KURDISH NEWS UPDATE: BATTLE FOR KOBANE, 7 October 2014‏

YPG: ISIS are suffering in Kobane
7 October 2014 / Kurdish QuestionYPG (People's Defence Units) Press Centre has released a statement providing information about the ongoing clashes in the Kobanê town of West Kurdistan, Rojava, where ISIS gangs continue to suffer heavy losses despite using advanced heavy weaponry in their intensified attacks targeting the town for the last 22 days.
http://kurdishquestion.com/kurdistan/west-kurdistan/ypg-isis-are-suffering-in-kobane/270-ypg-isis-are-suffering-in-kobane.html
 
Syrian Kurds reportedly holding back Isis militants in Kobani
7 October 2014 / GuardianStreet-to-street fighting is under way in the battle for Kobani in Syria, but Kurdish fighters who live in the area have the upper hand, a resident has said.
Islamic State (Isis) fighters were moving in on Kobani’s outskirts on Tuesday after puncturing the Kurdish frontline late on Monday, but Kurdish fighters appeared to be holding the centre of the city against the advance.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/07/syrian-kurds-isis-militants-kobani
 
Hundreds from Cizre cross border, meet with YPG fighters
7 October 2014 / DicleThousands in Cizre district of Şırnak have gathered outside the DBP (Party of Democratic Regions) office and marched to the border as Kurds took to the streets across North Kurdistan in solidarity with Kobanê today.
http://www.diclehaber.com/en/news/content/view/423364?from=919196554
 
Police attack demonstrators for Kobanê in Istanbul
7 October 2014 / Kurdish InfoIstanbul police have staged brutal crackdown on demonstrators who wanted to march to the AKP office after gathering in Kadıköy district in solidarity with Kobanê and in protest against ISIS attacks.
http://www.kurdishinfo.com/police-attack-demonstrators-kobane-istanbul
 
Öcalan: We will resist to the end
7 October 2014 / ANFMehmet Öcalan conveyed the following message of the Kurdish leader after returning from the island; “Our people in Kobanê are going to resist to the end. Resistance will be manifested everywhere and every single Kurdish-populated area where ISIS is present. No concessions will ever be made to ISIS which is an artificial organisation and will also cause trouble to the states, governments and persones supporting it. Which country ever is supporting ISIS will itself be inflicted a damage. We will resist the ISIS to the end. Our people has to resist.”
http://www.kurdishinfo.com/ocalan-will-resist-end
 
Kurdish protesters gather at Heathrow Airport as anti-Isis demonstrations are held across Europe
7 October 2014 / IndependentKurdish protesters have gathered at Heathrow Airport today as anti-Isis demonstrations take place across Europe. Protesters across the continent have demanded more help for the besieged Kurdish forces struggling to hold the Syrian town of Kobani.
Demonstrators in Heathrow's Terminal Two held flags and anti-Isis placards during the demonstration.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/kurdish-protesters-gather-at-heathrow-airport-as-antiisis-demonstrations-are-held-across-europe-9779919.html

'Unite against ISIS!’ Kurds occupy London’s busiest Tube station
6 October 2014 / RTKurdish activists in London have occupied the capital’s busiest Tube station to protest against what they see as lackluster UK support for Kurdish fighters currently battling against Islamic State (IS/ISIS/ISIL) militants in Iraq.
http://rt.com/uk/193580-kurd-protest-london-isis/
 
Kurdish demonstrators occupy the European Parliament
7 October 2014 / Kurdish InfoThe European Parliament has been occupied by hundreds of Kurdish demonstrators who have been gathering in front of the Parliament since early Tuesday morning in solidarity with Kobanê and in protest against ISIS gangs.
http://www.kurdishinfo.com/kurdish-demonstrators-occupy-european-parliament
 
