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Wednesday 8 October 2014
UN: World must act to prevent Kobane massacre
UN envoy Staffan de Mistura says Syrian city must
be saved from the 'rapes, massacres and horrific
violence' of ISIL.
The UN envoy for Syria has urged the
international community to act to prevent the
“rape and massacre" of Kobane, as US-led air
attacks failed to stop ISIL storming the Kurdish-
Syrian town.
Staffan de Mistura said on Tuesday that Kobane
faced horrific violence under ISIL. "The world has
seen what happens when a city is overtaken by
the terrorist group: massacres, humanitarian
tragedies, rapes, horrific violence," he said.
"The international community cannot sustain
another city falling under [ISIL]. What is needed
now is concrete action. The world - all of us - will
regret deeply if ISIL is able to take over. We need
to act now."
His comments came as ISIL continued its advance
on the city, seemingly unhindered by air attacks
by a US-led coalition. The black flag of the armed
group was raised over three districts in the east of
Kobane after fierce battles with its Syrian-Kurdish
defenders.
Al Jazeera's Yilmaz Akinci, reporting from the
nearby Turkish border, said that air strikes had hit
the centre of the city.
"About 40 minutes after the air strikes, ISIL
started to shell inside the city centre too," Akinci
said.
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human
Rights said US-led coalition is carrying out fresh
air strikes near ISIL sites in Raqqa. A former base
of the Syrian Regime 93rd brigade, which has
been turned into ISIL headquarters and is 55km
from Raqqa, has been targeted by the strikes.
Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan,
meanwhile said the city was close to capitulation
and gave warning that that the US-led air
campaign was not enough to stop ISIL.
"The terror will not be over ... unless we
cooperate for a ground operation," Erdogan said
in the eastern city of Gaziantep. "I am telling the
West - dropping bombs from the air will not
provide a solution."
Erdogan however stopped short of saying he
would send Turkish troops into Kobane. Turkey's
parliament last week authorised military action
against ISIL but it has yet to begin operations.
Taha Ozhan, a senior adviser to the Turkish prime
minister, told Al Jazeera that Turkey's main
problem was "about the regime" in Syria.
"Without considering Assad as the source of the
problem, talking about ISIL and focusing on ISIL is
just one dimension of the issue," he said.
Meanwhile, pro-Kurdish demonstrators clashed
with police on the Turkish side of the border and
in several cities, including the capital Ankara,
incensed by Turkey's inaction in the fight against
ISIL.
Nine people are now confirmed dead in violence
during the protests, at least two of those in
crossfire during a battle between pro-Kurdish
demonstrators and opponents.
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