Kurdish fighters from Iraq will enter the besieged Syrian border city of Kobani soon to reinforce fellow Kurds who are defending against ISIS , a Peshmerga general told CNN on Tuesday . `` The Peshmerga have been ready for a few days , then had logistical problems , but they no longer do , '' Brig . Gen. Halgurd Hikmat said of the Iraqi Kurdish forces . He added that `` we now have an agreement with Turkey on this . '' The fighters were en route Tuesday , a Ministry of Peshmerga official who would n't give his name because of operational security reasons told CNN . One group traveling by air landed in Turkey early Wednesday , according to media reports . Earlier , the official with the Ministry of Peshmerga -- effectively the defense ministry for the semiautonomous Kurdistan Regional Government in northern Iraq -- said 161 Peshmerga fighters were making the trip . The troops have weapons `` that will be of good help to our brothers in Kobani , '' said the official . Another group of fighters was traveling on the ground , according to Turkey 's semi-official Anadolu News Agency . That group is armed with heavy weapons , Anadolu reported . A senior adviser to Kurdish President Masoud Barzani tweeted Wednesday that the fighters would eat breakfast in Kobani with Syrian Kurdish fighters . The Peshmerga militia generally defends the Kurdish region in northern Iraq and has battled ISIS in that nation . Turkish officials were not immediately available to comment . But Turkey has previously said it will allow the Peshmerga to pass through its territory into Syria to join the fight for Kobani , which lies on the Syrian-Turkish border . Kobani , known in Arabic as Ayan al-Arab , is a largely Kurdish town defended by a Kurdish-Syrian militia . With ISIS controlling the Syrian land surrounding Kobani , the Peshmerga 's easiest path into Kobani is through Turkey . Hikmat would not confirm how the Kurdish fighters from Iraq would join the Kurdish defenders in Kobani but said they would bring weapons and would participate in the fighting . The weapons would be Saddam Hussein-era gear collected in Iraq , not new coalition armaments , Hikmat added . Iraqi forces , Peshmerga claim gains against ISIS . ISIS , or the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria , captured portions of Syria and Iraq this year in its bid to establish what it says is an independent Islamic nation . ISIS began attacking Kobani in September . The Ministry of Peshmerga official also said Tuesday that the Peshmerga would be in Kobani on Tuesday night or Wednesday morning . Major shift for Turkey . Turkey 's decision to let the Peshmerga traverse Turkish territory to reinforce the Kurdish fighters in Kobani represented a major policy shift . The Syrian Kurdish fighters , part of the People 's Protection Units , or YPG , have ties to the Kurdistan Workers ' Party , or PKK , which has fought a 30-year guerrilla war against the government of Turkey , where about 20 % of the population is Kurd . Turkey , the European Union and United States consider the PKK a terrorist organization . Earlier this month , Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said both the Syrian Kurdish and ISIS militants were `` terrorists . '' The Turkish government also has bristled at the United States ' efforts to parachute weapons , ammunition and medicine to YPG fighters . But while Turkey did nothing to intervene in Kobani , Kurds protested in Turkish streets . More than 30 people were killed in cities around Turkey this month as ethnic Kurds clashed with Islamist and nationalist groups as well as Turkish police . Turkey announced October 20 that it would allow Iraqi Peshmerga to travel into Kobani through Turkey .
Some Kurdish fighters from Iraq have arrived in Turkey , media reports say . Official : More than 160 Iraqi Kurdish fighters heading to Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani . Turkey has said it would allow the fighters to enter Kobani through Turkey . Comment: