Some 150 Iraqi peshmerga fighters on Friday entered the Syrian town of Kobani, after a three day wait to head across the border and fight against terrorists

Some 150 Iraqi peshmerga fighters on Friday entered the Syrian town of Kobani, after a three day wait to head across the border and fight against terrorists.

The fighters drove out of the heavily-guarded warehouse and headed towards the Mursitpinar border crossing to reinforce Syrian Kurds in the battle against ISIL militants for the town, an AFP correspondent reported.

The pro-Kurdish Firat news agency later reported that the convoy had crossed the Turkey-Syria border, which lies 10 kilometers (6 miles) to the south of their start point in the Turkish border town of Suruc.

Amid jubilant scenes, the fighters were cheered by Kurds lining the road to the border who took pictures with their mobile phones.

Turkish police lined the road holding their anti-riot shields to ensure the Kurds did not block the path of the peshmerga.

The peshmerga had arrived from northern Iraq in two contingents -- one by air and one by land -- but both appeared to be heading to the border together.