By Tom Perry and Seyhmus Cakan BEIRUT Leba**n/DIYARBAKIR
Turkey (Reuters) - A new offensive by al Qaeda offshoot the Islamic State on Kurdish-held areas of **rthern
Syria has triggered a regional call for arms
from the Kurds, and Turkish
Kurds are coming to their aid. The war in
Syria has already drawn in an array of regional players and the regional Kurdish involvement complicates an increasingly fragmented scene across
Syria and Iraq, where the Islamic state took control of large areas last month. The predominantly Kurdish city is k**wn as Kobani to the
Kurds who have controlled it since 2012, part of an expansion of their influence following the collapse of central government control that has allowed for closer ties with
Kurds across the border.
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