Heartbreaking photos from the latest ISIS attack http://t.co/n5zzWpN4YP pic.twitter.com/7U4SG6oyVG
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) October 13, 2014
The ongoing fight for Kobani, a strategically important city on the Turkey–Syria border, has become the latest front in ISIS’s crusade to create an Islamic state in Syria and Iraq. For weeks, ISIS fighters have been battling Syrian Kurds for control of Kobani. If the jihadist rebels win, ISIS would gain a direct route into Turkey and consolidate its grip on territory stretching across the northern areas of Syria. Kobani has been ravaged by air strikes, shelling, drones, and suicide bombs. It is now surrounded on three sides by ISIS forces. Syrian refugees have been fleeing the city into neighboring Turkish towns, where Turkish citizens have provided them with food, water, and shelter. Yet the situation for thousands is grim.