Kurds in Europe rise up for Kobanê
7 October 2014 / ANFTens of thousands of Kurds have poured into the streets across Turkey, Europe and the world today in solidarity with the Kobanê resistance and in protest against the ongoing intensified attacks of ISIS gangs on the besieged Kurdish town. Demonstrators demanded urgent action worldwide in support of the Kurdish forces fighting inhuman gangs affiliated to the so-called Islamic State.
http://en.firatajans.com/news/news/kurds-in-europe-rise-up-for-kobane.htm
 
UN Secretary General Calls for Action to Protect Civilians in Syria’s Ayn al-Arab
6 October 2014 / Ria NovostiUN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged "all those with the means to do so" to protect the residents of the largely Kurdish town of Ayn al-Arab in Syria amid the assault of the Islamic State(IS), the United Nations said in a press release.
http://en.ria.ru/world/20141007/193748553/UN-Secretary-General-Calls-for-Action-to-Protect-Civilians-in-Syria.html
 
Kurdistan National Congress issues an urgent call for support for Kobane
7 October 2014 / Peace inKurdistan Campaign“As we write, the terrorist organization IS is advancing in to the city of Kobane in Western Kurdistan (Northern Syria) and they have already entered some districts of the city. The Kurdish defence forces, the YPG, are heroically defending the city and civilians against the IS attacks, with very limited weapons and no technical support against IS’ advanced artillery. 
http://peaceinkurdistancampaign.com/resources/kurdish-national-congress-knk/knk-thousands-of-civilians-in-kobane-are-threatened-with-a-massacre/
 
If Kobanê falls, the US and Turkey will be to blame
4 October 2014 / RoarmagAs I write these words, Kurdish fighters are waging a heroic battle <http://roarmag.org/2014/09/kobane-rojava-is-turkey/>  to keep the strategically important city of Kobanê on the Syrian-Turkish border from falling into the hands of ISIS. Kobanê has been under siege since mid-September, when ISIS forces launched a ferocious three-way assault on the city, terrorizing the local population and causing up to 160.000 civilians to flee to Turkey. 
http://roarmag.org/2014/10/kobani-isis-kurdish-resistance/
 
Turkey to let Kurds bleed
7 October 2014 / Anti-imperialist campThe quintessence: none of the regional and global players want Kurdish self-rule in Northern Syria to survive!
The decisive role is being played by Turkey: In Kobani Ankara got the final say. The Turkish calculus is obvious. If Rojava held on it would serve as a precedence enormously strengthening PKK.
http://www.antiimperialista.org/kobani
 
Washington's Secret Back-Channel Talks With Syria's Kurdish 'Terrorists'
7 October 2014 / Foreign PolicyBy Jake Hess: Everry day, the jihadists of the Islamic State (IS) advance closer to Kobani, a predominantly Kurdish town in northern Syria, close to the Turkish border. As the Islamic State rains down mortars on the town, the vastly outgunned People's Protection Units (YPG), a Kurdish militia, are attempting to resist the weeks-long assault. While Turkish troops watch from across the border and the U.S.-led air campaign continues, none of the powerful forces in the region have intervened decisively -- leaving the YPG to face the jihadist advance on its own.
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/10/07/washington_secret_back_channel_talks_with_kurdish_terrorists_turkey_syria_robert_ford_exclusive
 
The Monocle Daily: David Philips on KobaneIs the Syrian border town of Kobani about to fall or will a defence mounted by female Kurdish fighters help stop Isis advances? We also discuss the Hong Kong protests and find out why Zurich is a hub for innovation.
http://monocle.com/radio/shows/the-monocle-daily/761/
 
A critical time for the Kurdish struggle
7 October 2014 / Revolutionary CommunistBy 23 September 2014 140,000 Kurdish people had left Kobane Canton in Rojava (West Kurdistan) in Syria for Turkey. Over one hundred villages were evacuated in the face of an Islamic State (IS) attack. IS was reported to have 40 tanks and 30 armoured personnel carriers 12 miles from Kobane city. Kurdish groups were amassing a large fighting force to resist the attack. Turkish police and soldiers forcibly prevented Kurds from crossing from Turkey to fight IS. 
http://www.revolutionarycommunist.org/index.php/middle-east/me/3764-ac071014