In the fight for an oil field in the Syrian province of Homs to have been killed by the IS-30 pro-government militia guards. Support for the Kurdish fighters in Kobane is on the way.

Oil and gas fields are important targets for the terrorist militia “Islamic State” (IS), the oil trade a major source of income. Now are in an attack on an oil and gas field in western Syria are at least 30 pro-government militiamen and security guards have been killed. The reports the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

In the attack on Tuesday in Schaer in the province of Homs, it is the jihadists have succeeded, “to bring a part of the field under control,” report the activists from London. The Centre relies on a network of informants in Syria. Your details are hardly independently verified.

The IS-fighters had already conquered the territory for the first time in mid-July. At that time they killed about 350 soldiers and supporters of the Syrian regime. A week later, however, regained much of the gas field the army. The IS controlled in Syria already several oil and gas fields. The sale of raw materials, the extremists mostly finance.

The advance of the IS-militia on large areas of northern Iraq and in neighboring Syria lasted for weeks. Especially in the city Kobane Kurdish fighters currently trying to stop the jihadists.

To support are Peshmerga fighters from Iraq on his way to Syria. A Turkish Airlines aircraft had landed in the night under tight security in the southeastern city of Sanliurfa, said a Reuters employee. According to Al Jazeera about 80 Peshmerga fighters were on board. Another 70 waited thus loaded with weapons and ammunition to the border on the approval, to enter into Turkey in a convoy of jeeps and heavy trucks.

Fighting in western Syria:Complicated passage

The detour via Turkey is complicated: Ankara had agreed last week to let about 150 Peshmerga fighters travel through the country. According to the Kurdish news site “Rudaw” there were in the past days negotiations with Turkey, about which area the fighters to be laid. The Turkish government provides aid to Kurds in Kobane critical because the local people protection units with the Kurdish Workers’ Party PKK are connected. This is banned in Turkey as a terrorist organization.

The predominantly Kurdish inhabited Kobane (Arabic: Ain al-Arab) is located directly on the Turkish-Syrian border. The IS-terrorist militia already controls hundreds of villages in the region of Kobane. On Tuesday, the US and its allies flew more air strikes against the extremists. Near Kobane had been destroyed four positions and a unit of the IS, shared with the Central Command in Florida.

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