news out of Iraq and Syria these days, so I'm glad to see this.

[Cory]

Freedom fighters!

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Fantastic news! The West must be ashamed of itself for not having done more to help these brave men and women.

The West has a lot to feel ashamed of itself when it comes to the Kurds.

[Chunk Yogurt for President!]

Fantastic news! The West must be ashamed of itself for not having done more to help these brave men and women.

I strongly support the right of people in the West to volunteer to fight alongside the Kurds or to give them money.

[politicus]

Fantastic news! The West must be ashamed of itself for not having done more to help these brave men and women.

I strongly support the right of people in the West to volunteer to fight alongside the Kurds or to give them money.

Setting up something like the international brigades from the Spanish Civil War ought to be possible, but there may be too many legal restrictions. Still, it was hard back then too.