News Desk January 27, 2015 A Victory in Kobani? By Robin Wright A street in Kobani, Syria, after Kurdish fighters and American bombers pushed out ISIS. Credit PHOTOGRAPH BY RAUF MALTAS/ANADOLU AGENCY/GETTY YOU HAVE HIT THE WALL. You have read your last complimentary article. Subscribe Now - Just $1 a week. LEARN MORE Link your subscription Link your subscription Have a login? Sign In Already have a login? Sign In The Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) has suffered its first major defeat in Syria. An unusual coalition—Kurdish warriors fighting room to room on the ground and Western warplanes bombing on a daily basis from the skies—has forced the militants out of Kobani, a dusty Syrian town that was built around a train stop near the Turkish border a century ago. (I wrote about an earlier stage of the struggle for the magazine.) You've read your last complimentary article this month. To read the full article, SUBSCRIBE NOWIf you're already a subscriber please sign in or link your subscription. Robin Wright Bio All work & You Might Like
