Kobane: Scenes of destruction Kobane, on Friday, was full of pulverised buildings and heavily-armed fighters roaming otherwise deserted, rubble-strewn streets. Kurdish forces recaptured the town on the Turkish frontier on January 26, in a symbolic blow to the jihadists who have seized large swathes of territory in their onslaught across Syria and Iraq. IMAGESATTENTION CLIENTS: IMAGES OF DEAD BODIES