A convoy of Kurdish Peshmerga troops departed from Turkey in a convoy overnight to help bolster Syrian Kurds holding out against self-styled Islamic State militants in the besieged town of Kobani.
Islamic State combatants have been trying to capture Kobani, known as Ayn al-Arab in Arabic, for over a month, pressing their assault despite U.S.-led air strikes on their positions and the deaths of hundreds of their fighters.
Four in 10 people in the UK would support airstrikes against Islamic State (IS) if the Prime Minister authorised them, an exclusive poll for Good Morning Britain has found.
However, a similar number opposed Western intervention in the Middle East, with 36% against airstrikes, according to the survey.
A further 23% of those quizzed said they did not if they supported or opposed of airstrikes in Iraq, but fewer women (23%) than men (55%) were in favour of intervention.
It comes as the Prime Minister starts another day of talks at the United Nations in New York including a meeting with the President of Iran, Hassan Rouhani.
The UK is already providing arms to Kurdish forces fighting IS. Violence continues to escalate in the region, with 130,000 Kurds fleeing to Turkey to escape the extremists.
Satellite images have revealed the destruction in and around the town of Kobani, on the Syrian border.
Members of a prominent motorcycle gang from Holland have reportedly joined forces with Kurdish troops in Iraq to fight IS militants.
The sister of a UK journalist being held by Islamic State militants has appealed for his captors to reopen dialogue aimed at freeing him.