1/12A Kurdish female YPG fighter on her way to the Kobani frontline. Fighting between Kurdish and Islamic State forces has ravaged much of the city after nearly a month of fighting, Oct. 22, 2014. (Shirwan Qasim / Transterra Media)
A journalist smuggled himself into the besieged battle zone of Kobani, Syria to get a first hand look at the destruction wrought on this small, but strategically important Syrian city.
A journalist smuggled himself into the besieged battle zone of Kobani, Syria to get a first hand look at the destruction wrought on this small, but strategically important Syrian city.
3/12This truck was rigged with explosives and used to attack Al-Salam Square in Kobani, Syria, Oct. 22, 2014. (Shirwan Qasim / Transterra Media)
A journalist smuggled himself into the besieged battle zone of Kobani, Syria to get a first hand look at the destruction wrought on this small, but strategically important Syrian city.
4/12The central marketplace in Kobani, Syria, Oct. 22, 2014. (Shirwan Qasim / Transterra Media)
A journalist smuggled himself into the besieged battle zone of Kobani, Syria to get a first hand look at the destruction wrought on this small, but strategically important Syrian city.
5/12The ruins of the central marketplace in Kobani, Syria, Oct. 22, 2014. (Shirwan Qasim / Transterra Media)
A journalist smuggled himself into the besieged battle zone of Kobani, Syria to get a first hand look at the destruction wrought on this small, but strategically important Syrian city.
6/12A war-damaged shop in the central marketplace, Kobani, Syria, Oct. 22, 2014. (Shirwan Qasim / Transterra Media)
A journalist smuggled himself into the besieged battle zone of Kobani, Syria to get a first hand look at the destruction wrought on this small, but strategically important Syrian city.
7/12The central marketplace in Kobani, Syria, Oct. 22, 2014. (Shirwan Qasim / Transterra Media)
A journalist smuggled himself into the besieged battle zone of Kobani, Syria to get a first hand look at the destruction wrought on this small, but strategically important Syrian city.
8/12A field commander from the People’s Protection Units in Kobani, Syria, Oct. 22, 2014. (Shirwan Qasim / Transterra Media)
A journalist smuggled himself into the besieged battle zone of Kobani, Syria to get a first hand look at the destruction wrought on this small, but strategically important Syrian city.
9/12Kurdish fighters return from the frontline, Kobani, Syria, Oct. 22, 2014. (Shirwan Qasim / Transterra Media)
A journalist smuggled himself into the besieged battle zone of Kobani, Syria to get a first hand look at the destruction wrought on this small, but strategically important Syrian city.
10/12The aftermath of an explosion in Al-Salam Square carried out by an IS truck rigged with explosives, Kobani, Syria, Oct. 22, 2014. (Shirwan Qasim / Transterra Media)
A journalist smuggled himself into the besieged battle zone of Kobani, Syria to get a first hand look at the destruction wrought on this small, but strategically important Syrian city.
11/12Destruction as a result of weeks of war, Kobani, Syria, Oct. 22, 2014. (Shirwan Qasim / Transterra Media)
A journalist smuggled himself into the besieged battle zone of Kobani, Syria to get a first hand look at the destruction wrought on this small, but strategically important Syrian city.
12/12An unexploded mortar shell in the central marketplace in Kobani, Syria, Oct. 22, 2014. (Shirwan Qasim / Transterra Media)
A journalist smuggled himself into the besieged battle zone of Kobani, Syria to get a first hand look at the destruction wrought on this small, but strategically important Syrian city.