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Iraqi Kurdistan's Peshmerga forces await green light
from PYD to join Kobani defense
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September 21, 2014
ERBIL-Hewlęr, Kurdistan region 'Iraq',— The
commander of Kurdistan Region’s special Zervani
forces said that the Peshmerga are ready to join the
fight in Kobani, but that the move needs the
agreement of all parties.
“Sending Peshmerga forces to Rojava (Syrian
Kurdistan) to defend Kobani needs a political
agreement between the Kurdistan Region and the
authorities of those areas of Kurdistan,” Aziz Waisi,
the commander of the Zeravani Special Forces told
Rudaw. “Unless there is such an agreement we can’t
take any steps.”
Kurdistan Region’s Peshmerga ministry said on Friday
that they would do “all they can to assist the
people of Kobani” to halt the onslaught of the
Islamic State (IS) on the Kurdish city in northern
Syria.
However, Waisi said on Saturday that no Peshmerga
units have been sent to join the fight yet.
“We are ready to go and defend Rojava if the PYD
accepts,” said Waisi. “We cannot go there without
their approval.”
The Democratic Union Party (PYD) is the authority in
charge of Kobani and other Kurdish areas of Syria.
PYD’s armed wing—the Peoples Protection Units (YPG)—is
leading the fight against the IS militants in Kobani.
The commander of the Zeravani Forces said that
without clear coordination with the PYD, sending the
Peshmerga to Rojava would lead to tensions.
Waisi said that there is no official directive to
send forces from the Kurdistan Region to Rojava,www.Ekurd.net
but that individuals might have crossed the border
to join the fight as volunteers.
Sources close to the PYD said that hundreds of
young men from the Kurdish areas of Turkey have
joined the YPG units in the past three days for the
defense of Kobani.
A special Kurdish Relief force to combat terrorism
to enter Syrian Kurdistan Saturday, while a special
force to combat terrorism is preparing in Slęmanî
(Sulaimaniyah) to move also to enter Syrian
Kurdistan to rescue Kurds of Syrian Kurdistan from
Islamic State jihadi militants, news reported on
Saturday.
A security source
said a special anti-terrorism force according to the
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) site, move to aid
the Kurds in Syrian Kurdistan from terrorists IS
noting that this force arrived at the border area
and is ready to provide relief.
More than 60,000 Kurds from Syrian Kurdistan fleeing
advancing Islamic State jihadists have poured across
the border into Turkey since Ankara opened up its
southern frontier on Friday, the country's deputy
prime minister said.
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