Besieged town puts major question mark over coalition against Islamic State

By Ruth Pollard
Updated October 10 2014 - 8:13am, first published October 9 2014 - 6:18pm

Mursitpinar, Turkey-Syria border: While the world watches in horror as Kurdish forces stage a desperate defence of the Syrian-Kurdish town of Kobane, Turkey stations its tanks and troops on the border and then turns its back on the battle.

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