Turkey reversed course Monday and said they would allow Iraqi Kurds to join Turkish Kurds in the battle for Kobani.

The news came as the United States air-dropped weapons to the Kurds for the first time to help them as they go forward in their battle against ISIS.

The move by Turkey comes at the request of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry who asked the Turkish government to “get the peshmerga or other groups” into the Kobani area to make sure the terrorists were not able to seize control of the town.

Syrian Kurds, who have been making a bold stand against the terrorists, were allied with the PKK, which attempted to overthrow the Turkish government for decades. America considers the PKK a terrorist organization and said that the Kurds fighting the terrorists have no PKK affiliation.

“We understand fully the fundamentals of (Ankara’s) opposition and ours to any kind of terrorist group, and particularly, obviously, the challenges they face with respect to the PKK,” Kerry told reporters.  “We cannot take our eye off the prize here. It would be irresponsible of us, as well as morally very difficult, to turn your back on a community fighting ISIL.”