But retired U.S. Army Gen. Mark Kimmitt told CNN on Friday that with the eyes of the world on the fight, Kobani holds psychological and public relations value that “far outweighs the military ...

When violence swallows a city as wholly as it has Kobani, as in so many of Syria’s mottled cities, the fight becomes about who wins, rather than what is left for the victor. Its streets have ...

Since the extremists' offensive began in mid-September, more than 400 people have been killed in the fighting, activists said. The beleaguered Kurdish militiamen defending Kobani received some ...

John Allen, was in Turkey on Thursday, attempting to drum up support for the fight against ISIS. And now, what the battle over Kobani means for Turkey. A U.S. envoy, former Marine Gen. John Allen ...

SURUC—Some 1,000 people fleeing Islamic State insurgents in Kobani, remain stranded in a ... waiting for the fighting around the city to end, meanwhile risking their lives.

We are fighting back,” said Ojlan Esso, a spokesman for the Kurdish forces in Kobani by phone. The sound of mortars hitting the city echoed in the background of the call before the line went dead.

Smoke rises from the central part of the Syrian town of Ain al-Arab, known as Kobani by the Kurds, as seen from the Turkish-Syrian border, as a Kurdish flag waves during heavy fighting ...

Austin said it's still possible that Kobani will fall, but the more insurgents are taken off the battlefield there, the fewer there will be to fight elsewhere. Austin said he believes ISIS has ...

They're also fighting for women's equality.' On what the title means So Kobani is this small town in northeastern Syria that few outside Syria had heard of. And it got thrust onto the global stage ...

DUBAI, Dec 19 (Reuters) - U.S.-backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) vowed on Thursday to fight Turkey and groups it supports in the city of Kobani in northern Syria. The SDF is ...