Kobane
Revisited
After key battle, Syrian town of Kobane looks to the future
In 2014, the Syrian town of Kobane was the scene of a long and deadly battle involving the Islamic State group, Kurdish YPG forces and the US-led coalition.
Palestinians in West Bank become collateral victims of knife attacks
This week, we see how months of violence between Palestinians and Israelis is resulting in harsher living conditions for Palestinians in the West Bank. Next, the closed border…
IS group stages attack on Kurdish-held city of Kobane
The Islamic State group launched a two-pronged offensive in northern Syria on Thursday after several setbacks, re-entering the symbolic battleground town of Kobane and seizing…
Syria: Wresting control of Kobani from IS group
After long months of fierce fighting in northern Syria, the Kurdish town of Kobani has been recaptured from Islamic State group jihadists. Our reporters witnessed the final hours…
Kurdish fighters celebrate victory in shattered Kobane
Just days after Kurdish fighters finally managed to take back Kobane, the site of intense fighting and focus of world attention for months, FRANCE 24 reports from the Syrian…
Who is Sajida al-Rishawi, the Iraqi woman IS group wants released?
After killing a Japanese hostage, the Islamic State group is proposing a prisoner exchange for the release of a second Japanese man, Kenji Goto: his life for the release of a…
IS group incurs heavy losses in Syria’s Kobane
Islamic State group jihadists battling for control of the Syrian town of Kobane suffered some of their heaviest losses yet in 24 hours of clashes and US-led air strikes, monitors…
Video: The battle to rescue Kobane’s wounded
Siar took a bullet in the foot, one in the leg, and another in the back. His tale is one of brutal combat in the battle for the Syrian border city of Kobane.
Video: Kobane’s refugees find shelter in Iraqi Kurdistan
The bitter battle between Kurdish fighters and the Islamic State (IS) organisation over the Syrian border city of Kobane has forced more than 300,000 civilians to flee the area.
Video: Kurdish unity rekindles hope for Kobane
The village of Mahser, a dusty outpost located a stone’s throw from Turkey’s border with Syria, has become a hub for supporters of the Kurdish fighters battling the Islamic State…
Video: The cult of Kobane’s martyrs
Two months into the battle for Syria's Kobane, the stream of casualties crossing the border with Turkey is as steady as the Kurdish resolve to defend the flashpoint city.
After many delays, first group of Iraqi peshmerga enter Kobane
At least 10 Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters entered Kobane Thursday after a much-delayed border crossing from Turkey into Syria, according to reports from the besieged Syrian…