ISIS attacked Kobane in 2014, invading parts of the city. But the SDF, with the help of the US-led global coalition against ISIS and Peshmerga forces, was able to liberate the city after a few months.
The secular Peshmerga, whose name means “those who face death”, sprang into action as they had done in 2003’s US-led liberation of Iraq and other campaigns. “For over 100 years ...