The fall of Kobani, Syria to the Islamic State

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Mourners carry the coffin with the body of female Kurdish fighter Hanim Dabaan, 20, killed in the fighting with the militants of the Islamic State group in Kobani, Syria, during the funeral of three fighters, at a cemetery in Suruc, on the Turkey-Syria border, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014.
 The three fighters were killed during the last few days battling Islamic State group fighters in the Kurdish Syrian town of Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab,located on the border with Turkey. 

They were buried without their families present; in the chaos of war, since mid-September, hundreds of thousands of Kurds have become refugees, and contacting the families of those killed is not always possible. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday it was wrong of the United States to air drop military supplies to Kurdish fighters defending the Syrian border town of Kobani, as some weapons were seized by Islamic State militants besieging it.

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