The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant launches its Kobani offensive against Syrian–Kurdish forces.

Siege of Kobanî

2014 IS offensive in northern Syria during the Syrian Civil War

The siege of Kobanî was launched by the Islamic State (IS) on 13 September 2014, in order to capture the Kobanî Canton and its main city of Kobanî in northern Syria, in the de facto autonomous region of Rojava.