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Kobane

An injured man from the Syrian town of Kobane is carried to a hospital in Turkey, after forces of the so-called Islamic State raided Kobane.
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Safi Haso, about 70 years old, from Girik village of Kobani. "We are probably the last generation that has tattoos," she says. "All Kurdish women had them." In addition to facial, hand and neck tattoos, Haso has tattooed her own breast with circles around
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These Kurdish refugee women are proud owners of facial tattoos
A fighter from the Kurdish People's Protection Units, or YPG, flashes a victory sign as he patrols the streets in the northern Syrian town of Kobane on January 28, 2015.
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Antique weapons combined with high-tech airpower pushed ISIS out of Kobane
A Kurdish boy with "Kobane" written on his forehead takes part in a celebration in the Syrian Kurdish city of Qamishli, after it was reported that Kurdish forces took control of the Syrian town of Kobani, January 27, 2015.
Culture
In the image war, ISIS takes a hit following Kobane setback
An explosion following an air strike on Novemeber 17th is seen in central Kobane, northern Syria. Picture taken from the Turkish side of the Turkish-Syrian border.
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The battle for an obscure Syrian border town has turned into a major strategic clash
A student-led protest marches to Istanbul University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences with a banner that reads, “Through the imagination to the Power” and “From Campus to Kobane”.
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Conflicts over ISIS turn physical and violent on Turkey’s college campuses
Doctor Samet Menguc, Secretary General of the Istanbul Chamber of Medicine, reads a press statement decrying the Turkish government's inaction over the plight of Kobane. About two thousand people marched in Istanbul - one of several rallies across the cou
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Iraqi peshmerga finally enter Kobane, but Turkey’s Kurds still hold their government accountable
A Syrian woman holding her infant waits near an informal border crossing to go back to Kobane, Syria, despite ongoing clashes between ISIS and Kurdish fighters. Many Syrian Kurds are finding Turkey expensive and inhospitable.
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Kurds threaten dark days for Turkey if Kobane falls
Smoke rises after a US-led air strike in the Syrian town of Kobane on October 8, 2014.
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Airstrikes in Kobane aren’t relieving the desperation among Kurdish refugees
Kurdish protesters set fire to a barricade blocking the street as they clash with riot police in Diyarbakir, Turkey, on October 7, 2014.
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‘The Kurds have no friends but the mountains’
Turkish soldiers are silhouetted atop armoured vehicles near the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border on October 3, 2014.
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The US has lots at stake in the Syrian border town of Kobane
Kobane sits right on the border with Turkey
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US airstrikes are ‘not enough’ to save a besieged Syrian city from ISIS
Scores of Syrian refugees from Kobane - under threat of capture by Islamic State - sit in the sun waiting to be allowed to cross into Turkey. Sept. 26, 2014. The outskirts of the village are visible in the background.
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Turkey’s Kurds are outraged that they’re being prevented from fighting ISIS in Syria