"JIKA bukan Kami berbuat demikian, SIAPA lagi? 'Pejuang KURDIS Menyeludup MERENTASI Sempadan untuk MENYERTAI perjuangan KOBANI

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yaSalam - Sebagaimana pertempuran untuk Kobani terus mengamuk untuk bulan yang ke-2, pejuang Kurdis telah menghasilkan operasi penyeludupan untuk men-dapatkan diri mereka ke dalam kota itu secara tidak sah dari Turki utk berhadapan dgn militan Islam Negeri berkeliaran di bandar sempadan Syria.

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"Ketika mereka berangkat dalam misi berbahaya mereka, beberapa kilometer yang memisahkan kita dari Kobani boleh menjadi yang paling berbahaya dalam hidup mereka," RT Paula geser dalam melaporkan dari sempadan Turki-Syria.

'If we don’t, who will?' Kurdish fighters smuggled across border to join Kobani struggle

As the battle for Kobani continues to rage for a second month, Kurdish fighters have conceived a smuggling operation to get themselves into the city illegally from Turkey to confront the Islamic State militants swarming the Syrian border city.

READ MORE: Turkey wants anti-Assad army in control of Kobani – Turkish PM

“As they set off on their perilous mission, the few kilometers that separate us from Kobani could prove to be the most dangerous of their lives,” RT’s Paula Slier repor-ted from the Turkey-Syria border.

Para pejuang bergerak dengan berhati-hati, di bawah penutup malam, dan dengan beberapa pelan taktikal untuk memperbaiki potensi komplikasi dalam perjalanan tersebut.

"Jika kita tidak pergi untuk melindungi Kobani, siapa lagi?" nyata Kurdi kepada RT sebelum melintasi perbatasan secara ilegal di kawasan kegelapan malam.

"Kadang2 ia boleh mengambil masa satu hingga 2 jam, tetapi ia benar-benar ber-gantung kpd keadaan. Jika kita lihat rondaan, kami sembunyikan diri, kita tunggu sampai pagi, "Simcor Karamoch, yg mengawasi operasi penyeludupan, memberi-tahu RT.

Bandar sempadan Syria-Turki tlh dikepung oleh pejuang IS yg masih mempunyai kawalan ke atas sebahagian besar dari itu. Walau bagaimanapun, Ankara setakat ini enggan utk membiarkan para pejuang Kurdish ke Syria. Turki kini menyimpan kira2 200,000 pelarian yg telah bergerak ke arah yg berlawanan untuk melarikan diri dari konflik.

Karamoch bercakap mengenai bagaimana untuk mengatasi masalah yg meren-tasi sempadan di daerah konflik, seperti bagaimana untuk memberikan tekanan berte-rusan kepada sebuah lombong anda secara tidak sengaja menginjak.

"Apabila anda tahu sesuatu yg telah berlaku, bertanya kepada salah seorang yang lain untuk membawa sebuah batu," katanya, memberikan yang berpotensi menye-lamatkan nyawa nasihat. "Gunakan tali pinggang utk menukar batu untuk but anda, kemu-dian jalankan."

The fighters move carefully, under the cover of night, and with several tactical plans to remedy potential complications in the journey. “If we don’t go to protect Kobani, who will?” one Kurd told RT before illegally crossing the border under the cover of night.

“Sometimes it can take one to two hours, but it really depends on the situation. If we see a patrol, we hide, we wait until morning,” Simcor Karamoch, who oversees smuggling operations, told RT.

The Syria-Turkish border town has been besieged by IS fighters who still have control of large parts of it. However, Ankara has so far been reluctant to let the Kurdish fighters into Syria. Turkey is currently harboring some 200,000 refugees who have been moving in the opposite direction in order to escape the conflict.

Karamoch spoke of how to overcome the problems crossing borders in conflict zones, such as how to apply continued pressure to a mine you may have accidentally stepped on.

“When you know something has happened, ask one of the others to bring a stone," he said, imparting potentially life-saving advice. "Use a belt to swap the stone for your boot, then run.”

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Satu lagi taktik penyeludupan berpura-pura pengawal sempadan bahawa mereka cuba untuk melarikan diri Kobani jika ditangkap dalam perjalanan mereka. "Jika polis Turki melihat kami, kami katakan kami adalah dari Kobani, dan kami yang terlupa sesuatu di rumah kami dan cuba untuk sampai ke sana - Biasanya mereka mengalahkan kami dan marilah kita pergi."

