Turkish officials announced Monday that Turkey is helping Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga troops cross its border to join Kurdish fighters in Syria, AFP reports.
“We are assisting peshmerga forces to cross into Kobani. We have no wish at all to see Kobani fall,” said Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu.
This move is a major shift in Turkish policy, as Turkey had originally refused to allow Kurdish fighters to cross its border, according to AFP.
Turkey considers Kurdish fighters of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party to be terrorists, but generally has good relations with peshmerga troops.
