Battle of Kobani

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battle urban battle

The Battle of Kobani was a major 2014–2015 urban confrontation in northern Syria in which Kurdish-led forces, backed by U.S.-led coalition airstrikes, repelled an extended offensive by the Islamic State group.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Battle of Kobani canonical 4
Battle of Kobani (affecting broader eastern region) 1
Battle of Kobanî 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
urban battle ⓘ
airSupportFrom United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

other coalition members ⓘ
belligerent Free Syrian Army ⓘ
surface form: Free Syrian Army groups

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ⓘ
surface form: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

People’s Defence Forces (HPG) ⓘ
surface form: People's Protection Units

Kurdish Peshmerga ⓘ
surface form: Peshmerga forces of the Kurdistan Region

United States-led coalition ⓘ
Women's Protection Units ⓘ
casualties thousands of fighters killed ⓘ
civilianImpact large-scale displacement of civilians ⓘ
significant civilian casualties ⓘ
conflictIn Syrian Civil War ⓘ
surface form: Syrian civil war
country Syria ⓘ
defender Kurdish-led forces ⓘ
People's Protection Units ⓘ
Women's Protection Units ⓘ
local Arab and other allied fighters ⓘ
endDate 2015-03 ⓘ
followedBy Kurdish and allied offensives against ISIL in northern Syria ⓘ
location Aleppo Governorate ⓘ
Ayn al-Arab District ⓘ
Kobanî ⓘ
northern Syria ⓘ
notableFor extensive use of coalition airstrikes ⓘ
global media attention ⓘ
heavy urban combat ⓘ
large-scale destruction of the city of Kobanî ⓘ
symbolic resistance against ISIL ⓘ
turning point in campaign against ISIL in Syria ⓘ
opponent Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ⓘ
surface form: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
partOf Rojava conflict ⓘ
precededBy ISIL 2014 offensive in northern Syria ⓘ
result ISIL offensive repelled ⓘ
Kurdish-led victory ⓘ
major symbolic victory for Kurdish forces ⓘ
strategic defeat for ISIL ⓘ
startDate 2014-09 ⓘ
strategicImportance border crossing with Turkey near Suruç ⓘ
strategicObjectiveOfISIL capture of Kobanî ⓘ
control of border area with Turkey ⓘ
supportedBy Royal Air Force ⓘ
United States Air Force ⓘ
other U.S.-led coalition air forces ⓘ
theater Operation Euphrates Shield ⓘ
surface form: Northern Syria campaign of the Syrian civil war
timePeriod 2014 ⓘ
2015 ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Syrian Civil War → hasKeyEvent → Battle of Kobani ⓘ
Operation Inherent Resolve → notableBattle → Battle of Kobani ⓘ
Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces → notableOperation → Battle of Kobani ⓘ
subject surface form: Syrian Democratic Forces
Eastern Syria → notableBattle → Battle of Kobani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Kobani (affecting broader eastern region)
SDF → notableBattle → Battle of Kobani ⓘ
subject surface form: Syrian Democratic Forces
Kobanî → knownFor → Battle of Kobani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Kobanî
Kobanî → event → Battle of Kobani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Siege of Kobanî
Kobanî → event → Battle of Kobani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Kobanî (2014–2015)