The fighters drove out of the heavily-guarded warehouse and headed towards the Mursitpinar border crossing to reinforce Syrian Kurds in the battle against Islamic State (IS) militants for the town, an AFP correspondent reported.

Amid jubilant scenes, the fighters were cheered by Kurds lining the road to the border. The peshmerga waved and brandished their rifles in the air, as Turkish police kept the road clear.

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