The Fight for Kobani – Tuesday, Oct. 14
![Backdropped by Kobani, in Syria, a Turkish forces armored vehicle patrols the border road in Mursitpinar, on the outskirts of Suruc, on the Turkey-Syria border, Oct. 14, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/73bfe639-024e-403f-b85b-34159f22a529_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Backdropped by Kobani, in Syria, a Turkish forces armored vehicle patrols the border road in Mursitpinar, on the outskirts of Suruc, on the Turkey-Syria border, Oct. 14, 2014.
![Smoke rises from the Syrian town of Kobani, seen from near the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province, Oct. 14, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/4d6b9aa8-e8ae-4839-936b-b9da1ffb8fca_cx0_cy3_cw0_w1024_q10_r1_s.jpg)
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Smoke rises from the Syrian town of Kobani, seen from near the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province, Oct. 14, 2014.
![Turkish Kurds watch over the Syrian town of Kobani as they stand on top of a hill near Mursitpinar border crossing in the southeastern Turkish town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province, Oct. 14, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/edbbee74-4a28-44a0-b25f-f1bd5a5e762e_cx0_cy2_cw0_w1024_q10_r1_s.jpg)
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Turkish Kurds watch over the Syrian town of Kobani as they stand on top of a hill near Mursitpinar border crossing in the southeastern Turkish town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province, Oct. 14, 2014.
![Thick smoke rises following an airstrike by the US-led coalition in Kobani, Syria, as seen from Mursitpinar on the outskirts of Suruc, Oct. 14, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/f447e3e5-d015-444d-9ed1-4474781f1807_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Thick smoke rises following an airstrike by the US-led coalition in Kobani, Syria, as seen from Mursitpinar on the outskirts of Suruc, Oct. 14, 2014.