A group of Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga troops were greeted like heroes when they arrived in Turkey early this morning on their way to Syria to fight Islamic State militants. Some 150 fighters arrived at Ruha airport in Sanilufa at about 1am local time, before setting off in buses escorted by Turkish security forces towards the Mursitpinar border crossing with Syria. From there, the troops will make the 200-yard journey to the besieged city of Kobane, where they will be met by a convoy of vehicles containing heavy weapons, and by hundreds of grateful Syrian Kurdish fighters who have been battling ISIS militants in the city for the past six weeks.
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150 peshmerga fighters arrived at Ruha airport in Sanilufa at about 1am local time, before setting off for Syria
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Buses escorted by Turkish security forces transported the men towards the Mursitpinar border crossing
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Will be met by convoy of vehicles containing heavy weapons and hundreds of grateful Syrian Kurdish fighters
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They will then make 200 yard journey into the embattled city of Kobane to boost the fight against ISIS militants
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Smiles: The Kurdish peshmerga fighters crossing into @placeholder by road were greeted by scores of grateful supporters at the border
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More than 200,000 people have fled across the border into @placeholder.
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A Kurdish woman from @placeholder hangs on to a military vehicle belonging to Iraqi peshmerga troops as they travel towards Syria
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People wave to Iraqi peshmerga fighters as they make their way through Iraq en route to the @placeholder town of Kobane yesterday evening
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More than 3 million people have fled @placeholder because of the conflict, mostly to neighboring countries.