Syria: Mapping the conflict - BBC News

Kobane, a town populated by Kurds on the border with Turkey, has been one of the most high-profile battlegrounds of the conflict. The border town was besieged by militants from the Islamic State group (IS) in 2014. But, after months of fighting, Kurdish militia, backed by US-led air strikes, took back control of the town in January 2015. Since then, IS have launched a series of counter-attacks along the Turkish border, including against Kurds in Kobane.

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