Kurdish forces triumphed over Isis in Kobani but the Syrian town is devastated. Emma Graham-Harrison was one of the first reporters on the sceneThe concrete eagle in what used to be Freedom Square still surveys Kobani imperiously. But around it almost nothing stands. Buildings have vanished during months of heavy shelling, replaced by snarls of steel and rubble, and the yawning craters left by US air strikes.One side street is blocked by the bodies of Isis fighters, rotting where they fell – a pile of bones marked only by a foul smell.
Kobani: Destroyed And Riddled With Unexploded Bombs, But Its Residents Dare To Dream Of A New Start
Emma Graham-Harrison, The Guardian
Sat, 01/31/2015 - 1:09pm
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