The fourth most moving image of 2014 on Getty Images – as voted by the global public – is a photo by Gokhan Sahin of an explosion rocking the Syrian city of Kobane during a reported suicide car bomb attack by the militants of Islamic State (ISIS) group on a People’s Protection Unit (YPG) position in the city center of Kobani.
Gokhan Sahin took this photo from the outskirts of Suruc, on the Turkey-Syria border on October 20, 2014 in Sanliurfa province, Turkey. Photo taken by Gokhan Sahin.
The theme of this photo is Syrian Kurds’ battle with the IS to retain control of Kobani.
According to Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, Turkey would reportedly allow Iraqi Kurdish fighters to cross the Syrian border to fight Islamic State (IS) militants in the Syrian city of Kobane.
The United States has also sent planes to drop weapons, ammunition and medical supplies to Syrian Kurdish fighters around Kobane.
* Photo and text from Getty Images.
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