Kobani
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Kobanî, also known as Kobane or Ayn al-Arab, is a Kurdish-majority city in the Ayn al-Arab District in northern Syria, lying immediately south of the Syria–Turkey border.
View of Kobanî during the siege in 2014
Kobani during the bombardment of ISIL targets by US-led forces. Photo taken from Turkish-Syrian border at Suruç, Turkey showing refugee camp in the middle distance (October 2014)
Paris Kurds rally in support of Kobani on 1 November 2014
Russian military police in Kobani on 23 October 2019
Mazloum Abdi
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Mustafa Khalil Abdi, also known as Mazloum Abdi, is a Syrian politician and former rebel commander who has served as Adviser to the Presidency of the Republic since 2026. He previously served as comma
Kobani
…Abu Layla, commander of the Free Syrian Army and the SDF. Mazloum Abdi (Farhad Abdi Shaheen): commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces. Salih Muslim: a co-founder of the Democratic Union Party (PYD…
Abdi in 2025
Mazloum Abdi at the Syrian Democratic Forces headquarters
The meeting between Mazloum Abdi and Masoud Barzani, 16 January 2025
Agreement stipulating the integration of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) into the institutions of the Syrian Arab Republic, 10 March 2025.