Turkey says Kurdish peshmerga fighters yet to cross to Syria

Tuesday, 21 October, 2014 , 14:15

ISTANBUL, Oct 21, 2014 (AFP) — Turkey said Tuesday that Kurdish peshmerga fighters based in Iraq have yet to cross into Syria from Turkish territory, a day after announcing it was assisting their transit to join the fight for the town of Kobane.

"The peshmerga have yet to cross from Turkey to Kobane and this issue is still being discussed," Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told NTV television, without giving further details.

Cavusoglu announced Monday that Turkey was helping the Kurdish peshmerga cross into Syria from Turkey to help Kurdish fighters battling to stop the Syrian town of Kobane falling to jihadists.