article_snippet: The battle for Kobane was the fiercest and most bloody battle of the war against ISIS to date, and represented the group's first major defeat after months of virtually unopposed victories which saw the group take swathes of territory in Iraq and Syria.
article_snippet: At one point things looked so bad that Turkish President Recep Erdogan declared the city was only hours away from completely falling into ISIS bloodstained hands.
article_snippet: Victory was secured at the end of January after the last ISIS fighters were forced from the city's suburbs and into the last ISIS fighters strongholds along the Euphrates River.
article_snippet: Ruined: Virtually none of the buildings in the city were left untouched by the battle, which raged for six months, and marks the bloodiest and fiercest fight in the war against ISIS to date.
article_snippet: The fighting here lasted for four months, and has left the city in ruins .
article_snippet: the city was heavily bombed by coalition warplanes during six months of fighting in order to dislodge ISIS troops taking cover there .
article_snippet: Against all the odds, Kurdish forces which were at one point pinned in the centre of the city, managed to fight their way out and claim victory .
article_snippet: At one point the situation here was so dire the Turkish Prime Minister warned the city was hours from falling into ISIS hands .
highlights_snippet: Four months of fighting saw fierce gun battles rage along the city of Kobane's streets while warplanes bombed it from the air .
  