The Syrian border city of Kobane is home to some 50-thousand people, and local Kurds are increasingly fearful that Turkey could try to seize their city. China has been stockpiling a key US crop ...

Syria's "Kurdish revolution," which started in Kobane, is no longer just a Kurdish one. After the defense of Kobane, the U.S. military helped Kurdish rebels create the SDF alongside Arab, Assyrian ...

Just over a month ago, Syria's Bashar al-Assad was toppled by Islamist-led rebel forces. Among the many groups seeking greater representation is the Kurdish minority. In the border city of Kobane ...

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said a woman and her child were killed in "artillery shelling by pro-Turkey factions" in the Kobane countryside, and the factions clashed with ...

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The loss of Kobane is a significant setback for Islamic State - but the BBC's Jim Muir looks at whether it also a sign that the tide is turning against the jihadist group.

Separately, a Turkish drone targeted wheat silos southwest of Kobane, "destroying a large quantity of stocks", the US-backed and Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces said. The SDF are the ...

Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...

Kobane needs reinforcements and weapons supplies, but Ankara has closed the border to obstruct Turkey’s Kurds from assisting their cousins in Syria. What a contrast to the Turkish government’s earlier ...