Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab, and its surrounding areas, has been under assault by extremists of the Islamic State group since mid-September and is being defended by Kurdish fighters.
Airstrikes on Kobani, Syria - Sunday, October 19, 2014
![Fighter jets fly over Kobani, Syria, during fighting between Syrian Kurds and the militants of Islamic State group, as seen from a hilltop on the outskirts of Suruc, at the Turkey-Syria border, Oct. 19, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/B4A9CF1B-85F2-4F17-9290-940A9E273B88_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Fighter jets fly over Kobani, Syria, during fighting between Syrian Kurds and the militants of Islamic State group, as seen from a hilltop on the outskirts of Suruc, at the Turkey-Syria border, Oct. 19, 2014.
![In this photo shot with an extreme telephoto lens and through haze from a hilltop in Mursitpinar on the outskirts of Suruc at the Turkey-Syria border, Kurdish fighters walk to their positions next to a machine-gun-fitted pickup truck, in Kobani, Syria, Oc](https://gdb.voanews.com/6D3837A9-4F6B-455C-91DE-C7F92B854FF0_cx0_cy10_cw0_w1024_q10_r1_s.jpg)
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In this photo shot with an extreme telephoto lens and through haze from a hilltop in Mursitpinar on the outskirts of Suruc at the Turkey-Syria border, Kurdish fighters walk to their positions next to a machine-gun-fitted pickup truck, in Kobani, Syria, Oc
![Smoke from a fire rises following a strike in Kobani, Syria, during fighting between Syrian Kurds and the militants of Islamic State group, as seen from a hilltop on the outskirts of Suruc, at the Turkey-Syria border, Oct. 19, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/1FC1E227-F712-4735-A8CB-C787BEE8FE47_cx0_cy5_cw0_w1024_q10_r1_s.jpg)
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Smoke from a fire rises following a strike in Kobani, Syria, during fighting between Syrian Kurds and the militants of Islamic State group, as seen from a hilltop on the outskirts of Suruc, at the Turkey-Syria border, Oct. 19, 2014.
![Kurdish refugee children from the Syrian town of Kobani sit behind a fence in a camp in the southeastern town of Suruc on the Turkish-Syrian border, Oct. 19, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/105E500E-6E8D-47B0-87D8-8E55938C1D8D_cx0_cy1_cw0_w1024_q10_r1_s.jpg)
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Kurdish refugee children from the Syrian town of Kobani sit behind a fence in a camp in the southeastern town of Suruc on the Turkish-Syrian border, Oct. 19, 2014.