The siege of Kobanî was launched by the Islamic State (IS) on 13 September 2014, in order to capture the Kobanî Canton and its main city of Kobanî (also...

One theory of the origin of the name Kobanî (كوباني) is the word company, referring to the German railway company who built the section of the Konya-Baghdad...

and the FSA in Kobanî Canton in March and fighting its way to the gates of the city of Kobanî in September. The actual siege of Kobanî approximately coincided...

she was in the Kobanî Canton and among the YPG/YPJ forces that ended up being besieged in the town of Kobanî by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant...

protesting the lack of government intervention against the advance of ISIL militants on the city of Kobanî in Syria, just south of the Turkish border....

including the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and was involved in the defense of Kobanî during the Siege of Kobanî beginning in March 2014, with...

in which several of the attackers were killed. In September 2014, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant launched the Siege of Kobanî and entered the...

of Kobanî. Kobanî, which is approximately 10 km from Suruç, had been under siege by Islamic State forces until January 2015. More than 300 members of...

Kobanê is a 2022 Kurdish war film about the Siege of Kobanî fought from October 2014 to January 2015 between the Kurdish People's Defense Units (YPG)...

from most of Kobanî on 26 January 2015, thus lifting the siege. On 27 January 2015, YPG-led fighters had retaken the entire city of Kobanî. Since then...

(YPJ) who died fighting against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) during the Siege of Kobanî on October 5, 2014. She fought on Mishtanour Hill...

of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) during the Siege of Kobanî, and in the YPG's Tell Abyad offensive of summer of 2015, the regions of Jazira and Kobanî were...

of Homs, Siege of Kobanî, Siege of Deir ez-Zor (2014–2017), Siege of Nubl and al-Zahraa, and Siege of al-Fu'ah and Kafriya. Multiple sieges took place...

(SDF). He is regarded by many as a hero of the Rojava–Islamist conflict. Abu Layla was born near Kobanî and is of mixed Kurdish and Arab parentage; he died...

mainstream Syrian rebel factions of the Free Syrian Army, who had helped defend the Kurdish town of Kobanî during the Siege of Kobanî. Liwa Thuwwar al-Raqqa had...

part of a group that attended a meeting with local military officials and stopped at a local restaurant frequented by U.S. personnel, the Palace of the...

against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant American-led intervention in Iraq (2014–2021) Siege of Kobanî Military of ISIL Foreign involvement in...

notably during the 2014–2015 Siege of Kobanî. Narin Afrin was a resistance leader during the 2014–2015 Siege of Kobanî, representing the Kurdish People's...

including the Siege of Kobanî, the Tell Abyad offensive, the Tishrin Dam offensive, the al-Hawl offensive, the al-Shaddadi offensive, the Battle of Manbij,...

deteriorated during the Siege of Kobanî, when it was accused of facilitating the advance of the Islamic State, leading to the 2014 Kobanî protests. The Kurdish-Turkish...

Iraqi Civil War Siege of Kobanî (2014–2015) – Syrian Civil War Siege of Al-Fu'ah and Kafriya (2015–2018) – Syrian Civil War Siege of Taiz (2015-present)–...

" In the night of 21–22 February 2015, a convoy of 572 Turkish troops in 39 tanks and 57 armoured vehicles entered Syria through Kobanî to evacuate the...

Yazidis escape an encircled Mount Sinjar. In September 2014, during the Siege of Kobanî, some PKK fighters engaged with Islamic State forces in Syria who were...

Library in Kobani. Federalization of Syria Rojava conflict Rojava Afrin Region Jazira Region Siege of Kobanî Abboud 2018, Table 4.1 Cantons of the Rojava...

Turkey. During the Siege of Kobanî, a large number of ethnic Kurdish citizens of Turkey crossed the border and volunteered in the defence of the town. Upon...

of Zor Maghar, Al-Zyara, and Bayadiyah, near the city of Kobanî, after three days of fighting with YPG forces. On 9 July, IS advanced towards Kobanî from...

American soldiers during the Syrian civil war. In the Syrian Civil War, the city of Manbij was taken by the Free Syrian Army in 2012, and then by ISIS in 2014...

the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant during the Siege of Kobanî. The rebel group evolved from previous rebel groups in the town of Jarabulus, which...

2014, riots erupted in various cities in Turkey for protesting the Siege of Kobani. Protesters were met with tear gas and water cannons; 37 people were...

played a crucial role. Some members of the Kurdistan Freedom Party also travelled to Syria and helped to defend Kobanî against ISIL.[better source needed]...