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Congratulations for liberating Kobani.
Shukran brother.
Syria Kurds mourn Jordan pilot as 'martyr' of Kobane
A Jordanian girl holds a poster of pilot Moaz al-Kasaesbeh. (Reuters)
AFP, Beirut
Wednesday, 4 February 2015
Syrian Kurdish fighters in the battleground town of Kobane commemorated Jordanian pilot Moaz al-Kasasbeh as a "martyr" after his brutal execution by their jihadist foes, an activist said Wednesday.
"After the killing of Moaz was announced, troops from the People's Protection Units (YPG) in Kobane and in liberated villages nearby gathered to mourn the pilot's death, and to hold a minute of silence in his honor," Mustafa Ebdi told AFP.
"He is one of Kobane's martyrs -- everyone is proud of him," Ebdi said, referring to the slain pilot's participation in the US-led air campaign in Syria, which helped Kurdish fighters liberate the town from the Islamic State group last week.
The YPG's political arm, the Democratic Union Party (PYD), vowed to avenge IS's killing of Kassasbeh and Japanese fellow captives Kenji Goto and Haruna Yukawa.
The recapture of Kobane "is just the beginning of the defeat of those monsters, so that humanity can be free from them for ever", it said.
From Kurdish kids inside Kobani
Jordan to cooperate with Peshmerga to fight IS
Waar, Duhok:
Jordan has threatened to heavily respond to the Islamic State (IS) for burning a Jordanian pilot alive recently.
Jordanian Media Minister Muhammad al-Momni said that his country would support Peshmerga forces to repel and destroy IS.
He added that they would continue to contribute to the anti-IS coalition despite the burning of pilot Muath al-Kasasba, whose jet crashed during a mission near Raqqa in December, by IS militants.
Kurds have always had close ties to Jordan. Both historical and modern.
Kurds won't forget that the Great King Abullah II urged coalition countries to provide support Kurdish forces fighting ISIS in Kobani with weapons.