Survivors stories are very sad. They had to go through so much and then have to start all over again, never forgetting what they once went through.
October 2014 Last updated at 10:26 ET
The exodus from the Islamic State onslaught on Kobane has prompted calls for international intervention
Vast yellow fields surround this border town. But just across the border inside Syria, white and black plumes of smoke rise above Kobane as Islamic State attacks intensify.
In the past two weeks, thousands of women have managed to escape IS and take refuge in Turkey, only a few kilometres from their own homes.
Their children have been queuing to register for entry into a new country. With rucksacks strapped to their backs, they could be schoolchildren queuing to begin a new term, were it not for the tragic circumstances.
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BBC News - Kobane Survival stories from Kobane refugees?
October 2014 Last updated at 10:26 ET
- Kobane: Survival stories from Kobane refugees
Many of the thousands of people who have fled the fighting between Islamic State (IS) militants and fighters from the Syrian Kurdish YPG in Kobane in Syria have reached the relative safety of south-eastern Turkey. In the town of Suruc, the BBC's Rengin Arslan has been listening to their tales of survival.
Vast yellow fields surround this border town. But just across the border inside Syria, white and black plumes of smoke rise above Kobane as Islamic State attacks intensify.
In the past two weeks, thousands of women have managed to escape IS and take refuge in Turkey, only a few kilometres from their own homes.
Their children have been queuing to register for entry into a new country. With rucksacks strapped to their backs, they could be schoolchildren queuing to begin a new term, were it not for the tragic circumstances.
Continue reading at:
BBC News - Kobane Survival stories from Kobane refugees?
