Map by @arabthomness
Sept. 1:
Saleh Muslim, Co-chairman of the PYD (Kurdish Democratic Union Party in Syria), released a letter on behalf of the people who live in the cantons of Rojava to mark the World Peace:
http://www.kurdishinstitute.be/saleh-muslim-calls-on-world-public-to-break-down-the-wall-of-silence/
Full letter by Saleh Muslim:
http://www.kurdishinstitute.be/to-the-international-community-to-the-members-of-the-united-nations-to-all-international-aid-organisations/
Sept 5:
Obama holds press conference at NATO Summit:
Sept. 11:
Petreus Backs Obama on ISIL:
Sept. 11:
White House posts Fact Sheet about its Strategy to counter ISIS/ISIL:https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/09/10/fact-sheet-strategy-counter-islamic-state-iraq-and-levant-isil
Sept 11:
Analysis: YPG – the Islamic State’s worst enemy
http://www.janes.com/article/43030/analysis-ypg-the-islamic-state-s-worst-enemy
Sept 12:
Foreign Policy: Meet the Badass Women Fighting ISIS/ISIL
Sept 12:
YPG and FSA form a joint military unit to combat ISIS in Syria
Sept 13 – Jan 26
Progression of the Kobane Battle Map
Sept 14 – 27
1 Map showing ISIS closing in on Kobane fast, taking much of the canton, reaching city edge:
Sept 15:
Video: Americans join Kurdish Peshmerga to fight barbaric ISIS
PBS News Hour via Youtube
Sept 15:
YPG liberate 14 villages from ISIS:
http://en.firatajans.com/news/ypg-liberate-14-villages-from-isis
Sept 15:
Heavy clashes between YPG and ISIS:
http://en.firatajans.com/news/heavy-clashes-between-ypg-and-isis
Sept: 15:
Over 30 civilians massacred by ISIS in Tel Hamis, Rojava
http://en.firatajans.com/news/over-30-civilians-massacred-by-isis-in-tel-hamis
Sept 15:
ISIS Attacks Kobane canton:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Koban%C3%AE
Sept 17:
Fierce clashes on three fronts in Kobane:
http://en.firatajans.com/news/fierce-clashes-on-three-fronts-in-kobane
Sept 18:
Kurds call for US air strikes as 133 children from Kobani, on the Turkish border
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/islamic-state-the-world-cares-nothing-for-syrian-city-under-isis-siege-9742165.html
Sept 18:
ISIL seizes 21 Kurdish villages in northern Syria, close in on Kobane
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/isil-seizes-21-kurdish-villages-in-northern-syria-close-in-on-kobane.aspx?PageID=238&NID=71876&NewsCatID=352
Sept 19:
Saleh Muslim issues another statement “Whoever is going to do something for Kobanê must do it now”:
http://en.firatajans.com/news/muslim-whoever-is-going-to-do-something-for-kobane-must-do-it-now
Sept 19:
YPG statement over clashes in Kobane since Sept 15:
http://en.firatajans.com/news/ypg-86-gang-members-killed-in-kobane
Sept 20:
Children and women evacuated from 100 villages in Kobanê canton:
http://en.firatajans.com/news/children-and-women-evacuated-from-100-villages-in-kobane
Sept 20:
Thousands flock to Kobane border:
http://en.firatajans.com/news/thousands-continue-to-flock-to-kobane-border
Sept 21:
A thousand people cross to Kobanê to fight ISIS
http://en.firatajans.com/news/a-thousand-people-cross-to-kobane-to-fight-isis
Sept 21:
Pic: Kurdish lady ties kids to herself with a rope. She fears losing them as she flees ISIS offensive in Kobane (by Jenan Moussa)
Sept 22:
UN refugee agency says Turkey urgently needs help to care for 130,000 Syrian refugees who have crossed the border in recent days as IS fighters are reported to be closing in on the Syrian town of Kobane. The US has said it will attack the group in Syria, though so far it has carried out air strikes against IS only in Iraq.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-29314647
Sept 23: Obama delivers a statement at the Arab Coalition Leaders Meeting
https://m.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/video/2014/09/23/president-obama-delivers-statement-arab-coalition-leaders-meeting
Sept 23:
Obama: Coalition Against ISIS Shows ‘This Is Not America’s Fight Alone’:
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/09/23/350877632/obama-coalition-against-isis-shows-it-is-not-americas-fight-alone
Sept 23:
Kurdish-Arab Rebel Alliance May be Key to Obama’s Syrian Strategy
http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/kurdish-arab-rebel-alliance-may-be-key-to-obama-s-syrian-strategy#.VCG0X29_sok.twitter
Sept 23:
1st video of US air strikes against ISIS targets in Raqqa, Syria shortly after they started posted by activists. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGVNL7Kg–c …
Sept 23:
Obama’s Coalition starts airstrikes in Syria:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-29321236?ocid=socialflow_twitter
Sept 23:
Arab countries in the region join coalition strikes and/or fund strikes against IS
(Jordan, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait)
http://www.defensenews.com/article/20140923/defreg04/309230036/mideast-countries-play-major-role-islamic-state-strikes/
Sept 25:
Kobane Residents Remain Defiant as Islamic State Closes In
https://news.vice.com/article/kobane-residents-remain-defiant-as-islamic-state-closes-in
Sept 25:
Why ISIS wants to conquer Kobane:
http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/articles/2014-09-25/islamic-state-will-tighten-its-rule-by-capturing-kobane
Sept 26:
Kurds Plead for Help in Kobane Against ISIS Forces
http://militaryvideos.com/kurds-plead-for-help-in-kobane-against-isis-forces
Sept 27:
Kobane: Heroic defence resists ‘Islamic State’ assault
https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/57437
Sept 27:
BBC: US-led air strikes hit IS at Kobane, on Syria’s border with Turkey:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-29390781
Sept 27:
Rudaw: First Coalition Airstrikes Hit Kobane Outskirts
http://rudaw.net/english/middleeast/27092014
Sept 27:
WaPo: Airstrikes carried out against Islamic State in battle for Kobane
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/in-syria-airstrikes-carried-out-against-islamic-state-in-battle-for-kobane/2014/09/27/0250a362-4649-11e4-b47c-f5889e061e5f_story.html
Sept 27:
AlJazeera on the airstrikes in Kobane:
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/9/27/air-strikes-hit-islamicstatemilitantsineastsyria.html
Sept 28:
Besieged people of Kobane plead for weapons
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/isis-in-syria-besieged-people-of-kobane-plead-dont-send-us-food-or-aid-send-us-weapons-9760095.html
Sept 29:
Turkey stops Kurds from entering Syria to fight IS:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-29415142
By BBC
Kurdish Heroes 
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