Tag: Kobane
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A Call From Kobane: Action Is Needed to Protect the People Under Siege
We know there have been great demonstrations in Europe and in other places, and there have been really serious statements, but unfortunately statements are not enough. Action needs to be taken to protect the locals here.
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Breaking a Siege
In Bihać, Bosnia, a city once under siege, artist Adnan Dupanović created the mural Empathy on a building still bearing shrapnel scars from the war. […]
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Ten Years After Its Liberation From ISIS, Kobane Fights a New Existential War
Townspeople from all walks of life describe the current phase of fighting as an existential war, a question of existence and non-existence for the town and its Kurdish identity. Many have personally endured the threat of ethnic cleansing when the Islamic State (ISIS) besieged the city ten years earlier and they are determined to defend their city once again.