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
![A Kurdish refugee child from the Syrian town of Kobani looks out of a tent in a camp in the southeastern town of Suruc on the Turkish-Syrian border, Oct. 19, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/117A4B49-212B-40BA-9140-BADE6032A626_cx0_cy5_cw0_w1024_q10_r1_s.jpg)
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A Kurdish refugee child from the Syrian town of Kobani looks out of a tent in a camp in the southeastern town of Suruc on the Turkish-Syrian border, Oct. 19, 2014.
![Turkish Kurds watch the Syrian town of Kobani from near the Mursitpinar border crossing, on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc, Oct. 19, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/405D495A-DB59-410F-BB37-C2BC74E709ED_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Turkish Kurds watch the Syrian town of Kobani from near the Mursitpinar border crossing, on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc, Oct. 19, 2014.
![A news photographer takes pictures of the Syrian town of Kobani from near the Mursitpinar border crossing, on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc, Oct. 19, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/9595FA0E-CB47-4206-BA36-EE887B2D22B6_cx0_cy6_cw0_w1024_q10_r1_s.jpg)
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A news photographer takes pictures of the Syrian town of Kobani from near the Mursitpinar border crossing, on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc, Oct. 19, 2014.
![Turkish Kurds watch the Syrian town of Kobani from near the Mursitpinar border crossing, on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc, Oct. 19, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/24D0B138-B737-46AD-8DA3-96E2A44D33BD_cx0_cy3_cw0_w1024_q10_r1_s.jpg)
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Turkish Kurds watch the Syrian town of Kobani from near the Mursitpinar border crossing, on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc, Oct. 19, 2014.