Turkey must stop Islamic State’s onslaught of Kobani, a Kurdish stronghold across its border in Syria, to prevent the peace process with its Kurdish population from collapsing, imprisoned Kurdish leader said. Islamic State tanks backed by mortars captured the final village on the outskirts of Kobani, Ibrahim Ayhan, a lawmaker from the pro-Kurdish People’s Democracy Party, said yesterday. As Turkey’s government sought parliamentary approval to join the fight, Kurdish forces stopped the militants from entering the city in fiercest clashes so far, pro-Kurdish Firat news agency reported today. “I am calling on those in Turkey who don’t want to see the process collapse to shoulder responsibility,” Ocalan said in a statement delivered by Kurdish lawmakers in Turkey. “The reality of Kobani and the peace process are not separable.” The militants have besieged Kobani for more than two weeks, forcing tens of thousands of Kurds to flee to Syria’s northern […]