First Iraqi Kurdish forces enter Syria's Kobani: monitoring group

BEIRUT (Reuters) - About 10 Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters entered the Syrian town of Kobani through the border crossing with Turkey on Thursday, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The monitoring group said the remaining peshmerga fighters were expected to enter the town - known as Ayn al-Arab in Arabic - "within hours". (Reporting by Alexander Dziadosz; Editing by Alison Williams)