Peshmerga Forces Join the Fight in Kobani

A Kurdish Peshmerga solider reaches out his hand to supporters, at the Ibrahim Khalil border crossing, in the Northern Kurdish Region of Iraq, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014.

Thousands of supporters of Kurdish Peshmerga forces gather to celebrate as they wait for the troops to cross the border into Turkey en route to Kobani, at the Ibrahim Khalil border crossing, in the Northern Kurdish Region of Iraq, Oct. 29, 2014.

An explosion from an air-strike is seen in the Syrian town of Kobani from the town of Suruc, Turkey, Oct. 29, 2014.

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A convoy of military vehicles and buses carrying peshmerga forces leave Sanliurfa International Airport in Sanliurfa Province, Turkey, Oct. 29, 2014.