KRG is prepared to send more forces to Kobani if asked, says Barzani

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ARBIL, Iraq Oct 30, 2014 - 12:00 am GMT+3

The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is prepared to deploy more forces to the Syrian border town of Kobani if asked, the region's President Masoud Barzani said in a statement on Thursday.

The first 10 Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters entered Kobani through the border crossing with Turkey on Thursday, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

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