U.S led airstrikes have intensified around the Syrian border town of Kobane. While the Kurdish population there faces assaults from ISIL, there’s also tension on the Turkish side of the border. CCTV America’s Michal Bardavid reports on a fragile peace between Kurds and Turks tested by the conflict in Kobane.

On the hilltop of Suruc Turkish Kurds watch the fighting in Kobane, worried, angry and tense. Although they are glad multiple U.S-led airstrikes are again targeting Islamic State locations, they are also voicing outrage at their own Turkish government.

Local reports Tuesday said that Turkish warplanes bombed fighters of the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, in southeast Turkey near the Iraqi border. The PKK is designated as a terrorist organization by Turkey. Kurds have been fighting for self-rule in the region for three decades. The conflict has cost the lives of nearly 40,000 people.

In 2013, a peace process was initiated by the Turkish government and brought about a cease-fire. The ISIL assault on Kobane is jeopardizing that peace. PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan has threatened to pull out of the peace process over Turkey’s perceived inaction. Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Tuesday’s strikes against the PKK came in retaliation to what he called repeated PKK “harassment fire” over the weekend at military outposts.

“Turkey’s solution to the peace process has not changed. Nobody should doubt our decisiveness in the peace process and nobody should doubt that Turkey will do whatever it takes to maintain public order, and take all the necessary measures against any threat towards public order. Otherwise it would be impossible to continue the peace talks. Public order is the basis of the peace talks,” said Turkey’s Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu.

Meanwhile, Kurds in Turkey are standing together in support of those in Kobane. This group of women has come to Suruc from the southeastern city of Diyarbakir to cheer Kurdish fighters here. They did not know anyone in this village, but were welcomed nevertheless. Local officials say the ISIL assault on Kobane has indeed united all Kurds. With the intense fighting in Kobane, and with warnings both from Turkey and the PKK, difficult days are certainly expected on both sides of the Turkish-Syrian border.