Author: Marianne

Graphic Designer since 1991

December 2014

Kobane

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Map by @arabthomness

Dec 2:
Syria/Turkey: Landmines Kill Civilians Fleeing Kobani
https://www.hrw.org/news/2014/12/02/syria/turkey-landmines-kill-civilians-fleeing-kobani
Human Rights Watch

Dec 2:
Inside Kobane: Kurdish women on the frontline
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/perspective/features/2014/12/02/Inside-Kobane-Kurdish-women-on-the-frontline.html
AP/Al Arabiya

Dec 2:
ISIL faces Kurdish resistance in Kobane
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/12/isil-faces-kurdish-resistance-kobane-201412231639561251.html
Victoria Gatenby, Al Jazeera

Dec 2:
The father and teenage daughter battling the ISIS onslaught together in Kobane
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2857432/Family-frontline-father-teenage-daughter-battling-ISIS-onslaught-Kobane.html#ixzz481YI4a5X
Ted Thornhill, DailyMail

Dec 3:
Hillary Clinton: U.S. should support Kurdish women fighting Islamic State
https://www.washingtonpost.com/posttv/national/clinton-us-should-support-kurdish-women-fighting-islamic-state/2014/12/03/a86fbf58-7b0f-11e4-8241-8cc0a3670239_video.html
Washington Post

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Dec 3:
Inside Kobane, A City in Ruins
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2859464/Inside-Kobane-city-complete-ruins-one-secret-hospital-left-standing-attempting-pieces-bit-bit.html
Sam Webb, Daily Mail

Dec 4:
ISIS degraded in Kobane as coalition airstrikes increase
http://rudaw.net/NewsDetails.aspx?pageid=83996
Rudaw

Dec 4:
Inside Kobane: photographs from frontline against Islamic State
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/worldnews/11268191/Inside-Kobane-photographs-from-frontline-against-Islamic-State.html
Telegraph

Dec 6:

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Dec 7:

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Dec 8:

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Dec 9:

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Dec 11:
The Kurdish ‘Angels of Kobane’ Are Fighting on a Second Front
http://www.newsweek.com/2014/12/19/angels-kobane-are-fighting-second-front-290835.html
Patrick Smith, Newsweek

Dec 14:
Kurdish forces have ISIS in retreat in Kobane
http://rudaw.net/english/middleeast/syria/14122014
Rudaw

Dec 23:
Kobane: ‘Our children never come back’
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/12/kobane-our-children-never-come-back-2014121891115546455.html
Mat Nashed, Al Jazeera

Dec 26:
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Dec 26:
In Photos: 48 Hours Under Siege by Islamic State Militants In Kobane
https://news.vice.com/article/in-photos-48-hours-under-siege-by-islamic-state-militants-in-kobane
Danny Gold, Vice News

Dec 27:
Report from Kobane: Love in the age of ISIS
http://www.france24.com/en/20141227-syria-report-kobani-kobane-love-age-isis-salih
Mohammed A. Salih, France 24

Dec 27:
ISIS Continues to Lose Ground against Kurds in Kobane
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/189172#.Vy6cRD-UhZc
Ari Soffer, Israel National News

Dec 31:
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January 2015

Kobane

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Jan 5:
Inside Kobane: Keeping Islamic State at bay
BBC

Jan 27:
Inside Kobane after Kurds recapture town from IS
Telegraph

Jan 28:
A YPG fighter walks with his child in #Kobane after Kurdish forces recaptured the city @AFPphoto #Kobani

Jan 28:
Taking control of Kobani from ISIS 
MSNBC

Jan 29:
Rebuilding Kobane: Liberated parts of Kobane must now begin to rebuild with battles raging not too far away.
Al Jazeera

Jan 29:
This is what Kobane looks like after Kurds drove out Islamic State
Herald Sun

