VIDEO: Kobani Residents Remain Defiant As Battle Rages In Their Hometown

As the battle for Kobani intensifies and the world takes notice, the people of Kobani can only wait. Many gather on a hilltop in a Turkish border town, their hometown’s fate out of their hands but still within sight.

Matthew Vickery
Sheren Khalel
By Matthew Vickery
And Sheren Khalel

SURUC, Turkey --- Ali watches smoke rise up out of his hometown in Kobani, Syria, from a hilltop on the Turkish border, a little over a mile away. Explosion after explosion pops off in succession, followed by the quick “tick-tick-tick” of AK-47 assault rifles. Ali, a Muslim man who asked to be referred to only by his first name, is anxious: He’s

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Why Everyone Is Sitting Back And Letting ISIS Conquer A Key Syrian Town

Strategic maneuvering between Turkey, Syria, and the US-led coalition prevent direct aid to Kobani.

Igor Volsky for Think Progress
By Igor Volsky for Think Progress

Kurdish fighters trying to expel the ISIS advance against Kobani, a Syrian town that borders with Turkey, are running out of ammunitions and weapons as the terrorist group prepares to capture the Kurdish city in a bid to control most of the northern Syrian border. Should they succeed, ISIS will have a “direct link between its positions in the

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Airstrikes Push Jihadists Back Near Kobani

Battles with ISIS in the area have forced more than 200,000 Kobani residents to flee across the border into Turkey.

Associated Press
By Associated Press

MURSITPINAR, Turkey (AP) -- New U.S.-led airstrikes near the Syrian border town of Kobani have helped Kurdish fighters push back the Islamic State group a day after it appeared on the verge of seizing the town, the fate of which has emerged as a key test of whether coalition air power can roll back the extremist group. The new wave of airstrikes

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