Kobane fighting: IS meets its match in Syrian Kurdish forces

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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-29556005

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The US military has predicted that not only Kobane, but other towns could also fall to IS.

"We don't have a willing, capable, effective partner on the ground inside Syria right now," Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm John Kirby said on Wednesday.

'Willing to help'

But Kurdish officials inside Kobane have challenged Rear Adm Kirby's claim, saying that effective airstrikes will save Kobane because there is an effective fighting force on the ground.

Asya Abdullah, a co-leader of the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) representing Syrian Kurds, told the BBC that they were ready to work with US-led coalition forces.

"We have provided coalition forces with the coordinates of IS targets on the ground and are willing to continue providing any help they will request," she said.

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1. Baghdad is also in trouble,

if you believe Twitter reports.

my prediction is that ISIS will take
over Sunni areas of Baghdad,
and cause trouble elsewhere