ARBIL, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Iraqi peshmerga fighters left on Tuesday for the beseiged Syrian town of Kobani to help fellow Kurds in their battle against Islamic State militants, a senior Kurdish official said. Hemin Hawrami, a senior official in the Kurdistan Democratic Party, said in a tweet that peshmerga were on the move from Arbil airport to the Turkish border town of Silopi from where they will travel by land to Kobani. (Reporting by Isabel Coles; Editing by Louise Ireland)
10-30-2014, 02:14 PM
Iraqi peshmerga leave for Syrian town of Kobani -senior Kurdish official
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