"Tetapi jika ISIS menangkap kita, mereka memotong kepala kami - tidak ada soalan tentang hal itu."

Taktik yang sama berbohong tentang satu pihak sedang berusaha untuk sampai ke digunakan oleh orang-orang yang cuba untuk menyeberangi Tembok Berlin ke Barat.

Selain itu, pejuang Kurdis telah memperkenalkan sistem kata laluan untuk mem-perbaiki tersasar sempit. "kata kunci keselamatan" yang harus diulang 3 kali digu-nakan untuk mengenal pasti rakan-rakan pejuang anti-IS.

"Mereka mesti memberikan kata-kata keselamatan. Jika mereka tidak - menembak mereka, mereka boleh menjadi musuh anda, "kata Karamoch.

Pasukan yang sah juga dihantar ke kawasan tersebut untuk melawan IS militan. Pada hari Selasa, pemimpin Kurdish Syria Saleh Muslim kepada Reuters bahawa beberapa (Kurdi Iraq) kekuatan 150 peshmerga telah menyeberang ke Turki untuk akhirnya menuju ke Kobani.

Another smuggling tactic is pretending to border guards that they are trying to escape Kobani if intercepted en route. “If Turkish police see us, we say we are from Kobani, and we forgot something in our house and are trying to get to it – usually they beat us and let us go.”

“But if ISIS catches us, they cut off our heads – no question about that.”

The same tactic of lying about the side one was trying to get to was used by people attempting to cross the Berlin Wall to the West.

Additionally, Kurdish fighters have introduced a password system to remedy narrow misses. A “security word” which has to be repeated three times is used to identify fellow anti-IS fighters.

“They must give you the security word. If they don’t – shoot them, they could be your enemy,” Karamoch said.

Legitimate troops are also being sent to the region to fight IS militants. On Tuesday, Syrian Kurdish leader Saleh Moslem told Reuters that some 150 peshmerga (Kurdish-Iraqi) forces were crossing into Turkey to eventually head to Kobani.

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HIDUP atau MATI? Takdir ikon Srikandi Kurdish 'DIPANCUNG oleh ISIS' dibungkus dalam MISTERI . . .

Srikandi Kurdish yang dikenali sebagai 'Rehana' (Female Kurdish fighter known as ‘Rehana’ (Image from Twitter user/@PawanDurani)

yaSalam - Laporan tentang pemenggalan kepala seorang pahlawan Kurdis wanita muda dikenali sebagai 'Rehana' yang berjuang untuk Kobani & dilaporkan mem-bunuh banyak jihadis telah mencetuskan kontroversi. Laporan lain oleh orang-orang yang mengaku telah menghubungi dia berkata dia masih hidup.

Seorang gadis muda, memakai gigi tentera dan memegang senjata, telah menjadi sensasi di internet selepas gambar menunjukkan dia hormat kemenangan menjadi virus.

DEAD or ALIVE? Fate of iconic Kurdish female fighter ‘beheaded by ISIS’ Wrapped in MYSTERY . . .

Reports about the beheading of a young female Kurdish warrior known as ‘Rehana’ who fought for Kobani and reportedly killed scores of jihadists have sparked controversy. Other reports by people who claim to have contacted her say she is alive.

A young girl, wearing military gear and holding a gun, has become an Internet sensation after a picture of her showing a victory salute went viral.

Siyar@yabanciyork

@NYDailyNews: "The sharp shooter #YPG worrier #Rehana" 9:01 PM - 28 Oct 2014

Foto itu disiarkan di Twitter oleh wartawan Kurdi Pawan Durani dengan judul bertuliskan: "Rehana telah membunuh lebih daripada 100 pengganas ISIS di Kobani".

Pada 26 Oktober, penyokong Rehana itu terkejut dengan laporan "yang belum disahkan" mendakwa bahawa dia telah diculik atau dilaksanakan oleh jihadis Negara Islam, yang mungkin telah memancungnya.

The photo was posted on Twitter by Kurdish journalist Pawan Durani with a caption reading: “Rehana has killed more than 100 ISIS terrorists in Kobani".

