Turkey doesn't want Kobani under IS control, won't send in troops either

Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct. 23 By Rufiz Hafizoglu – Trend: Turkey does not want Syrian city of Kobani to be controlled by the Islamic state (IS) militants, the Turkish newspaper Milliyet reported Oct. 23 with reference to Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu’s statement. “At the same time, Ankara will not send troops to protect the city,” he said. Davutoglu also compared Syria, including the city of Kobani, with chess pieces in the geopolitical game of the world powers. “Turkey helped the population of Kobani and the forces protecting the town by allowing the Kurdish armed units (Peshmerga) to move across the country to Syria to protect Kobani," he said. Earlier, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that Ankara has allowed the Iraqi Kurdish fighters to cross to the Kobani city from Turkey’s territory. Kurdish armed units and IS militants are fighting in Kobani where Kurds live. The city is partly controlled by the militants of the IS terrorist organization. It is reported that more than 150,000 refugees from Kobani moved to the territory of Turkey. The terrorist organization known as the ‘Islamic State’ (IS, formerly ISIL or ISIS) was created in 2003 in Iraq. Between 2004 and 2006, the organization was led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, and consisted of 11 radical Islamist groups, which had close ties to the terrorist organization Al-Qaeda. Following the start of military confrontation in Syria in 2013 between the armed opposition and the government forces, the IS penetrated the country. The organization said at the time it refuses to take the oath of Al-Qaeda and declared ‘a holy war’ against all groups in Iraq and Syria, as well as the Syrian government forces. Follow us on Twitter @TRENDNewsAgency