Battle of Kobane

Siege of Kobanî

Part of the Syrian Civil War,
Syrian Kurdish–Islamist conflict,
and the American-led intervention in Syria

A map showing the progression of the Siege of Kobanî, from October 2014 to January 2015

Date	15 September 2014 – 15 March 2015 (6 months and 2 days)
Location	Kobanî (Kurdish), also known as Ayn al-Arab (Arabic), Kobanî Canton, Syria
Result	Decisive Rojava Federation victory
Territorial changes	YPG-led forces recaptured Kobanî city in late January 2015, and almost all of the villages previously lost in the Kobanî region by mid-March 2015 70% of Kobanî city was destroyed in the battle

Belligerents

Syrian Kurdistan
PKK
Iraqi Kurdistan (from 30.10)
Free Syrian Army

Airstrikes:
CJTF-OIR

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

Commanders and leaders

Salih Muslim Muhammad
Narin Afrin
Mahmud Berxwedan
Ismet Sheikh Hassan
Meryem Kobani
Hebun Sinya †
Faisal Saadoun ("Abu Layla")
Muhammad Mustafa Ali ("Abu Adel")
Hasan al-Banawi ("Abu Juma")
(from 18 November 2014)
Abdul Qader Sheikh Muhammad ("Abdo Dushka")
Saleh Ali ("Abu Furat") †
Nizar al-Khatib ("Abu Laith")
(until 18 November 2014)
Murat Karayılan

Masoud Barzani

Barack Obama

Abu Ayman al-Iraqi † (Head of Military Shura)
Abu Ali al-Anbari
(Deputy, Syria)
Abu Omar al-Shishani
(Field commander in Syria)
Abu Ali al-Askari † (ISIL senior commander)
Abu Mohammed al-Masri † (ISIL senior commander)
Emrah Ismail (WIA) (ISIL senior commander)
Abu Khattab Al Kurdi †
(Commander)
Sheikh Othman al-Nazeh †
Sultan al-Safri al-Harbi †
Hassan Aboud