Turkey and Syria

Syria: With Washington ruling out a ground operation in Syria, Turkey said it was unrealistic to expect it to mount a cross-border operation alone to relieve the mainly Kurdish town. U.S. to press Turkey on Thursday to step up in battle against Canada Parliament approves anti-combat mission , according to CBC. Washington said U.S. forces launched nine airstrikes on Thursday against militants north and south of Kobani, striking some fighting units and destroying four buildings held by the group. U.S. forces also conducted two airstrikes against in Iraq. Islamic State in Iraq and Syria fighters seized more than a third of the Syrian border town of Kobani, a monitoring group said on Thursday, as U.S.-led airstrikes failed to halt their advance and Turkish forces looked on without intervening. The U.S. military said Kurdish forces appeared to be holding out in the town, which lies within sight of Turkish territory, following new airstrikes in the area against a militant training camp and fighters. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.