A Look At Kobane After Islamic State Forces Were Driven Out

Daily Mail: Flags that show Isis has gone: Fighters celebrate planting Syrian and Kurdish banners above Kobane after jihadis are driven out

* Local fighters marked victory by raising symbolic flags on the hill where Islamic State's black banner had flown
* Children return to the streets of Kobane after fanatical militants are driven out of their home town
* Kobane is in pieces following the four-month long battle against IS and constant air-strikes on militants' positions
* People's Protection Units, a Kurdish militia group, are now trawling through rubble to dismantle bombs left behind
* US Central Command believes 90 per cent of the war-ravaged town is now controlled by Kurdish fighters

WNU Editor: In the "Kobane war zone" expect the conflict to now shift into the regions around the town .... U.S. Says Air Strikes Pound Islamic State Targets Near Kobani (Radio Free Europe).

More News On Kobane After Islamic State Were Driven Out

Al Bawaba: Battle for Kobani: the aftermath
Syria crisis: Massive destruction revealed in Kobane after Kurds drive out Islamic State militants -- ABC News (Australia)
Taking control of Kobani from ISIS -- MSNBC
Unbeaten but in ruins: Kobane appeals for world help to rebuild -- The Australian/AFP
Kobane in ruins after Kurds drive out Islamist State -- Economic Times/AFP
Massive destruction in Kobani after Daesh exit -- Gulf News/AFP
Syria crisis: Pictures of Kobane's destruction (Photo gallery) -- BBC
Inside Kobani (Photo gallery) -- Reuters