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In reply to the discussion: Islamic State 'retreating' in key Syria town of Kobane [View all]karynnj
(59,503 posts)of the same name. From Mr Google, Hezbollah (hisbullah) means "Party of God" in Arabic. So, it is not surprising to see theocratic parties - Sunni or Shiite - taking this name.
From the Wikipedia article n Velioglu, I followed the link to the Turkish Hezbollah article that states that it is also called Kurdish Hezbollah. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurdish_Hezbollah
I would expect that ANY Kurdish entity would be anti IS at a point where IS is attacking Kurds in Kobane and in Iraq. (It is interesting that they are said to be active against BOTH the government of Turkey and PKK. ) What is clear is that Turkey/Kurds may have a huge number of pre existing sides and that that has immensely complicated Turkey's actions with respect to IS. (It is pretty clear that the Obama administration is aware of Turkey's role in all of this -- ie Biden was not speaking out of turn - even if he had to soothe Turkey's hurt feelings.)