On October 26, Rehana’s supporters were shocked by “unconfirmed” reports claiming that she had been kidnapped or executed by Islamic State jihadists, who may have beheaded her.

PaulaSlierRT@PaulaSlier_RT

#Breaking: #ISIS claims to have beheaded young #Kurdish #heroine known as #Rehana.

7:21 PM - 28 Oct 2014

Jihadis mendakwa, menurut Mirror, yang gambar menderhaka memegang kepala terputus wanita adalah bukti bahawa "Rehana" sudah mati.

Walau bagaimanapun, wartawan KurdiRashad Abdel Qader mengaku di Twitter bahawa Rehana adalah masih hidup.

The MailOnline juga telah melaporkan bahawa Rehana memang hidup, menurut rakan-rakannya.

"Beliau adalah kawan saya dan saya mengesahkan bahawa dia masih hidup. 

Dan gambar pejuang wanita dipenggal bukan gambar Rehana ini, "akhbar itu memetik seorang wartawan yang berpangkalan di Kobani, yang juga menam-bahkan bahawa melihat Rehana meninggalkan Kobani minggu lepas.

Menurut wartawan itu, Rehana kini di Turki.

Satu lagi rakan dari prajurit wanita Kurdis juga memberitahu MailOnline bahawa mangsa dipenggal ISIS bukannya Rehana.

"Ciri-ciri wajah [kepala dalam gambar ISIS yang] tidak miliknya," seorang teman wanita kepada akhbar itu, sambil menambah bahawa nama sebenar gadis itu adalah berbeza.

Rehana adalah salah satu daripada beberapa ratus wanita yang bertempur dalam satu Batalion Wanita Bebas dikenali sebagai YPJ, berjuang untuk Peshmerga militia Kurdis.

Jihadists have claimed, according to the Mirror, that a photo of a rebel holding a woman’s severed head is evidence that "Rehana" is dead.

However, Kurdish journalist @Rashad Abdel Qader claimed on Twitter that Rehana was very much alive.

The MailOnline has also reported that Rehana is indeed alive, according to her friends.

“She is my friend and I confirm that she is alive. And the picture of beheaded female fighter is not Rehana's picture,” the newspaper cited a Kobani-based journalist, who also added that saw Rehana leaving Kobani last week.

According to the journalist, Rehana is now in Turkey.

Another friend of the Kurdish female soldier also told the MailOnline that the beheaded victim of ISIS was not Rehana.

“The facial features [of the head in the ISIS photo] are not hers,” a female friend told the newspaper, adding that the girl’s real name was different.

Rehana is one of several hundred women fighting in an Independent Women's Battalion known as the YPJ, fighting for the Kurdish Peshmerga militia.

Rashad abdelQader@RashadAbdlQader

Srikandi Kurdi #Rehana 25 tahun, pelajar Undang-undang (Program tahun ke-3). Ayah & bapa saudara adalah pejuang yang dibunuh oleh #ISIS #Kobane (The Kurdish fighter #Rehana is 25 years old, studying Law (3rd year Program). Dad & uncle fighters killed by #ISIS #Kobane)

Lebih dari 800 orang telah terkorban di Kobani sejak militan Negara Islam melancarkan serangan mereka pada pertengahan bulan September.

More than 800 people have died in Kobani since Islamic State militants launched their attack in mid-September.

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68 % PERATUS daripada Brits Mengatakan PERANG Afghanistan Adalah SIA-sia - POLLS . . .

Tentera British tiba di Kandahar pangkalan udara pada akhir operasi bagi Marin Amerika Syarikat dan pasukan tempur British di Helmand 27 Oktober 2014 (British soldiers arrive at Kandahar air base at the end of operations for U.S. Marines and British combat troops in Helmand October 27, 2014 (Reuters/Omar Sobhani)

yaSalam - Sebagai baki pasukan terakhir Britain berangkat dari Afghanistan, tin-jauan pendapat menunjukkan 68 % peratus rakyat Britain berfikir kempen keten-teraan di UK di rantau ini adalah tidak "bernilai."

42 % peratus lagi fikir Britain adalah "kurang selamat" sebagai akibat dari perang.

Kajian yang dijalankan oleh BBC, dilakukan di antara 24 Oktober dan 26 sebagai kehadiran tentera Britain di Afghanistan datang ke penghujungnya.

