U.S. drops arms to Kurds fighting ISIS

(CNN) -- ISIS militants launched about 15 near-simultaneous attacks on Kurdish forces in northern Iraq on Monday in what Kurdish government officials and the news agency Rudaw said was a fierce and renewed push for territory.

ISIS also launched attacks against Mosul Dam, a strategic prize, and also renewed its offensive on the Sinjar mountain range in northern Iraq.

An ISIS-commandeered military truck loaded with explosives targeted a Peshmerga checkpoint along the security belt circling the dam, killing six security force members and injuring seven others critically, according to Peshmerga spokesman Said Mamazeen.

At almost the same time, ISIS militants launched an attack on the Nineveh Valley near the dam, which was repelled by Peshmerga forces using European and American weapons, the spokesman said.

Another Kurdish military official, who asked not to be named for protocol and security reasons, said that despite the attacks, it would be difficult for ISIS to gain control of the dam because of the large numbers of Peshmerga forces in the area.

 

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Attacks in Sinjar mountain range

A senior official at the Ministry of Peshmerga, who similarly asked not to be identified as a matter of government protocol, reported that ISIS fighters were also killed in the attacks, and that the Peshmerga successfully repelled most of the more than dozen incidents Monday.

ISIS fighters launched attacks on several areas of the Sinjar mountain range Monday, including the village of Sharaf ad-Din, which holds one of the most important shrines for the Yazidi community, Hazhar Ismail, brigadier general at the Ministry of Peshmerga, told CNN.

"ISIS failed in their attempt to control the village of Sharaf ad-Din after Peshmerga forces repelled the attack and managed to kill a number of ISIS militants," Ismail told CNN.

ISIS fighters managed to seize two villages in an area close to Sharaf ad-Din, but these villages were unpopulated as a result of ISIS attacks in August, Ismail said.

Ismail said he expected coalition airstrikes against those villages in the near future.

On the Syrian front

Still under siege despite gains against ISIS, fighters defending the Syrian city of Kobani are getting more help, in addition to U.S. airstrikes.

U.S. military cargo planes dropped much-needed weapons, ammunition and medical gear in the dead of night Sunday.

And on Monday, Turkey's foreign minister announced his country would let Kurdish Peshmerga from Iraq use Turkish territory to enter Syria and reinforce fighters in Kobani.

The help is desperately needed, Kobani officials say. Even though defenders control some 70% of the city, Kobani is cut off and ISIS forces continue to shell it with mortars from the east and south, said Anwar Muslim, a local government official in Kobani.

Tens of thousands of civilians have fled to Turkey as a result of weeks of intense fighting between Syrian Kurdish forces and the Free Syrian Army for control of Kobani, a border town that's one of the last in the region to resist falling to ISIS.

 

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Two car bombers in Kobani

The city appeared to be close to falling before U.S. and allied airstrikes helped drive back ISIS forces.

Still, the city remains cut off from the ground. The Turkish decision to allow Iraqi Peshmerga to enter Syria through its territory could provide an influx of much-needed ground forces to help.

On Monday, a fighter inside Kobani said two car bombers detonated their explosives in the city's eastern industrial area. One killed two Syrian Kurdish fighters, and the other was shot at by Kurdish forces and detonated explosives before reaching intended targets, said the fighter, who can't be named for security reasons.

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Consultation with Turkey

Sunday's airdrop in Kobani was delivered by three C-130 cargo planes and appeared to have been received on the ground by Kurdish fighters, senior Obama administration officials said.

A fighter on the ground in Kobani who cannot be identified for security reasons saw more than 100 large crates, including a crate with M-16 guns. A doctor in Kobani said he had received a ton of crucial medical supplies, including antibiotics and other materials.

President Barack Obama notified Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of the drop in a phone conversation Saturday night, administration officials said.

Strategic battle

The United States has generally downplayed the importance of Kobani as a key city in the battle against the militants.

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However, if ISIS takes Kobani, it would mean the group would control land between the northern Syrian city of Raqqa and Turkey -- about 100 kilometers (60 miles) apart.

The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria took control of Raqqa last year. ISIS uses the once liberal city as a kind of headquarters where it applies its hard-line interpretation of Islamic law, terrorizing the population.

With the help of airstrikes from an international coalition led by the United States, Kurdish and Iraqi forces are now focused on pushing ISIS back from its relentless attempt to take Kobani.

At least 70 ISIS bodies dropped off at Syrian hospital

Official: Strategy working

The strategy against ISIS is working, Gen. Lloyd Austin, head of U.S. Central Command, said last week.

U.S. warplanes struck only twice Friday and Saturday in Kobani, Central Command said, both times targeting ISIS fighting positions. That's far fewer strikes than days before. U.S. jets flew at least 14 missions near the city Thursday and Friday, the military reported.

It will take "strategic patience" to beat ISIS, Austin said.

ISIS has apparently taken a heavy hit over the past several days. The bodies of at least 70 fighters for the terror group have been dropped off over four days at a hospital in the Syrian town of Tal Abyad, a Syrian opposition group told CNN. Tal Abyad is on the Turkish border and about 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Raqqa.

CNN's Kareem Khadder, Anna-Maja Rappard, Laura Koran, Ashley Fantz, Raja Razek and journalist Zeynep Bilginsoy contributed to this report.

