In Liberated Kobani, Pride Despite the Devastation
A Kurdish fighter in the town of Kobani, Syria, which was devastated by the Islamic State and an American-led air campaign to expel the militants.” KOBANI, Syria — Lasheen Abdulla…
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A Kurdish fighter in the town of Kobani, Syria, which was devastated by the Islamic State and an American-led air campaign to expel the militants.” KOBANI, Syria — Lasheen Abdulla…
GAZIANTEP, Turkey — Kurdish fighters, aided by a barrage of U.S.-led airstrikes, drove the Islamic State from the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani earlier this week. The U.S. applauded the…
After a brutal battle of attrition for the Syrian border town of Kobani, Kurdish forces announced this week that they had taken back control from Islamic State militants. While airstrikes…
But lest anyone declare victory, predictions of ISIS’ demise are wildly optimistic. ISIS still controls some 50,000 square kilometers of Iraq as well as up to 30% of Syrian territory…
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Kurdish militias regained full control of the northern Syrian town of Kobani on Monday, driving Islamic State militants out with the help of American-led airstrikes, Kurdish activists…
ISIS, the Sunni Muslim extremist militant group, has been fighting for Kobani for months, hoping to add it to the territory it has already controls in parts of Syria and…