Operasi tempur United Kingdom tlh ditamatkan pd hari Ahad sebagai asas utama tentera United Kingdom, Kem Bastion, telah diserahkan kpd pejabat Afghanistan. Tentera Amerika dari Kem Leatherneck sebelumnya yg dikuasai juga tlh berangkat dari tanah Afghanistan, meninggalkan pasukan Afghani mengendalikan laman ini.

Jajak pendapat telefon mendedahkan hanya 14 % peratus dpd mereka yg ditinjau merasakan Britain adalah lebih selamat sebagai akibat dari campur tangan tentera Inggeris di Afghanistan, yang pertama kali dimulai pad tahun 2001. Campur tangan itu kononnya bertujuan utk menawarkan bantuan kpd Amerika Syarikat di tengah serangan-9/11.

68 percent of Brits say Afghan war was futile - poll

As Britain’s last remaining troops depart from Afghanistan, a poll indicates 68 percent of Britons think the UK’s military campaign in the region was not “worthwhile.” A further 42 percent thought Britain was “less safe” as a result of the war.

The survey, commissioned by the BBC, was carried out between October 24 and 26 as Britain’s military presence in Afghanistan came to a close.

UK combat operations were terminated on Sunday as the main UK military base, Camp Bastion, was handed over to Afghan officials. American troops from the previously US-controlled Camp Leatherneck have also departed from Afghan soil, leaving Afghani forces in control of the site.

The telephone poll revealed a mere 14 percent of those surveyed felt Britain was safer as a result of UK military intervention in Afghanistan, which first began in 2001. The intervention was supposedly aimed at offering assistance to the US in the wake of the 9/11 attacks.

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Kira-kira 39 % peratus adalah neutral mengenai kesan potensi campur tangan Inggeris di rantau ini, menunjukkan akan terdapat "tiada perbezaan sebenar," manakala 5 % peratus menolak untuk menawarkan jawapan.

Sementara itu, 24 % peratus mendakwa campur tangan tentera United Kingdom Afghanistan yang diberikan "lebih baik," dgn 25 % peratus amaran itu telah diting-galkan "lebih buruk". 44 % peratus yang berkata penyebaran pasukan Inggeris membuat perbezaan sedikit.

Mengenai persoalan bagaimana Afghanistan akan tarif jika tiada anggota tentera UK, 31 % peratus berkata mereka yakin negara itu boleh "melindungi warganya tanpa bantuan kuasa2 Inggeris." Tetapi yg melampau 64 % peratus mengatakan mereka tidak yakin kerajaan Afghanistan boleh berdiri sendiri.

Mewakili momen simbolik untuk United Kingdom, penamatan perang Britain di Afghanistan menandakan berakhirnya konflik bangsa yang paling berlarutan dlm sejarah moden. Kempen ketenteraan dianggarkan menelan belanja pembayar cukai British hampir £40 billion - £2,000 per isi rumah United Kingdom.

Pada masa ini, kira2 77 pegawai polis Afghanistan dan tentera yg terbunuh setiap minggu oleh pemberontak Taliban. Pemberontakan itu telah berlaku walaupun lebih dari satu dekad di Amerika Syarikat dan UK penglibatan tentera di rantau ini. Sekitar 450 tentera British kehilangan nyawa mereka dalam perjalanan perang.

Some 39 percent were neutral on the potential effects of UK intervention on the region, suggesting there would be “no real difference,” while 5 percent refused to offer a response.

Meanwhile, 24 percent claimed the UK military intervention rendered Afghanistan “better off,” with 25 percent warning it had been left “worse off.” 44 percent said the deployment of UK troops made little difference.

On the question of how Afghanistan would fare in the absence of UK military personnel, 31 percent said they were confident the state could “protect its citizens without the help of UK forces.” But an overwhelming 64 percent said they were not confident the Afghan government could stand alone.

Representing a symbolic moment for the UK, the termination of Britain’s war in Afghanistan signals the end of the nation’s most protracted conflict in modern history. The military campaign is estimated to have cost British tax payers almost £40 billion – £2,000 per UK household.

At present, approximately 77 Afghan police officials and soldiers are killed per week by Taliban insurgents. The insurgency has prevailed despite more than a decade of US and UK military involvement in the region. Some 450 British troops lost their lives in the course of the war.

(AFP Photo/Crown Copyright/MOD 2014/Corporal Andrew Morris)

Pengeluaran candu juga terus menuai keuntungan rekod. Sementara itu, lebih 33 % peratus daripada sekolah2 di wilayah Helmand yg tetap tertutup di tengah-tengah kebimbangan yang semakin meningkat untuk keselamatan pelajar.

berlaku ketidakstabilan

Menteri pertahanan United Kingdom Michael Fallon memberi amaran tiada jami-nan sebenar wilayah Helmand yg bermasalah pernah akan stabil. Beliau mendak-wa, bagaimanapun, campur tangan tentera di United Kingdom telah digagalkan Al-Qaeda dpd membentuk dasar yang ada yg merancang serangan pengganas.

"Kami telah memberikan Afghanistan peluang yang terbaik untuk masa depan yang lebih selamat, terutamanya melalui pengorbanan pasukan kita sendiri dan pasukan NATO yang lain dalam membina tentera Afghanistan," katanya.

Walaupun lebih 4,000 pegawai keselamatan Afghanistan tewas pada tahun 2014, hanya 5 orang pegawai British kehilangan nyawa mereka di Afghanistan selama tempoh ini.

Seorang pegawai tentera senior Afghanistan di utara Helmand memberitahu kepada ‘Times’ rantau ini masih sangat tidak stabil.

"Saya tidak faham apabila mereka berkata misi mereka selesai," katanya. "Keadaan ini adalah sama seperti sebelumnya. Musuh masih kuat."

Opium production also continues to reap record profits. Meanwhile, over 33 percent of schools in the Helmand province remain closed amid heightened fears for students’ security.

Prevailing instability

UK defense secretary Michael Fallon warned there was no real guarantee the troubled Helmand province would ever be stable. He claimed, however, the UK’s military intervention had thwarted Al-Qaeda from forming a base there from which to plan terrorist attacks.

“We have given Afghanistan the best possible chance of a safer future, primarily through the sacrifice of our own troops and other NATO troops in building up the Afghan army,” he said.

While over 4,000 Afghan security officials were killed in 2014, a mere five British officers lost their lives in Afghanistan over this period.

A senior Afghan army officer in northern Helmand told The Times the region is still highly unstable.

“I don’t understand when they say their mission is finished,” he said. “The situation is the same as before. The enemy is still strong.”

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INTEL Jerman memberi AMARAN yang ISIS boleh menembak JATUH pesawat PENUMPANG - laporan

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yaSalam - Militan Negara Islam di Iraq utara mempunyai sistem pertahanan udara moden mudah alih yang mampu menembak jatuh sebuah pesawat penumpang, akhbar Bild am Sonntag Jerman yg melaporkan memetik agensi perisikan asing di negara ini.

Menurut laporan media yang disiarkan pada hari Ahad, Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND) memaklumkan kpd Bundestag Jerman ancaman pada sesi tertutup minggu lepas.

Agensi perisikan Jerman mengatakan bahawa Negara Islam (IS, yang sebelum ini ISIS) militan yg terletak di utara Iraq telah memperoleh sistem pertahanan udara dari senjata tentera yang ditawan pd Tentera Syria, menurut laporan itu.

Militan IS telah memperoleh 1970 model serta sistem pertahanan udara manusia mudah alih moden (MANPADS). Sistem peluru berpandu permukaan-ke-udara ringan boleh dilepaskan dari bahu dan dikendalikan oleh satu orang.

"Tidak seperti senjata pertahanan udara, MANPADS adalah mudah utk digunakan, militia hampir tidak terlatih dpt senjata api yang tepat," kata laporan itu, sambil menambah bahawa senjata adalah sangat berbahaya utk mendarat atau berlepas pesawat.

Pihak berkuasa Jerman masih blm mengesahkan laporan tersebut. Beberapa sya-rikat penerbangan termasuk Austrian Airlines dan Qatar Airways, masih terbang di ruang udara di Irak utara mengawal pelampau.

GERMAN Intel WARNS ISIS Can Shoot down 
PASSENGER planes - report

Islamic State militants in northern Iraq have modern portable air defense systems that are capable of shooting down a passenger plane, Germany’s Bild am Sonntag newspaper reported citing the country’s foreign intelligence agency.

