The Foreign Secretary referred to the 170,000 people who have left Kobane, but the city has not fallen. It has not fallen because the brave Kurdish Syrian PYD fighters are resisting, but they are outgunned. When he says that we should be supporting the moderate Syrian opposition, is there any suggestion that that should include the Kurdish Syrian opposition, who are fighting hard to protect the civilian population in that part of Syria?
ISIL: Iraq and Syria
Proceeding contribution from
Mike Gapes
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 16 October 2014.
It occurred during Ministerial statement on ISIL: Iraq and Syria.
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