Isis fighters have captured much of eastern Syria in the past few days while international attention has been focused on the Israeli bombardment of Gaza. Using tanks and artillery seized in Iraq, it has taken almost all of oil-rich Deir Ezzor province and is battling to crush the resistance of the Syrian Kurds.
Isis is seeking to capture the Kurdish people enclave at Kobani, where some 500,000 Kurds are concentrated, many of them refugees from other parts of northern Syria. Isis has about 5,000 fighters which have been attacking Kobani for the past few weeks using tanks and rockets and American Humvees captured in Iraq. Let's raise our voices to prevent a tragic disaster and stop terrorists in this Kurdish city.