Siege of Kobani
Kurdish refugees watch as thick smoke covers the Syrian town of Kobani during fighting between ISIS and Kurdish Peshmerga forces, as seen from the Mursitpinar crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in Sanliurfa province, Oct. 26, 2014. ISIS fighters launched a new offensive on Kobani after earlier capturing dozens of villages with the fighting forcing 200,000 to flee to neighboring Turkey.
Siege of Kobani
A man watches the Syrian town of Kobani through a sniper rifle binocular from near the Mursitpinar border crossing, on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc, Oct. 19, 2014 in Sanliurfa, Turkey.
Siege of Kobani
Smoke rises over Syrian town of Kobani after an airstrike, as seen from the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province, Oct. 18, 2014.
Siege of Kobani
Turkish Kurds watch the Syrian town of Kobani from a hill near the Mursitpinar crossing, on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province, Oct. 20, 2014. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Monday that Turkey was facilitating the passage of Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters to Kobani to aid Syrian Kurds defending the town against ISIS militants.
Siege of Kobani
Tracer rounds light the sky over the Syrian town of Kobani during an airstrike, Oct. 20, 2014. The United States told Turkey that a U.S. military air drop of arms to Syrian Kurds battling ISIS near the Syrian town of Kobani was a response to a crisis situation and did not represent a change in U.S. policy, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday.
Siege of Kobani
ISIS fighters inspect a hill in the outskirts of Syrian town of Kobani, Oct. 23, 2014.
Siege of Kobani
A Turkish soldier rides atop an armored vehicle as he patrols the Turkish-Syrian border Oct. 20, 2014 in the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province, Turkey.
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A Turkish soldier stops a man on a hill near the Mursitpinar crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border, Oct. 26, 2014.
Siege of Kobani
The coffin of one of the four Kurdish woman fighters killed during clashes against ISIS fighters in Kobani is carried to the cemetery in the southeastern town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province, Oct. 14, 2014. A senior Iraqi Kurdish official said on Tuesday that Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) had provided military assistance to Syrian Kurdish forces battling ISIS fighters in the town of Kobani.
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A Turkish Kurdish woman shows victory sign as she mourns during the funeral of three Kurdish fighters killed during clashes against ISIS in the Syrian town of Kobani, at a cemetery in the southeastern town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province Oct. 23, 2014.
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A boy holds the Kurdish PKK youth organization flag during the funeral of three Kurdish fighters killed during clashes against ISIS in the Syrian town of Kobani, at a cemetery in the southeastern town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province Oct. 24, 2014.
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A Turkish Kurdish woman mourns next to an empty coffin following a burial at a cemetery in the southeastern town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province, Oct. 24, 2014, during the funeral of Kurdish fighters killed in clashes against ISIS in the Syrian town of Kobani.
Siege of Kobani
A U.S.-led coalition aircraft flying over Kobani, Oct. 18, 2014. A U.S.-led military coalition has been bombing ISIS fighters who hold a large swathe of territory in both Iraq and Syria, two countries involved in complex multi-sided civil wars in which nearly every country in the Middle East has a stake..
Siege of Kobani
Turkish Kurds watch the smoke rises from Syrian town of Kobani, Oct. 18, 2014.
Siege of Kobani
Turkish army tanks pass abandoned cars of Kurdish Syrian refugees near "no-man's land" at the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province on Oct. 17, 2014. A U.S. State Department official held direct talks for the first time last weekend with a Syrian Kurdish group involved in the fight against ISIS in Syria, including the besieged town of Kobani, the State Department said on Thursday.
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Turkish soldiers stand guard as Syrian Kurdish refugees wait behind the border fences to cross into Turkey near the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province , Oct. 17, 2014.
Siege of Kobani
Kurdish refugees from the Syrian town of Kobani walk besides their tents in a camp in the southeastern town of Suruc on the Turkish-Syrian border, Oct. 19, 2014. Kurdish fighters in Syrian city of Kobani have pushed back ISIS militants in a number of locations as U.S. air strikes on ISIS positions continue in and around the city. More than 200,000 people have fled from Kobani flee into Turkey in the past month.
Siege of Kobani
A young Kurdish refugee from Kobani holds a toy pistol at a Kurdish refugee camp in the border town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province October 27, 2014.
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A Kurdish refugee boy from the Syrian town of Kobani looks out from his tent in a camp in the southeastern town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province October 11, 2014.
Siege of Kobani
An ISIS fighter (L) mans a checkpoint used by Kurdish fighters in al-Jurn village in the countryside of the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani, after ISIS fighters took control of the area October 7, 2014.
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Kurdish protesters throw stones at Turkish soldiers on an armored vehicle trying to disperse them during a protest demanding that the Turkish government do more to help Kobani, in the northeast Syrian Kurdish city of Qamishli, October 9, 2014.
Siege of Kobani
Kurdish protesters gesture as they stand on a post for Turkish border guards during a protest demanding that the Turkish government do more to help Kobani, in the northeast Syrian Kurdish city of Qamishli, bordering the Turkish town of Nusaybin, October 9, 2014.
Siege of Kobani
Kurdish people wait the arrival of Iraqi Peshmerga fighters in the border town, Suruc, Turkey Oct. 29, 2014. The fighters arrived in southeastern Turkey en route for the Syrian town of Kobani to aid fellow Kurds break an ISIS siege which has defied U.S.-led air strikes.
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A Kurdish boy, his face painted with U.S. and Kurdish flags, waits to greet Iraqi Peshmerga fighters near the border town of Suruc, Turkey Oct. 29, 2014. Kobani, under siege by ISIS and nestled on the border with Turkey, has become a key test of the U.S.-led coalition's ability to combat ISIS
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A convoy of Iraqi Peshmerga fighters makes its way to the Turkish border with Syria, near Kiziltepe, Turkey Oct 29, 2014. The fighters are en route to the Syrian town of Kobani to aid fellow Kurds against ISIS.
Siege of Kobani
Turkish Kurds welcome a convoy of Iraqi Peshmerga fighters after they crossed into Turkey in the southeastern city of Silopi, October 29, 2014. Iraqi Peshmerga fighters arrived in southeastern Turkey Wednesday en route to the besieged Syrian town of Kobani to help fellow Kurds in the battle against ISIS.
Siege of Kobani
A large crowd welcomes a convoy of Iraqi Peshmerga fighters heading towards the Syrian town of Kobani in Kiziltepe , Turkey Oct. 29, 2014.