Turkish soldiers position a few hundreds meters
from the border line as fighting intensified between Syrian Kurds and
the militants of Islamic State in Kobani in Syria, in the background,
near Suruc, Turkey, Oct. 4, 2014.
The nation’s top
military leader said he is concerned that ISIS could soon take the key city of Kobani located on Syria’s border with Turkey.
“I
am fearful that Kobani will fall,” Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told ABC News’ Martha Raddatz in an
exclusive interview.
Dempsey
said ISIS fighters have been putting pressure on the outskirts of the city “and
in fact, into the city itself.” That leads him to believe “it may be about to
fall.”
For
the past two weeks ISIS fighters have pressed to capture the Kurdish city,
forcing thousands of residents to flee into Turkey.
If
ISIS should take the city from Kurdish defenders it would be in control of most
of the northern Syrian border area.
Gen.
Dempsey said he spoke with his Turkish counterpart today to get an update on the
situation in Kobani.
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ABC NEWS