Kurdish forces took control of the Syrian town of Kobani after driving out Islamic State fighters.Some Islamic State supporters took to Twitter to say the fight for Kobani, a focal point of the international struggle against the ultra-hardline Islamist group, was still raging.Islamist militants launched an assault on the predominantly Kurdish town last year, using heavy weapons seized in Iraq and forcing tens of thousands of locals into exile. Kurdish victory in Kobani is once in major successes in the war against terrorism. One wonders how they managed to do it when the militaries of Syria and Iraq have been clueless in thwarting the group. Aerial support and intelligence from the United States helped as the Kurds fought back valiantly against the enemy. More importantly, they showed a will to fight.The setbacks in Derra, Palmyra, Beiji, Tikrit, Mosul, Samara and Fallujah indicate that there is something seriously wrong in the manner in which Al Qaeda and Daesh are being countered, and speaks of a lack in coordination and spirit to take the militia head on. Locals who were ill treated well by state forces have shifted loyalties to the militia.The Kurds have remained an organised political entity despite the fact that they are geographically divided in three countries. They have pushed back the enemy by virtue of their resilience and profound nationalism.
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