Terrorist Kills 31 at Socialist Rally for Kobane in Turkey (Video)

Juan Cole / Truthdig Jul 22, 2015 On Monday, a young woman aged 18 detonated a suicide bomb belt at a socialist youth rally in Suruç, Turkey, just 10 miles from the border with Syria. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Whatever Happened to Besieged Kurdish City of Kobane, Syria?

Juan Cole / Truthdig Jan 6, 2015 Kurdish forces, supported by Free Syrian Army troops and coalition air strikes, have largely recovered Kobane from rule by Daesh (called Islamic State in the West). Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Turkey Allows Kurdish Peshmerga Paramilitary Troops to Cross to Kobane

Juan Cole / Truthdig Oct 29, 2014 Turkish intelligence is facilitating the crossing of a couple hundred paramilitary troops (Peshmerga) from Iraqi Kurdistan to the Turkish town of Suruç, 16 kilometers from the Syrian border. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Shells Land in Turkey as Kurds Fight Off Islamic State Forces in Kobane

Juan Cole / Truthdig Oct 20, 2014 Kurdish forces at Kobane (Ayn al-Arab) on Saturday fought off an assault by Islamic State that sought to cut the city off from Turkey and completely surround it, according to an Al-Jazeera reporter on the scene. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

No Shock and No Awe

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Oct 15, 2014 It's not too soon to state the obvious: At this point, the war against the Islamic State can be seen only as failing. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Islamic State Has Taken a Third of Strategic Kobani in Syria but Lost Tuz Khurmato in Iraq

Juan Cole / Truthdig Oct 11, 2014 Al-Khalij reports that the Syrian Human Rights Observatory says Islamic State fighters are now in one third of the Syrian Kurdish city of Kobani. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Last Days of Kobani Loom as IS Closes In on Syrian Kurds With Murder on Its Mind

Juan Cole / Truthdig Oct 8, 2014 Islamic State fighters have advanced into the Kurdish Syrian city of Kobani with fighting in the streets as Kurds resist, according to the pan-Arab daily al-Hayat. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Alamo of the Kurds: Kobane Near Falling to Islamic State

Juan Cole / Truthdig Oct 4, 2014 Ismat Sheikh, commander of the Kurdish forces at the border town of Kobane (Ain al-Arab) that is besieged by Islamic State tanks and artillery, says that he expects massacres of its inhabitants if it falls to the Sunni Arab extremists. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )