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Syrian town struggles to cope alone after key victory over Islamic State
October 16, 2017 4:13 pm
Turkey closed its crossing with Kobani in 2015, and has since built a concrete wall that stretches hundreds of kilometers along the frontier. Goods come through Iraq's Kurdish region, or are smuggled from areas under Assad's control.
Islamic State fighters admit defeat in Syrian town of Kobani
February 01, 2015 2:38 pm
IS has acknowledged for the first time that its fighters have been defeated in the Syrian town of Kobani.
US-led airstrikes kill at least 860 militants in Syria, say activists
November 12, 2014 3:59 pm
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the vast majority those killed — 746 people — have been Islamic State militants.
US strikes pound jihadists as Iraq Kurds prepare to join fight
October 26, 2014 11:48 am
The Kurdish regional government unveiled plans for up to 200 well-trained peshmerga to join Syrian Kurdish forces defending Kobane.
Situation in Kobani "tenuous" as Kurdish forces continue fight against ISIS: Pentagon
October 22, 2014 12:58 pm
US Central Command (CENTCOM) said it conducted four airstrikes, while three others were conducted by its partner nation forces.
US airdrops ammunition, weapons for Kurds in Syria's Kobani to fight IS militants
October 20, 2014 2:00 pm
The airdrops Sunday were the first of their kind and followed weeks of U.S. and coalition airstrikes in and near Kobani.
US-led airstrikes in Kobani wiped out hundreds of Islamic State militants: Pentagon
October 16, 2014 10:49 am
"One of the reasons why you're seeing more strikes there is because there is more ISIL there," said Pentagon spokesperson.
Kurds thwart Islamic State in Kobani; Turkey boosts involvement
October 13, 2014 2:45 pm
IS poured in reinforcements and fired at least 11 rocket-propelled grenades into the town centre, said the Britain-based monitoring group.
ISIS advance on Syria town halted by Kurds; Turkey to train 4,000 fighters
October 13, 2014 3:04 am
The strikes, aimed at rolling back the militants’ gains, appear to have done little to blunt their assault on Kobani and nearby villages.
Kurdish forces urge more air strikes on Kobani as IS tightens grip
October 13, 2014 12:15 pm
A group that monitors the Syrian civil war said the Kurdish forces faced inevitable defeat in Kobani.
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