The destruction of Kobani
As the battle for Kobani rages on, one journalist smuggled himself into the besieged battle zone to get a first hand look at the destruction wrought on this small, but strategically important Syrian town.
Death and destruction
Destruction in Al-Salam Square in Kobani caused by an attack with a truck filled with explosives and mortar ammunition.
Explosive situation
An unexploded mortar shell amidst the rubble on a street in eastern Kobani. Fighting between Kurdish forces and "Islamic State" militants has ravaged large swaths of the town after nearly a month of fighting.
Taking a break
A field commander from the People's Protection Units(YPG) in Kobani, one of the Kurdish groups fighting to save the town from IS militants.
Amid the ruins
A Kurdish fighter contemplating the destruction on Al-Salam Square in Kobani.
Last piece standing
The bombed-out remains of a house in Al-Salam Square in Kobani.
Victory trail?
Kurdish fighters return from the front line.
Destroyed and deserted
The attacks by IS militants on Kurdish positions have destroyed most of the central marketplace in Kobani.
Steely determination
A Kurdish female YPG fighter on her way to the Kobani front line. More and more female fighters are joining the campaign against IS militants.
Help from above
US airstrikes have begun to show some impact and have at the very least prevented IS militants from making further progress in and around Kobani.