Turkey vows support for besieged Syrian town, but ** military pledge
 

By Nick Tattersall and Selin Bucak ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey will do what it can to prevent the predominantly Kurdish town of Kobani, near its border with Syria, falling to Islamic State insurgents, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said late on Thursday, but stopped short of committing to military action. Hours before Davutoglu's comments, parliament gave the government powers to order cross-border military incursions against Islamic State, and to allow foreign coalition forces to launch similar operations from Turkish territory. "We wouldn't want Kobani to fall. ...




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