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    Kobanî (كوباني, pronounced [koˈbaːniː], also rendered Kobanê [koˈbaːne], Arabic: كُوبَانِي, romanized: Kūbānī), officially Ayn al-Arab (Arabic: عَيْن...
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    The siege of Kobanî was launched by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on 13 September 2014, in order to capture the Kobanî Canton and its...
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    The Kobanî massacre was a combination of suicide missions and attacks on Kurdish civilians by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant on the Kurdish-majority...
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    The 2014 Kobanî protests in Turkey were large-scale rallies by pro-People's Defense Units (YPG) protestors in Turkey which occurred in autumn 2014, as...
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  • The Kobani trial (Turkish: Kobani Davası, Kurdish: Doza Kobanî) is a politically motivated trial against hundreds of pro-Kurdish politicians and human...
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  • Kenneth Bie Kobani is a Nigerian politician of the People's Democratic Party. He is a former Rivers State Commissioner of Finance, and was previously a...
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    Mazloum Abdi (redirect from Mazlum Kobani)
    فرهاد عبدي شاهين; born 1967), better known by his nom de guerre Mazloum Kobani Abdi (Kurdish: Mezlûm Ebdî – Arabic: مظلوم عبدي) and his previous nom de...
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    Euphrates Region, formerly Kobanî Canton, (Kurdish: Herêma Firatê, Arabic: إقليم الفرات, Classical Syriac: ܦܢܝܬܐ ܕܦܪܬ, romanized: Ponyotho d'Prat) is the...
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    the start of the siege of Kobanî, or Ayn al-Arab where the headquarters of the YPG is located. The area surrounding Kobani was then blocked on all sides...
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    group won a major victory over the Islamic State (IS) during the siege of Kobanî, where the YPG began to receive air and ground support from the United States...
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    remainder of the Kobanî Canton. On 13 September 2014, ISIL launched a massive offensive to take the Kobanî Canton and the city of Kobanî, with at least...
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    countries, that contributed in various ways to the effort. As the Siege of Kobanî continued there were growing calls to also arm the YPG, also known as the...
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  • against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) during the Siege of Kobanî on October 5, 2014. She fought on Mishtanour Hill with Rojda Felat, who...
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    statement on their planned trip to reconstruct the Syrian border town of Kobanî. Kobanî, which is approximately 10 km from Suruç, had been under siege by Islamic...
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    The Tishrin Dam offensive, or Southern Kobanî offensive, was a military operation in the northeastern Aleppo Governorate during the Syrian Civil War, conducted...
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  • due to their support of the Kobani protests in 2014 which were held in support of the Kurdish population besieged in Kobani by the Islamic State of Iraq...
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    along with Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the UAE against ISIL forces in the Kobanî Canton of Syrian Kurdistan, destroying two armored vehicles and an unknown...
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    and the Levant (ISIL) and was involved in the defense of Kobanî during the Siege of Kobanî beginning in March 2014, with various Kurdish media agencies...
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  • fatwas. In 2015, the sheikh died in the Battle of Kobani. "Prominent ISIS leader killed in Kobani". www.rudaw.net. Retrieved 2024-02-08. "Saudi IS cleric...
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  • at a Shia mosque in Kuwait City killed 27 and injured several; while in Kobanî a large-scale massacre by ISIL resulted in more than 223 civilians murdered...
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    for the Kurdish-dominated areas in Afrin District, Ayn al-Arab District (Kobanî), and northern al-Hasakah Governorate was "Interim Transitional Administration"...
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    2019, the military councils formed during this decentralization are the Kobanî Military Council, the Tal Abyad Military Council, the Tabqa Military Council...
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  • before he could be set free. He was then re-arrested for the Kobani trial. In the Kobanî trial he is prosecuted with other HDP politicians and accused...
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    The Martyrs' Cemetery (Kurdish: Merzelî Şehîdan Kobanê) is in Kobanî, in the Rojava region of Syria. It was established in 2012 and is used for the members...
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  • Hama Offensive Quneitra offensive Rif Dimashq offensive (Aug–Nov) Siege of Kobanî Homs school bombing Daraa offensive (Oct) Al-Safira offensive Idlib Raid...
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    Army which allowed the latter to enter the SDF-held cities of Manbij and Kobani in order to dissuade a Turkish attack on those cities as part of the cross-border...
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    2014, however, 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...
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    Aleppo Markada N Iraq (Jun) Mosul Salahuddin Baiji (Jun) Tikrit N Iraq (Aug) Kobanî Sinjar (Aug) Derna Ramadi Deir ez-Zor Baiji (14–15) Sinjar (Dec) Zumar Amirli...
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    Aleppo Markada N Iraq (Jun) Mosul Salahuddin Baiji (Jun) Tikrit N Iraq (Aug) Kobanî Sinjar (Aug) Derna Ramadi Deir ez-Zor Baiji (14–15) Sinjar (Dec) Zumar Amirli...
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    Aleppo Markada N Iraq (Jun) Mosul Salahuddin Baiji (Jun) Tikrit N Iraq (Aug) Kobanî Sinjar (Aug) Derna Ramadi Deir ez-Zor Baiji (14–15) Sinjar (Dec) Zumar Amirli...
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