Siege of Kobanî

When

13 Sep 2014 – 26 Jan 2015

Kind

Siege

Coordinates

36.89° N, 38.36° E

Description

2014 battle in the Syrian Civil War

2014 IS offensive in northern Syria during the Syrian Civil War

The siege of Kobanî was launched by the Islamic State (IS) on 13 September 2014, in order to capture the Kobanî Canton and its main city of Kobanî in northern Syria, in the de facto autonomous region of Rojava.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Syrian civil war: ISIS militants launched an offensive to capture the town of Kobanî, which lasted for six months”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “İslam Devleti; Suriye Arap Cumhuriyeti'nin Ayn el-Arap vilayetinde 133 gündür sürdürdüğü kuşatmayı kaldırdı”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “deuxième bataille de Kobané ; début des opérations aériennes de la coalition internationale ; bataille de Mabrukah”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “بدء حصار كوباني والذي استمر إلى 26 يناير 2015”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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