June 2015 Kobani attack
| Part of Siege of Kobanî | |
| Date | June 25, 2015 |
|---|---|
| Location | Kobanî, Aleppo Governorate, Syria and its countryside |
| Participants | ISIS vs YPG and its allies |
| Casualties | |
| 79 ISIS fighters killed including 13 suicide bombers[citation needed] | |
| 7 YPG and 16 militia men killed[citation needed] | |
| Deaths | 223+ civilians killed [1] |
| Non-fatal injuries | 300+ civilians injured[1] |
| Missing | unknown |
| Property damage | Many houses and MSF hospital damaged |
| Arrests | 1 IS member surrender[citation needed] |
| Suspects | ISIS |
On 25 June 2015, fighters from the Islamic State detonated three car bombs in Kobanî, close to the Turkish border crossing. [2] It has been reported by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights that the attack killed at least 146 civilians. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the night before the attack a large number of ISIS sleeper agents disguised as YPG fighters entered Kobani from the east.[3] Kurdish forces and the Syrian government claimed the vehicles had entered the city from across the border, an action denied by Turkey.[4] ISIS also committed a massacre in the village of Barkh Butan, about 20 kilometres south of Kobanî, executing at least 23 Syrian Kurds, among them women and children.[5]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "ISIS Kills 140 Kobani Civilians in Second Biggest Attack: Monitor". NEWSWEEK. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
- ↑ http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/06/isil-24-hour-killing-rampage-kobane-150626144824173.html
- ↑ "ISIS commits major massacre in Syria's Kobani: activists". Daily Star Lebanon.
- ↑ "Syria crisis: IS re-enters Kurdish-held city of Kobane". 25 June 2015. Retrieved 2015-06-25.
- ↑ "IS 'executes 23 Kurds' in village near Syria's Kobane". Yahoo News.
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