Kidnapped Kobane family freed after $15,000 ransom payment: Monitor

The family of six had been trying to flee their home city with the hopes of reaching Germany, but were seized by a gang in Homs province as they attempted to cross into Lebanon.

News

Kurdish child dies in Kobane amid ongoing siege: Local media

Dildar Rezan Hasso passed away on Saturday “as a result of the deterioration of his health condition … after it was impossible to transfer him to his specialist doctor in Aleppo University Hospital due to the siege,” said Hawar News Agency (ANHA), affiliated with the Kurdish-led Rojava administration, citing his family. 

News

SDC warns of 'grave danger' as Kobane siege continues

The council said that it considers the situation a "crime against himanity." 

News

No concrete steps in crisis-hit Kobane despite Rojava-Damascus deal: Official

The recent agreement made by Damascus and the Kurdish-led force has not brought any practical change to Kobane, Mustafa Kobane, a leader in the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), told The New Region.

News

UN to continue providing aid for Kobane, says refugee chief

Prominent Kurdish political figure and former Iraqi President Barham Salih was appointed as the UN High Commissioner for Refugees at the beginning of 2026.

News

Besieged Kobane facing ‘severe humanitarian crisis,’ monitor says

Schools sheltering displaced families in Kobane are "suffering from a severe humanitarian crisis, with a near-total absence of basic services," the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights warned.

News

Kobane’s future hangs in balance amid deal rumors

The future of Kobane remains unclear after Syrian state TV announced an agreement with the Kurdish-led SDF to deploy Syrian security forces in Qamishli and Hasakah.

News

Rojava’s besieged Kobane pleads for medical aid amid siege

“The health situation is getting worse, and we only have medicine left for one more week,” Aziza Ibrahim, co-chair of Kobane’s health department, told The New Region. "We call on international philanthropists to speak up to save the lives of children."

News

Five killed in Damascus shelling of Kobane countryside

SDF-affiliated media claimed earlier on Monday that at least two of the five who were killed in the Kharab Ashk strikes were children.

News