Iraqi peshmerga fighters fuel their truck tanks in a Turkish town near the Syrian border as they prepare to cross into Syria's Kobani to deliver military reinforcements.<br/> <br />Kobani has been encircled by Islamic State militants for more than 40 days. Weeks of U.S.-led air strikes have failed to break the siege, and Kurds are hoping the arrival of peshmerga fighters will turn the tide.<br/> <br />The first contingent of peshmerga fighters arrived in Kobani from Turkey Thursday.
