... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund...
crossed into Syria from Turkey on Wednesday to join Kurdish fighters defending the border town of Kobani against Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
jihadists, a local Turkish official said.
The official, who asked not to be named, said 150 FSA fighters crossed overnight in several buses.
The Britannia-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, confirmed the information but put the number at 50 fighters.
The pro-Kurdish Firat news agency said the FSA fighters had crossed in eight vehicles at the Mursitpinar border crossing.
There was no confirmation on the deployment from officials in Ankara and it was not clear where the FSA fighters had come from originally.
Turkey, which has called for the ousting of
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
Terror of Aleppo ...
as the sole viable solution to the Syrian conflict, is a strong supporter of the FSA.
Meanwhile,
...back at the saloon, Butch got the bill for the damage caused by the fist fight, the mirror broken in the shootout, and drinks for everyone......
Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters who arrived in Turkey overnight were still on Turkish territory on Wednesday and awaiting their transfer to join the fight for Kobani.
One contingent which arrived in the southern Turkish city of Sanliurfa by air overnight were at
Another group carrying heavy weaponry crossed into Turkey from Iraq by land in the early hours of the morning via the Habur border crossing, an AFP correspondent on the border reported.
"They (the air contingent) are waiting for the land contingent to arrive, so that they will cross together depending on the situation," the local official said.
Those who arrived by land, many flashing V for victory signs, crossed into Turkey by road to a euphoric welcome from local Turkish Kurds who waved Kurdish flags and cheered the fighters from road bridges, an AFP photographer reported.