Since the ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) took the second largest city of Iraq, Mosul on June 10, 2014 and confiscating heavy weapons, quickly turned its attention to the West (Syrian) Kurdistan (Rojava) of Northern Syria. An area consisting of three autonomous cantons Cizire, Kobane and Efrin wherein the inhabitants, after their independence from Syria on January 2014, they have managed to implement a democratic self-government, based on equality and justice for all people, regardless of ethnicity, religion and gender. Kurds, Assyrians, Christian Armenians, and Arabs live together in harmony and equal representation in the local councils of municipalities and women with not covered face with equal participation in public affairs and the political and social life organization as that of men.
The ISIS has dramatically increased their attacks against the self-governing regions of Rojava, especially in the administration center of Kobane (known as Ayn al-Arab in Arabic), the last stronghold of the Kurds in northern Syria, which besieges from 16 September. Until recently the canton of Kobane hosted thousands of people displaced due to the civil war from various regions of Syria as it was considered safer region. By the beginning of their invasion, the jihadists of Islamic State succeeded in capturing 350 villages and towns in Western Kurdistan, creating a wave of about 300.000 displaced refugees, most of whom fled across the border into Turkey to save themselves leaving behind Kurdish YPG (Peoples Protection Units) and women YPJ fighters who fight to keep the Islamic State forces outside the Kobane along with the help of the FSA (Free Syrian Army) and the airstrikes by United States and the Arab states coalition.
Most of refugees have found temporary shelter in houses, warehouses, mosques, and refugee camps in the Turkish border town of Suruç, 10 kilometers from Kobane. Suruç, a city of 60.000 inhabitants, has seen its population tripling since the beginning of Rojava invasion trying to return to their daily life, as everything indicates that it will take some time.
Kobane has become a symbol of resistance against the jihadists of the Islamic State that control parts of Iraq and Syria territories committing abhorrent crimes against his opponents and the local civilians.
A woman holds a flag with a portrait of the detained Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, during a Kurdish people demonstration, in the southeastern border village of Mursitpinar, Sanliurfa province, Turkey on November 10, 2014, near the Syrian town of Kobane, also known as Ain al-Arab.
Kurdish men watch the fighting in Kobani, from the Mursitpinar village on the outskirts of the Turkey-Syria border on November 5, 2014.
Smoke rises following an airstrike from US-led coalition against IS militants in the Syrian town of Kobane, also known as Ain al-Arab, as it is seen from the Turkish southeastern border village of Mursitpinar, Sanliurfa province, on November 5, 2014.
Kurdish people demonstrate in the southeastern border village of Mursitpinar, Sanliurfa province, Turkey near the Syrian town of Kobane, also known as Ain al-Arab on November 9, 2014,
A Syrian Kurdish children play football outside of the 'Arin Mirhan' refugee campi in the border town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province, Turkey on November 5, 2014.
Amar a Syrian Kurdish from Kombani area stands in front of his temporary house in the town of Suruc near the Turkey-Syria border on November 5, 2014.
Kurds refugees from Kobane living inside a factory used as refugee camp, known as Suphi Nejat Agirnasli in the town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province, Turkey on November 9, 2014.
People carry coffins of People's Protection Units (YPG) fighter killed during fighting with Islamic State forces in the Syrian town of Kobane, during a funeral in Suruc, near the Turkey-Syria border, November 6, 2014.
A Kurdish boy stands in front of graves of Kurdish fighters during a funeral of People's Protection Units (YPG) and Kurdish Women's Protection Unit (YPJ) fighters in Suruc, Turkey on November 7, 2014.
Kurdish people watch the funeral of YPG and YPJ fighters in Suruc, Turkey on November 7, 2014.
A young boy looks on as mourners cover with soil the grave of a Kurdish Protection Unit (YPG) fighter who died during fighting in the besieged Syrian border town of Kobane, in the town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province, Turkey on November 6, 2014.
A Kurdish woman, Samse, who lost her husband and son during the conflict in Kobane, poses for a photo inside a factory used as refugee camp, known as Suphi Nejat Agirnasli in the town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province, Turkey on November 9, 2014.
A Syrian Kurdish boy poses for a photo in front of a tent at 'Arin Mirhan' refugee camp in the border town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province on November 5, 2014.
