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Iraqi peshmerga fighters arrive in Turkey for Syria deployment

Istanbul; Turkey: Iraqi peshmerga fighters arrived in southeastern Turkey early on Wednesday ahead of their planned deployment to the Syrian town of Kobani to help fellow Kurds repel an Islamic State advance which has defied U.S.-led air strikes.

A Turkish Airlines plane touched down in the southeastern city of Sanliurfa at around 1:15 a.m. (2315 GMT) amid tight security, a Reuter’s correspondent said. A convoy of white buses escorted by armored jeeps and police cars left the airport shortly afterwards.

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