According to the media report published on Sunday, the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND) informed the German Bundestag of the threat at a closed session last week.

The German intelligence agency said that the Islamic State(IS, formerly ISIS) militants located in northern Iraq have obtained air-defense systems from the captured military arsenal of the Syrian Army, according to the report.

The IS militants have obtained the 1970s models as well as modern man-portable air defense systems (MANPADS). These light-weight surface-to-air missile systems can be fired from the shoulder and operated by one person.

“Unlike other air defense weapons, MANPADS are easy to use, barely-trained militiamen can fire the weapon accurately,” the report said, adding that the weapons are especially dangerous for landing or taking off aircrafts.

German authorities have not yet confirmed the report. Several airlines, including Austrian Airlines and Qatar Airways, still fly in the airspace over northern Iraq in control of the extremists.

(Kurdish peshmerga troops participate in an intensive security deployment against Islamic State militants in Zumar (Reuters/Ari Jalal)

Terdahulu beberapa laporan muncul mengatakan bahawa militan di wilayah itu memiliki MANPADS. Khususnya, militan anti kerajaan menyerbu pangkalan udara Tabqa di utara-tengah Syria, yang membolehkan mereka utk mengambil kawalan ke atas keseluruhan Raqqa propinsi tersebut- kini kubu IS - pada bulan Ogos. Para militan dilaporkan merampas sebuah cache dari permukaan-ke-udara peluru berpandu mudah alih disimpan di sana. Pada bulan Oktober, terdapat laporan oleh tentera Iraq yang IS pelampau telah MANPADS di gudang mereka.

Militan IS - dinilai oleh Amerika Syarikat sebagai pengganas dibiayai yang terbaik di DUNIA - telah merampas petak besar Syria dan Iraq utara dan yang mendirikan kekhalifahan memproklamirkan diri di Timur Tengah.

Sebuah koalisi pimpinan Amerika Syarikat melancarkan serangan udara menya-sarkan kedudukan militan di Syria pada bulan September. Ini serangan menyertai Amerika Syarikat operasi udara terhadap IS di Iraq yg bermula sebulan sebelum itu.

BACA lanjut: Anti-ISIS gabungan pengeboman kedudukan pengganas di Iraq dan Syria LIVE TERKINI READ MORE: Anti-ISIS coalition bombing terrorist positions in Iraq and Syria LIVE UPDATES

Pada hari Ahad, tentera & pasangan negara bagian Amerika Syarikat menjalankan 12 serangan udara ke atas kedudukan IS di Iraq, kata Komando Pusat Amerika Syarikat. 5 serangan udara berasingan tlh dilakukan oleh tentera Amerika Syarikat terhadap sasaran IS di Syria di bandar Kobani, kata pegawai Amerika Syarikat.

BACA lagi: Kurdish, tentera Iraq sehingga ante dalam memerangi ISIS sebagai serangan udara pimpinan terus Amerika Syarikat READ MORE: Kurdish, Iraqi troops up ante in fight against ISIS as US-led airstrikes continue

Earlier several reports emerged saying that the militants in the region were in possession of MANPADs. In particular, the anti-government militants stormed the Tabqa air base in north-central Syria, which enabled them to take control of the whole Raqqa province– currently an IS stronghold - in August. The militants reportedly seized a cache of the portable surface-to-air missiles stored there. In October, there were reports by the Iraqi military that IS extremists had MANPADs in their arsenal.

The IS militants - assessed by the US as the best-funded terrorists in the world - have seized large swaths of Syria and northern Iraq and established a self-proclaimed caliphate in the Middle East.

A US-led coalition launched airstrikes targeting the militants’ positions in Syria in September. These strikes joined US air operations against the IS in Iraq which began a month earlier.

READ MORE: Anti-ISIS coalition bombing terrorist positions in Iraq and Syria LIVE UPDATES 

On Sunday, the US military and partner states conducted 12 airstrikes on the IS positions in Iraq, the US Central Command said. Five separate airstrikes were conducted by the US military against IS targets in Syria in the city of Kobani, US officials added.

READ MORE: Kurdish, Iraqi troops up ante in fight against ISIS as US-led airstrikes continue

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