ISIS的部隊發動多次攻擊在伊拉克庫爾德地區，官員說，
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ISIS的致命攻擊所針對的摩蘇爾水壩
在一，六準軍事部隊士兵被打死，一名發言人說：
土耳其允許伊拉克準軍事部隊越境進入敘利亞捍衛Kobani
（CNN） - ISIS武裝分子週一在什麼庫爾德政府官員和新聞機構Rudaw說是激烈的，並再次推動本港推出約15幾乎同時對庫爾德勢力在伊拉克北部的襲擊。
ISIS還發動了對摩蘇爾水壩的戰略獎的攻擊，同時也更新了它的攻勢的辛賈爾山脈在伊​​拉克北部。
裝有炸藥的ISIS-徵用軍用卡車針對性地準軍事部隊檢查站沿安全帶盤旋大壩，斬六安全部隊成員7人受傷嚴重的是，據準軍事部隊發言人說Mamazeen。
幾乎在同一時間，ISIS的武裝分子發動附近的水壩，這是由準軍事部隊力量使用歐洲和美國的武器，擊退在尼尼微谷的攻擊，該發言人說。
另一位庫爾德人的軍事官員，誰不願透露姓名的協議和安全方面的原因，他說，儘管襲擊，這將是困難的ISIS獲得，因為大量準軍事部隊部隊在該地區的大壩控制。
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在辛賈爾山脈攻擊
在部準軍事部隊，誰同樣要求不被認定為政府的一種禮節一位高級官員報導說，ISIS的戰士也被打死了攻擊，該準軍事部隊成功擊退大部分超過十日的事件。
ISIS的戰士發動的辛賈爾山脈幾個方面攻擊週一，包括謝拉夫廣告聲浪，持有的雅茲迪社區中最重要的聖地之一的村莊，Hazhar伊斯梅爾準將在準軍事部隊部，告訴CNN。
“ISIS的失敗，企圖控制謝拉夫廣告聲浪村後準軍事部隊部隊發動反攻，並成功地殺死了一些ISIS的武裝分子，”伊斯梅爾告訴CNN。
ISIS的戰士成功地抓住兩個村莊的面積接近謝拉夫廣告聲浪，但這些村莊無人居住截至八月ISIS攻擊的結果，伊斯梅爾說。
伊斯梅爾說，他預計針對在不遠的將來這些村莊聯軍空襲。
敘利亞前
仍在圍攻，儘管收益對IS-IS，戰士保衛敘利亞城市Kobani都得到更多的幫助，除了美國的空襲。
美國軍用運輸機降至急需的武器，彈藥和醫療設備的在夜深人靜星期天。
而在週一，土耳其外長宣布，他的國家將讓伊拉克庫爾德準軍事部隊使用土耳其境內的Kobani進入敘利亞，並加強戰鬥機。
幫助是迫切需要的，Kobani官員說。雖然捍衛者控制的城市約70％，Kobani被切斷和ISIS部隊繼續從東，南迫擊砲殼吧，安華說，穆斯林，當地政府官員Kobani。
數千數万平民逃往土耳其星期敘利亞庫爾德勢力和敘利亞自由軍的Kobani，邊境小鎮，是最後一個在該地區的抵抗下降到ISIS的控制權之間的激烈戰鬥的結果。
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兩起汽車炸彈在Kobani
這個城市似乎接近下跌之前，美國和盟軍的空襲幫助開車回ISIS的力量。
儘管如此，我市仍然從地上剪除。土耳其決定允許伊拉克準軍事部隊進入敘利亞通過其領土能夠提供急需的地面部​​隊的湧入幫助。
週一，裡面Kobani一個戰士說，兩起汽車炸彈引爆炸藥他們在城市的東部工業區。一頭撞死兩名敘利亞庫爾德戰士，另一個是由庫爾德部隊射擊，達到了預期的目標前引爆炸藥，說的戰鬥機，誰也不能命名為安全起見。
至少21日在巴格達自殺式炸彈襲擊喪生
諮詢與土耳其
週日的空投在Kobani交付了三架C-130運輸機，似乎已收到在地上庫爾德戰士，奧巴馬政府高級官員說。
在Kobani誰也不能確定出於安全原因，在地面上的戰鬥機看到100多個大箱子，包括M-16槍一箱。在Kobani一位醫生說，他收到一噸的重要醫療物資，包括抗生素和其他材料。
美國總統奧巴馬在電話交談通知一滴土耳其總理雷傑普·塔伊普·埃爾多安星期六晚上，政府官員說。
戰略決戰
美國已經普遍低估Kobani的重要性，因為在打擊武裝分子的戰鬥中的重要城市。
美國軍方：空襲不會單獨保存Kobani
但是，如果ISIS需要Kobani，這將意味著該集團將控制敘利亞北部城市Raqqa和土耳其之間的土地 - 約100公里（60英里）分開。
在伊拉克和敘利亞的伊斯蘭國家採取Raqqa控制的最後一年。ISIS利用一次自由的城市作為一種指揮部它採用了強硬的伊斯蘭法的解釋，恐嚇人民。
隨著空襲的帶動下美國的國際聯盟的幫助下，庫爾德人和伊拉克部隊正集中在其不懈的努力採取Kobani推ISIS回來。
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官方：戰略工作
對ISIS的戰略正在發揮作用，創勞埃德奧斯汀，美國中央司令部負責人上週表示。
美軍戰機來襲，只有兩次週五和週六在Kobani，中央司令部說，兩次針對ISIS的陣地。這比前幾天罷工少得多。美國飛機飛到附近城市的週四和週五至少有14個任務，軍隊的報導。
它將採取“戰略耐心”擊敗ISIS，奧斯汀說。
ISIS顯然已經採取了沉重的打擊，在過去數天。至少70戰鬥機為恐怖組織的團體已經脫落四天在塔爾艾卜耶德敘利亞鎮醫院，敘利亞反對派組織告訴CNN。塔爾艾卜耶德是在土耳其邊境，距離Raqqa約80公里（50英里）。
CNN的賈巴爾Khadder，安娜 - 瑪雅Rappard會議，勞拉可蘭經，阿什利Fantz，拉賈Razek和記者Zeynep相識Bilginsoy促成了這一報告。