Syria 07 Feb 2015 00:00
Returning to Kobane
Collection with 31 media items created by Bedir
After four months of war and siege, residents of the Syrian city of Kobani have begun returning to the city to see what is left of their homes.

People from Kobane return to their homes after the city was recaptured by Kurdish forces.

Municipal workers in the city Kobane are in the process of cleaning up the city from the remains of the bodies of dead IS fighters.

An unexploded shell sits in a hole in the pavement in Kobane. Unexploded ordinance and booby-traps remain a danger in the recently recaptured city.

Two YPG fighters ride motorcycles between destroyed buildings in Kobane city after it was recaptured from ISIS.

A general view of Kobane shows the hill of "Meshteh Nour" from the north, after the liberation of city.

YPG flag on the east hill of Kobane after it was fully recaptured by Kurdish forces.

A general view of destroyed houses in Kobane after the city was fully recaptured by Kurdish forces.

A destroyed home in Kobane.

A YPG fighter stands on a hill overlooking Kobane.

A general view of Kobane after its recapture from ISIS forces.

Meshteh Nour hill after it was fully recaptured by Kurdish forces.

Two YPG fighters walk inside Kobane.

A wounded YPG fighter gets out of a truck in Kobane.

A general view of destroyed houses in Kobane.

A general view of destroyed houses in Kobane.

A destroyed school in Kobane.

A destroyed tank in Kobane.

A destroyed tank on "Meshteh Nour" hill.

New grave of a YPG fighter named "Numan Muzur", who died on 3 Ferbuary 2015. He is buried in a cemetery for YPG martyrs inside the city of Kobane after it was recaptured by Kurdish forces.

People from Kobane return to their homes after the city was recaptured by Kurdish forces.

People from Kobane return to their homes after the city was recaptured by Kurdish forces.

Children playing beside a cemetery for YPG fighters who died during the battle for Kobani.

People from Kobane return to their homes after the city was recaptured by Kurdish forces.

People from Kobane return to their homes after the city was recaptured by Kurdish forces.

People from Kobane return to their homes after the city was recaptured by Kurdish forces.

People from Kobane return to their homes after the city was recaptured by Kurdish forces.

People from Kobane return to their homes after the city was recaptured by Kurdish forces.

People from Kobane return to their homes after the city was recaptured by Kurdish forces.

Destroyed buildings in Kobane after being recaptured by Kurdish forces.

A battered YPG flag flutters from a car window at the entrance to Kobane. The sign on the road reads in Kurdish "Kobane welcomes you". While underneath, words written in Arabic by ISIS read "Ain Al Islam". Kobane is known in Arabic as Ain al Arab. However, ISIS changed the name to Ain al Islam.

Destroyed buildings and cars in Kobane.