>> reporter: well, we have spoken to syrian kurds in kolbane. they haven't seen those peshmerga arrive yet, but they will be welcome if and when they do. for a long time, the syrian kurds said they have needed more weapons and also more reinforcements to push back on isil. we have seen -- we know the weapons have arrived and the medical aid and some food aid. they have confirmed that some 27 bundles from three different airdrops overnight. the weapons the kurds say they have received, and i quote, are very, very good. they might be enough to help them push isil fighters out of the town of kolbane. but if they want to completely regain the whole region, area, they will need more weapons yet. certainly, there seems to be a decision to try and save kolbane from fall to go isil. turkey has been over a lot of pressure over the last four weeks, pressure it has resisted, particularly from the u.s., to do more in the military fight to save kolbane. turkey said they have had plenty of humanitarian assistance. 200,000 people or less than that from kolbane

there are other things the turks could do to try to stop kolbane falling. we know the leader of the main syrian kurdish party has been in ankara. he was on saturday. he was meeting turkish security officials. now, is there a way that turks can help the syrian kurds defend their town without the turkish military getting directly involved? that must have been on the agenda in the talks between the leader of the syrian kurds and the turkish security forces, david. >> realistically, bernard, what is the turkish government's biggest worry? that isil will control that swth, possibly 150 or that we could see an emboldend kurdish military? which the turkish government wouldn't necessarily be happy with there is this kong conflict that turkey has had with kurds, the kurdish workers party based in northern iraq. there is this piece process ongoing at the moment in the kurds with turkey, turksey worried by arming the kurds in syria, could those arms end up being used against turkey in the future? this is one of the problems they face. this is why you haven't seen turk

. >> the kurdish town of kolbane fight continues. boarder crossing again on saturday, with one mortar landing on the turkish side. street battles continue in the south and east of the town in northern syria. >>> much attention has been focused on the attack against isil in kolbane. activists believe their fight against bashar al assad has been forgotten. >> the syrian region has always controlled the air here, but as the eyes of the world and the u.s.-led coalition fire power continue to focus on kolbane, there has been a significant increase in airstrikes on rebel positions by syrian president bash arrest al assad's air fo e force. >> he is busy and has priorities to achieve military success. it's his first private priority is damascus, the second, the city, of course and the roads between damascus and that place. he is now taking advantage. this time to intensive his military operations. >> since monday, it is reported there have been at least 450 government nt . >> want to join isil. this woman said it is in the cities of aleppo a

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the bodies of two fighters of the ypg fighting isil in kolbane are laid to rest across the border inkey. >> these two people who we buried today were taken to hospital here in turkey when they were injured. now, they have lost their lives. >> on saturday, the non-stop sound of that stand-off, sources inside kolbane tell us there is now a fierce fight underway on the southwestern edge of the town. there have been more coalition airstrikes here many say they are helping, but this is a battle that is far from over. turkey's military has a strong presence here along the border. see one of the tank formations behind me. it is also one of the sources of anger among the kurds, the fact that the military hasn't done anything yet to get involved in the fight against isil. >> the fight has become symbolic for the kurds. olbane. we want to prevent i.s. from taking the site. >> the more thankers have gone. this is not where these fighters would have wanted to be buried. some people tell us that one day, they will be taken back to kolbane to finally, be put to rest at home. no one here knows when

kurds in kolbane are is able to coordinate with the u.s.oalition, send them the information of where they need to target and the u.s. coalition are able to target buildings, housing isil, isil equipment, isil fighters. turkish president says he doesn't understand why kolbane is important for the u.s. as there are no civilians left in there. however, the u.s. has said that it is because there are more fighters pouring in from isil, that it has more targets to hit. the u.s. has said it would be wrong, the u.s. secretary of state saying morally wrong not to help the kurds in kolbane. >> the point gone confirms a second weapons drug did not reach kurdish fighters as planned. the u.s. air dropped 28 bundles of supplies provided by iraqi kurds. this video was posted yesterday claiming to show isil fighters with kratsz full of weapons. military officials originally said it knew of only one bundle that went astray. >> one was destroyed before isil could take it. iraq is asking for more co am list airstrikes against isil. the military wants the air

but obviously, they will have been discussing the situation in kolbane. >> bernard smith reporting fromarush. >> a fellow at the royal united services institute and he says isil is engaged in two different types of battle in iraq and syria and will have to find its strategy accordingly? >> the strategy, i believe, is in a state of flux right now. they had expansionist strategy three months ago. they were making rapid gains, boasting they would be within baghdad within a few days. what they have had to do is to roll back. they have lost territory and, occasionally, they will make gains and they will make much of those gains through propaganda. >> that's important for them. so, but what is going to have will to do really in the next few weeks and months is to accept that it is going to have to retreat and, as such, is going to have to adopt a slightly different strategy. in syria, they are having to fight on a whole range of fronts. they have got a lot of the a al nusura front, the free syrian army and its many faxes, and they are fighting, of course, directly with the assad regime n iraq

what has to have been on the agenda is how those syria kurds are going to defend kolbane from the advancingce ill forces. >> the syrian government has stepped up fight to drive opposition groups from the country's northern city, aleppo. >> it has been attacking rebel positions the several opinion vision fighters have been killed. the town is two and a half kilometers from aleppo and over looks like the only road connection to the city to rebel supply lines. -linked fighters have launched a major offensive in northeast lebanonon near syria. force ins lebanon con fronted the group in the town of asal, 16 fighters said to be affiliated with the alnusrrah front were reportedly killed. there are reports that twoez bello fighters decide. hezbollah century enforcements. million of brazilians are voting for their next president. the eriction is one of the country's closest in recent history. the incumbent dilma roussef cast her ballot. she wants a second term in office but will need at least 50% plus 1 vote to win in a first round. al jazeera gabriel he will elazondo has more from sao palo. this is

. >> the fight for kolbane has dominated headlines. the conflict is as feierce as ever.tefanie dekker sent us this report on the people who feel -- who say they feel forgotten by the world. the syrian region has controlled the air here as the eyes of the world and the u.s.-led coalition fire power continue to focus on kobane, there has been a significant increase on rebel positions by syrian president bashar al assad's air force? >> he is busy. he has priority to achieve military success and prior to project site. first priority is damascus. 2ly, the road between damascus. he is now certain advantage and this time, too intensive, his military operations. >> the syrian observatory for human rights reports since monday, there have been at least 450 government airstrikes across the country. many inside syria feel that no one is paying attention now that the narrative is all about isil. impression an activist in the damascus countryside. >> the world is ignoring regime actions and only concentraits on isil. in kobanea few hundred people real sdeejed. or in homms, there are 8

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