Kobani in a sentence

On a hard-dirt landing strip near the northeastern city of Kobani, I waited with two long lines of U.S. Special Forces soldiers behind a huge C-17 aircraft, its mighty engines temporarily stilled.

Earlier this week, the commander of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), Mazloum Abdi, had said that his forces are willing to propose a “demilitarised zone” in the border city of Kobani in the northern countryside of Aleppo.

For Mohammad Ahmad, who has been a shop owner in central Kobani for over 20 years, this crisis is one of the most difficult situations he has ever encountered.

One of the worst-hit areas in Syria is Kobani, a city ravaged by the so-called Islamic State group until recently.

Ahmed fears that Turkish control of the border would lead Kurdish border communities such as Kobani to suffer the same fate as her hometown, Afrin, which last year was plundered by Turkish-backed troops.

Earlier, the Pentagon said none of its soldiers were wounded in the Turkish artillery fire near Syria’s Kobani, some 60 km (37 miles) west of the main area of conflict.

However, especially through the embassy and with the positive approach of Russia in Kobani, it appears there won't be any issues," Erdogan said when asked about the prospect of confrontation with Russia.

In Syria, Kurdish fighters backed by U.S. airstrikes repel an IS onslaught on the town of Kobani on the border with Turkey, the first significant defeat for IS.

Russia deployed in Sarrin and Sabit bases, located in the northern district of Ayn al-Arab, also known as Kobani, east of the Euphrates River.

Syrian Democratic Forces set fire to and evacuated a base at the Lafarge cement factory, between Kobani and Ain Issa, on October 15, Col Myles B Caggins III, spokesman for Operation Inherent Resolve, was quoted as saying.

Syrian government troops were expected to enter the city of Kobani overnight.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday said the offensive would extend from Kobani in the west to Hasaka in the east and extend some 30 km into Syrian territory, with the town of Ras al Ain now in Turkish control.

Kobani advised the affected Caretaker Committee Chairmen to handover all council properties to the Local government Permanent Secretaries.

Specifically, Kobani, and a Rivers politician, Samuel Okpoko, were docked for collecting N750 million from the Garrison branch of a new generation bank in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on the eve of the 2015 general elections.

The footage showed a group of -backed rebels standing over the mutilated body of a female soldier, later identified as Kobani, in the village of Qurna near the Turkish border.