Siege of Kobani

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:battle
gptkbp:borderedBy Near Turkish border
gptkbp:casualties Thousands killed
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Peshmerga
gptkb:People's_Protection_Units
gptkb:Free_Syrian_Army
gptkb:Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant
gptkbp:country gptkb:Syria
gptkbp:displacement Over 300,000 civilians fled
gptkbp:endDate 2015-01-15
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Siege of Kobani
gptkbp:location gptkb:Aleppo_Governorate
gptkb:Kobani
gptkbp:mediaCoverage Extensive international attention
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Abu_Omar_al-Shishani
gptkb:Mahmud_Berxwedan
gptkb:Polat_Can
gptkbp:notableFeature Destruction of much of the city
Extensive coalition airstrikes
Heavy urban combat
Symbol of resistance against ISIL
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Syrian_Civil_War
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Battle_of_Mosul_(2016–2017)
gptkb:Rojava_conflict
gptkb:Battle_of_Raqqa
gptkbp:result Kurdish-Arab victory
gptkbp:significance Major defeat for ISIL
Symbolic victory for Kurdish forces
gptkbp:startDate 2014-09-13
gptkbp:supportedBy gptkb:United_States-led_coalition
gptkbp:supports gptkb:Jordanian_Air_Force
gptkb:United_Arab_Emirates_Air_Force
gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkb:United_States_Air_Force
gptkb:French_Air_Force
gptkb:Royal_Canadian_Air_Force
gptkb:Saudi_Arabian_Air_Force
gptkb:Bahraini_Air_Force
gptkb:Royal_Australian_Air_Force
gptkb:Danish_Air_Force
gptkb:Belgian_Air_Force
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant_(ISIL)
gptkb:Islamic_State_(ISIS)
gptkb:Daesh
gptkb:People's_Protection_Units_(YPG)
gptkb:YPG
gptkb:2014_ISIS_attack
gptkb:Battle_of_Kobani
gptkb:Kurdish_forces
gptkb:War_against_the_Islamic_State
gptkb:Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant_(2014–2016)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6