Smoke rises over the Syrian border town of Kobani...<br/> <br />...after Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga forces moved in Friday to help Syrian Kurds fend off Islamic State insurgents.<br/> <br />The 150-man force arrived from Turkey -- making it the first time Turkey has allowed ground troops from outside Syria to reinforce Syrian Kurds.<br/> <br />Earlier, U.S.-led air strikes around Kobani -- aimed at IS targets -- appeared to help pave the way.<br/> <br />The town has been besieged for more than 40 days, as the Islamist militants -- who have already seized large swathes of Iraq and Syria -- try to take control of the Turkish border region.
