The Syrian city of Kobani was completely freed from the terrorists of the "Islamic State" after 134 days of fighting, the Kurdish news agency Firat reported today.
According to the agency, residents of that town near the border with Turkey started celebrating. The liberators from the Kurdish army raised a 75-meter-long Kurdish flag on Mishtenur hill south of Kobani earlier.
The offensive of the "Islamic State" on that city began on September 16 with the help of tanks, artillery and rocket launchers. The extremists entered the city on October 6, after capturing the surrounding villages and expelling around 300.000 civilians, who are now in refugee camps in Turkey.
The terrorist attack was stopped by the armed forces established by the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) and the Women's Defense Units (YPJ).
At the end of September, the coalition led by the United States of America began airstrikes, initially rare and weak, on jihadist positions.
The "Islamic State" has lost more than 1.000 members since the start of the offensive in Kobani, according to data from the Syrian opposition Observatory for Human Rights.
More than 200.000 people have died in Syria since 2011, when the conflict that quickly turned into a civil war began.
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