Jan 29:
Hopes of return muted in devastated Syrian Kurdish town
Reuters

Jan 30:
Video of aftermath of Kobane

Jan 30:
YPG Commander Berxwedan: Victory in Kobane Gave a New Spirit to Everyone Fighting for Humanity
Mutlu Civiroglu

February 2015

Kobane

AT-Syria-map-Feb1-2015
Map by @arabthomness

Feb 2:
Kobane: Inside the town devastated by fight against IS
BBC

Feb 3:
Isil driven out of Kobane
Telegraph

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Feb 13:
Kobane: Assessing the devastation
BBC

Feb 17:
Kurdish fighters rout IS militants from town near Iraq
Millitary Times

Feb 27:
Fines, sell-offs and subsidy cuts: life under cash-squeezed Isis
Financial Times

Mutlu Civiroglu: In recent days in fighting around Tal Tamer, Tal Hamis etc some 200 ISIS members were killed by #YPG & its allies #TwitterKurds

 

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March 2015

Kobane

AT-Syria-map-March15-2015
Map by @arabthomness

March 4:
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Konstandinos Erik Scurfield: the former marine who died in someone else’s war
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/04/konstandinos-erik-scurfield-ex-marine-died-someone-elses-war-ypg-isis
The Guardian

March 5:
Britton Erik Scurfield was killed fighting Islamic State as YPG Volunteer
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2980601/He-giving-says-ex-girlfriend-Marine-killed-fighting-ISIS.html
Daily Mail

March 7:

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YPJ Fighter talks about the liberation of Shuyukh

March 11:

March 12:
The Kurdish women fighting ISIS
http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/12/world/cnnphotos-female-peshmerga-fighters/index.html
By Cale Salih, CNN

March 12:
Video of YPG operations in Til Tamr

March 12:
Kurds hold off ISIS attack on Syria border town
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2015/Mar-12/290539-kurds-hold-off-isis-attack-on-syria-border-town-activists.ashx#.VQHc6qD0ur4.twitter
Daily Star

March 12:
Syrian Kurds (YPG) Urge US-Led Strikes as IS Forces Mass at Tal Tamr
http://m.naharnet.com/stories/en/171377-syria-kurds-urge-u-s-led-strikes-as-is-forces-mass
Naharnet

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March 14:
An American YPG Volunteer speaks about the Til Temir battle against ISIS

March 15:

March 15:
Kurds unite to build Kurdistan in defiance of Islamic State
http://www.smh.com.au/world/kurds-unite-to-build-kurdistan-in-defiance-of-islamic-state-20150312-141xwp
Sydney Morning Herald

March 16:
The Kurds’ Heroic Stand Against ISIS (Focus on Iraq)

By Scott Atran and Douglas M. Stone, NY Times

March 17:
What next for the Kurdish people?
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-31856889
Via BBC

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March 24:
Canada enters the Syria battleground with air strikes
https://news.vice.com/article/the-canadian-government-is-about-to-start-bombing-the-islamic-state-in-syria
Via Vice News

March 24:
Canada to carry out airstrikes against Islamic State group in Syria, expanding military role
http://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2015/03/24/canada-to-conduct-airstrikes-against-is-group-in-syria
Via Us News

March 24:
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Jack Untold: Inside the Fight Against ISIS
A narrative and interview with local Kobani, Syria resident turned journalist Jack Shahine
View at Medium.com
Via The Compass Standard

March 24:
Congress Considers bill to arm Peshmerga kurds directly:
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/03/congress-arm-kurds-iraq-legislation.html
via Al Monitor

March 24:
YPG liberate more areas around Kobane: http://kurdishquestion.com/oldarticle.php?aid=ypg-launch-operation-against-isis-in-memory-of-newroz-hasakah-victims
Via Kurdish Question

March 25:
Hundreds turn out to mourn Kurdish former Royal Marine who died fighting ISIS
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3013172/Hundreds-turn-mourn-Kurdish-former-Royal-Marine-died-fighting-ISIS-extremists-Syria.html#ixzz4EhkLtvqY
Daily Mail

March 29: