Turkish authorities have begun to close the border between Syria and Turkey, after almost 100,000 Kurdish refugees entered the country as Islamic State (IS) militants surrounded a Kurdish enclave in Syria.
Turkey closed the Kucuk Kendirciler border crossing, in an attempt to stop Kurdish fighters from crossing over into Syria, following reports that hundreds of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) crossed to fight against IS.
Clashes erupted between Turkish authorities and Kurds who were protesting in solidarity with the fleeing refugees, as they marched to the border crossing. The authorities shot water cannons and fired tear gas into the crowd, seriously injuring two people.
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100,000 Kurdish refugees are reported to have crossed the border in less than a week, as IS fighters surrounded the Kurdish enclave of Kobani.
See our earlier post: Kurds warn of genocide by IS in North-West Syria (19 September 2014)
Meanwhile, United States Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power has said other countries would join the US in the fight against IS, stating, "we will not do the air strikes alone."
Speaking ahead of the UN General Assembly in New York this week, Power went on to say that, “we're going to leave it to other nations to announce for themselves what their specific commitments to the coalition are going to be."