Eyewitnesses speak of a lightning attack: Fighter of the “Islamic State” several villages have taken on the Syrian-Turkish border. Kurdish militiamen now hope to support the PKK.

The terrorist organization “Islamic State” is in Syria continues on the rise. The extremists have several Kurdish villages along the border with Turkey invaded and occupied.

Overall, the jihadists are according to eyewitnesses in a lightning attack have conquered 16 villages near the border town of Ain ​​al-Arab, Kobani. The area around Ain al-Arab, which is also known by its Kurdish name Kobani lies about 120 kilometers north of Rakka, the unofficial capital of the “Islamic State”.

The IS-militia attacked the villages with tanks and heavy artillery, reported local residents. Kurdish units should have resisted the attackers, on both sides were fighters were killed. Exact numbers of victims are not yet known, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

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The Kurdish fighters to Ain al-Arab called on other Kurdish parties to send military reinforcements to the area to repel the advance of IS. Among other things, asked Ocalan Iso, the deputy commander of the Kurdish units in the place, the PKK to help “in all military aspects”.

The Syrian air force bombed the city on Wednesday Bab in the northern Syrian province of Aleppo. In the attack on a crowd that had gathered in front of a bakery, to have been killed according to different specifications 15-30 people. Bab is controlled by the IS. From here, the jihadists are trying to penetrate into the 40 km distant Aleppo, which is partially partially controlled by government troops and rebels.

Also about Bab want locals first have spotted a reconnaissance drone. Already in the past week, a drone had been seen on Rakka. U.S. President Barack Obama has reconnaissance flights over Syria granted to prepare for possible air strikes against the IS.

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