Syria civil war: New beginnings in KobaneThousands of people who fled from Kobane into neighbouring Turkey have since returned home. Kobane, a city in northern Syria with a Kurdish majority, was devastated during heavy fighting between Kurdish fighters and ISIL, combined with coalition air strikes. [Mauricio Morales/Al Jazeera] For Syrian Kurds, the battle for Kobane has been a pivotal part of the
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