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Turkey's Obstruction of Kobani's Battle Against ISIS
(New York Times) Meysa Abdo - Since Sept. 15, we, the people of the Syrian town of Kobani, have been fighting, outnumbered and outgunned, against an all-out assault by the army of the Islamic State. We are defending a democratic, secular society of Kurds, Arabs, Muslims and Christians who all face an imminent massacre. Kobani's resistance has mobilized our entire society, and many of its leaders, including myself, are women. Those of us on the front lines are well aware of the Islamic State's treatment of women. Turkey could easily have helped us by allowing access for fighters and supplies between different Syrian Kurdish areas. There is evidence that Turkish forces have allowed the Islamic State's men and equipment to move back and forth across the border. But Syrian Kurdish fighters cannot do the same.