A group of Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga troops were greeted like heroes when they arrived in Turkey early this morning on their way to Syria to fight Islamic State militants. Some 150 fighters arrived at Ruha airport in Sanilufa at about 1am local time, before setting off in buses escorted by Turkish security forces towards the Mursitpinar border crossing with Syria. From there, the troops will make the 200-yard journey to the besieged city of Kobane, where they will be met by a convoy of vehicles containing heavy weapons, and by hundreds of grateful Syrian Kurdish fighters who have been battling ISIS militants in the city for the past six weeks.
@highlight
150 peshmerga fighters arrived at Ruha airport in Sanilufa at about 1am local time, before setting off for Syria
@highlight
Buses escorted by Turkish security forces transported the men towards the Mursitpinar border crossing
@highlight
Will be met by convoy of vehicles containing heavy weapons and hundreds of grateful Syrian Kurdish fighters
@highlight
They will then make 200 yard journey into the embattled city of Kobane to boost the fight against ISIS militants
People wave to Iraqi peshmerga fighters as they make their way through Iraq en route to the @placeholder town of Kobane yesterday evening