Tag: Kobane

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In Bihać, Bosnia, a city once under siege, artist Adnan Dupanović created the mural Empathy.

Breaking a Siege 

<span class="nb-card__meta–primary">Editorial Board</span><span class="nb-card__meta-separator"></span><span class="nb-card__meta–secondary">November 5, 2025</span>

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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Children climb atop barriers that are erected along Kobane's sealed border with Turkey to prevent potential attacks and crossings.

Ten Years After Its Liberation From ISIS, Kobane Fights a New Existential War

<span class="nb-card__meta–primary">Patrick Hilsman & Henri Sulku</span><span class="nb-card__meta-separator"></span><span class="nb-card__meta–secondary">February 26, 2025</span>

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.