Syrian Kurdish fighters get heavier weaponry in anti-IS fight

There are reports that Syrian Kurdish fighters from the YPG, the Syrian Kurdish defence forces, have received heavier weaponry in their fight against Islamic State near the Kurdish border town of Kobane (known as Ayn al-Arab in Arabic.)

Charles Lister, a fellow at the Brookings Institute, published a video allegedly showing Syrian Kurdish forces fighting using French or German heavy weaponry, which had been sent to Kurdish Peshmerga forces to aid the anti-IS fight in Iraq.