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In reply to the discussion: Everyone hates ISIS....So what do you want to do about it ? [View all]KingCharlemagne
(7,908 posts)immediately at hand to support this, my understanding was that the PKK had constituted the bulk of the resistance to ISIS at Kobani and had basically been left to sink or swim on its own, i.e., without U.S. and allied air support.
The PKK is Kurdish, thus anathema to Turkey, and Socialist, thus anathema to the capitalist West.
Can't link to the reportage that had PKK alone defending\re-taking Kobani. But here's a link to a good Wiki about PKK:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurdistan_Workers%27_Party
ETA: Thinking I might have been imagining things, I did a little backtracking and found this link from this past Monday. Turns out PKK was in coalition with YPG (a Syrian Kurdish group) and, together, the two are credited with re-taking Kobani from ISIS.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/26/kurdish-forces-take-control-kobani-syria