More than 130,000 Syrian Kurds have crossed the border into Turkey in the past three days as they flee the advance of Islamic State militants, according to the Turkish Deputy Prime Minister.
Numan Kurtulmus said his government was now 'prepared for the worst scenario, which is an influx of hundreds of thousands of refugees'.
The president of Iraq's Kurdistan region urged the international community to "use every means" to protect the city of Kobani in neighbouring Syria from an impending attack by Islamic State militants.
IS fighters are besieging Kobani after taking control of at least 21 surrounding villages in a major assault against the predominantly Kurdish city on Syria's northern border with Turkey.
Several thousand Kurds began crossing from Syria into Turkey today, fearing the attack.
Masoud Barzan said: "IS terrorists... must be hit and destroyed wherever they are."
Earlier today French jets launched their first air strikes inside Iraq since joining the military action against IS militants.
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