Tigranes
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While we discuss this theoretical issues here, IS is gaining ground:
Islamic State fighters backed by tanks have captured during the past 24 hours, 21 Kurdish villages in Northern Iraq near the Turkish border.
According to British-based Syria Observatory for Human Rights, the militant Since Wednesday, Islamic State militants appear to have gained the upper hand in Syria's northern Kurdish region of Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab, overrunning 21 Kurdish villages, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
“This is a very important advance for them,” Rami Abdulrahman, the Observatory's founder, told Reuters.
Redur Xelil, spokesman for the main armed Kurdish group in Syria, the YPG, said Islamic State fighters had encircled Kobani.
The group was using tanks, rockets and artillery in the attack. “We call on world powers to move to halt this barbaric assault by ISIS,” he told Reuters via Skype.