A Syrian Kurdish woman waits for a food at 'Arin Mirhan' refugee camp in the border town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province on November 5, 2014.
Kurdish children from Kobani take lesson in an improvised classroom in 'Kobani' refugee camp in the border town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province, Turkey on November 10, 2014.
A Kurdish girl from Kobane cleans an onion inside a factory used as refugee camp, known as Suphi Nejat Agirnasli in the town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province, Turkey on November 9, 2014.
Kurdish people carry the coffin of a Kurdish Women's Protection Unit (YPJ) fighter who died during fighting in the besieged Syrian border town of Kobane, during a funeral in the town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province, Turkey on November 7, 2014.
A Kurdish woman in traditional uniform waits the procession before the funeral of YPG and YPJ fighters in Suruc, Turkey on November 7, 2014.
A woman cries as she holds a portrait of her son, a Kurdish People's Protection Unit (YPG) fighter who died during fighting in the besieged Syrian border town of Kobane, during his funeral in the town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province, Turkey on November 7, 2014.
People walk in front of a coffin during the procession before the funeral of YPG and YPJ fighters in Suruc, Turkey on November 7, 2014.
Kurdish refugee women attend a funeral of YPG and YPJ fighters in Suruc, Turkey on November 7, 2014.
Kurdish people carry the coffins of a People's Protection Unit (YPG) fighter and a Kurdish Women's Protection Unit (YPJ) fighter who died during fighting in the besieged Syrian border town of Kobane, during a funeral in the town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province, Turkey on November 7, 2014.
A mourner throws soli as others cover with soil the grave of a Kurdish fighter, killed in the fighting with the militants of the Islamic State group in Kobane, Syria, during a funeral of YPG fighter, at a cemetery in Suruc, on the Turkey-Syria border, November 06, 2014.
A Kuridsh girl cries during a funeral of YPG and YPJ fighters in the border town of Suruc, Turkey on November 7, 2014.
A Kurdish man reacts during a funeral of a People's Protection Units (YPG) fighter killed during fighting with Islamic State forces in the Syrian town of Kobane, during a funeral in Suruc, near the Turkey-Syria border, November 6, 2014.
A Kurdish woman reacts during a funeral of YPG and YPJ fighters in Suruc, Turkey on November 7, 2014.
Kurdish women carry a coffin containing the body of a female fighter of the Kurdish Women's Protection Unit (YPJ) in Suruc, Turkish southeastern Sanliurfa province, on November 7, 2014.
Funeral of a Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) fighter in Suruc, Sanliurfa province, Turkish on November 6, 2014.
Syrian Kurdish children from Kobani exit from an improvised classroom in 'Kobani' refugee camp in the border town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province, Turkey on November 10, 2014.
Syrian Kurdish children walk at 'Arin Mirhan' refugee camp in the border town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province on November 5, 2014.
A Kurdish boy from Kobane stands inside a factory used as a refugee camp known as Suphi Nejat Agirnasli in the town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province, Turkey on November 9, 2014.
Smoke rises from an Islamic State position in the town of Kobane during airstrikes led by the US coalition as trails of fighter aircraft are seen in the sky as seen from Mursitpinar on the outskirts of Suruc, near the Turkey-Syria border on November 9, 2014.
Syrian Kurdish boy from Kobane stands for a photo in the 'Rojava' refugee camp in the border town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province on November 10, 2014.
Syrian Kurdish refugees try to get warm around a fire at 'Arin Mirhan' refugee camp in the town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province, Turkey on November 7, 2014.
A Syrian Kurdish boy stands at the entrance of his family tent during evening time in 'Arin Mirhan' refugee camp in the border town of Suruc, Turkey on November 7, 2014.
Syrian Kurdish children from Kobane play with a cellphone outside the 'Arin Mirhan' refugee camp in the border town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province on November 10, 2014.
A Syrian Kurdish boy poses for a photo in front of a tent at 'Arin Mirhan' refugee camp in the border town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province on November 5, 2014.
A microphone stands on the media hill in Mursitpinar on the outskirts of Suruc, as smoke rises from an Islamic State position in the town of Kobane after an airstrike led by the US coalition, near the Turkey-Syria border on November 6, 2014.
