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9/19/14, "Syrian Kurds, Arabs flee toward Turkey border as Islamic State advances," Washington Post, Rebecca Collard
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The
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a group based in Britain, says
tens of thousands of residents have fled their homes ahead of the
Islamic State surge, adding to the over 3 million Syrians who have
already sought refuge in neighboring countries. Turkey, which already
hosts more than 800,000 Syrian refugees, at first kept the border closed
Friday, before finally allow the flood of new refugees to enter.
The
Islamic State’s rapid advance prompted calls for international military
support, and specifically from the United States, for the Syrian
Kurdish fighters.
“We are in desperate need of the American
strikes,” said Redur Xelil, the spokesperson of the People’s Protection
Units (YPG), one of the Kurdish groups fighting the Islamists. “There is
now an international alliance under American command to fight ISIS. I
think it is time to hit them.”
The YPG forces
have been battling the Islamic State troops for more than three days in
these villages. Xelil said his fighter’s weapons are no match for the
looted American arms the militants took from fleeing Iraqi soldiers in
June.
“ISIS has highly advanced and
sophisticated American weapons. We need weapons too,” said Xelil.
“ISIS
is now aiming to take over Kobane as they aimed to take over Erbil.”"
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