Islamic State offensive will test Syria's Kurds
The jihadist offensive against Kobani raises questions over the Kurdish role in fighting the Islamic State in Syria
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- Strategic importance
- PYD capabilities
- Turkey's role
- Turkish reservations
- Kurdish reservations
- Western concerns
- PKK-peshmerga cooperation
- Ankara's influence over Irbil
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_350.jpg "Syrian Kurds wait on the Turkish-Syrian border (Reuters/Murad Sezer)")