Kobanî ends IS' extension , Turkish ambitions

ZANA SIDI / KOBANÎ

On September 15, 2014, IS launched a fierce attack from three axes on the villages of Kobanî canton using sophisticated weapons obtained from the weapons arsenal of the Syrian and Iraqi armies after they fled al-Raqqa and Mosul, the attack in which Turkey participated indirectly, how it appeared in the  4months, and how the battle ended.

In the first part of this dossier we highlighted the birth of IS and its control over huge areas of Syria and Iraq and the facilities provided by Turkey to IS in exchange for the elimination of the Kurds in northern Syria, how the events accelerated and how the army of 300 thousand fighters  defeated on the walls of Kobanî city, cooperation between the Kurds and the Arabs in the historical battle, and how the battle moved to the capital of IS in al- Raqqa city, we will highlight in this part on those events.

Control of 300 villages, and the war of the last neighborhoods of Kobanî

The troops which defended Kobanî were unable to repel an aggressive attack that appealed to the best fighters in the war, but the confrontation with IS alone caused a global uproar and the resistance of fighters were carrying light weapons shook the world.

Due to semi-desert geographical nature of Kobanî , IS benefited greatly from its violent attack. It took control of some 300 villages in Kobanî within days, while the resistance in the villages continued by fighters of the People's and Women Protection of Units(YPG and YPJ.)

On October 5 IS arrived at the outskirts of Kobanî city, as hundreds of fighters were preparing to a fateful battle, which would determine the fate of the region by IS who terrorized civilians.

Thousands of  IS fighters managed to control more than 70 percent of the city. However, the fighting intensified in the last neighborhoods of the city from the west, while aircraft of the International Coalition led by the United States bombed a number of targets in the city and countryside.

Direct Turkish support for IS in Kobanî's battle

The Turkish government, which was betting that the city would defeat into the hands of its mercenaries who came from every direction to occupy this city that was the starting point of the revolution of the people in Rojava, their dreams ended when the fighters in the city decided in an area that includes only two streets resistance and defeat IS mercenaries.

The Turkish support for the mercenaries did not stop during those months. A number of armored vehicles and tanks were transported by Turkey via a train on the border between Syria and Turkey and supplied with their support, while the Turkish government gave the coordinates via satellite to IS fighters. Turkey also emptied villages along the border with Kobanî and facilitated the passage of suicide fighters from its territory, towards the Murshed Benar crossing of with Kobanî, a day after a reconnaissance visit by one of the Turkish officers accompanied by Abu Omar al-Shishani, to the border villages that were emptied.

IS mercenaries are shrinking and the world revolted for Kobanî

75 Days was enough to start fighting and ending the most dangerous terrorism known to humanity, the victory in the battle of Murshed Benar was one of the most important resistance stations  in Kobanî 2014, this battle, which happens on the 29th of November was a turning point in history, it has become a platform to liberate a lot regions of northern Syria from IS mercenaries and revealing the Turkish plan, and the fake Islam which IS used, which made the world protest against this great danger. The best example of this is the mass demonstrations in Afghanistan, Japan, far east Asia, Argentina in Latin America, not to mention hundreds of other cities around the world.

The Euphrates volcano is the nucleus of SDF and the liberation of Kobanî

Starting from two streets and under the banner of the Euphrates Volcano Operations Room, which includes fighters in YPG and YPJ  and Arab military factions, the troops liberated the entire Kobanî  city on January 26,2015, in a time when a prince of IS was arrested by the Syrian Democratic Forces noted that 6,000 mercenaries were killed in the war which lasted for 134 days.

The forces moved towards Girê Spî(Tal Abyad) to liberate the city on 14-6-2015. A few weeks later, YPG issued a statement on  July 27at 1 pm announcing the liberation of Serin town south of Kobanî.

On the 10th of October of the same year, al-Jazeera canton was declared the formation of SDF, which are Syriac, Armenian, Arab, Assyrian and Kurdish forces. It includes more than 20 military factions, most notably Shems al-Shimal Brigades, Liwa Thewar al-Raqqa ,The Syriac Military Council, Jabhat al-Akrad, Liwa Shouhda al-Hasakah, the Women's Protection Units, the People's Protection Units, in a second step towards the liberation of all northern regions of Syria after the first step through which Kobanî was liberated.

Within three years, SDF achieved many military achievements. Al-Hol was liberated on 13-11- 2015, Tishreen on December 26, al-Shadadi on February 19, 2016, and Manbij in In addition to the hundreds of villages and hundreds of thousands of civilians who were liberated that year. The forces liberated al-Tabqa and the capital of IS al-Raqqa city in central Syria on October 17, 2017. Today, , SDF besiege the last stronghold of IS in Deir ez-Zor east of Syria, in Hajin town which SDF declared the liberation of the town and the surrounding villages on September 10.

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