Mr. Seyfedin then took us to the main frontline where ISIS and YPG forces fought during the siege.


On the 13th of September 2014, ISIS launched a massive offensive to take control of the Kobanî Canton and the city of Kobanî. Within days, ISIS were within several kilometres of the city and had it completely encircled. Fearing an ISIS takeover of the region, more than 130,000 Syrian Kurds streamed into Turkey.

An ISIS Hell cannon, or improvised artillery. Utilising gas cylinders packed with explosives, the mortar-like gun was used to shell Kobanî during the siege.


On the 27th September 2014, U.S. and Arab Coalition planes bombed the area around Kobanî for the first time. The delay in deploying airstrikes against ISIS near Kobanî was believed to be have been done to avoid upsetting Turkey, which does not favour an independent Kurdish State on its border.

Concrete rubble and reinforcing on the ISIS side of the frontline that was bombed by Coalition airstrikes.