Zehra, a 25-year-old Kurdish woman who lost her 8-month-old daughter due to a lung infection at a refugee camp, sits with her other daughter inside their home in Kobani, Syria, on Thursday, January 29. Her husband, a fighter from the People's Protection Units, or YPG, stands in the background. After four months of intense fighting, Kurdish Peshmerga forces <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2015%2F02%2F04%2Fmiddleeast%2Fkobani-syria-destruction%2Findex.html" target="_blank">have liberated Kobani</a> from the grip of the ISIS militant group. Click through to see more photos of Kobani taken recently by Ricardo Garcia Vilanova.
Zehra, a 25-year-old Kurdish woman who lost her 8-month-old daughter due to a lung infection at a refugee camp, sits with her other daughter inside their home in Kobani, Syria, on Thursday, January 29. Her husband, a fighter from the People's Protection Units, or YPG, stands in the background. After four months of intense fighting, Kurdish Peshmerga forces have liberated Kobani from the grip of the ISIS militant group. Click through to see more photos of Kobani taken recently by Ricardo Garcia Vilanova.
Ricardo Garcia Vilanova
Destruction in the center of Kobani on January 30. The city sits on the border with Turkey.
Destruction in the center of Kobani on January 30. The city sits on the border with Turkey.
Ricardo Garcia Vilanova
Photographs of civilians are seen on a street outside of a destroyed house on Saturday, January 31.
Photographs of civilians are seen on a street outside of a destroyed house on Saturday, January 31.
Ricardo Garcia Vilanova
Members of the YPG prepare their ammunition on January 31.
Members of the YPG prepare their ammunition on January 31.
Ricardo Garcia Vilanova
Members of the YPG make their way to the front line of the battle with ISIS on January 31.
Members of the YPG make their way to the front line of the battle with ISIS on January 31.
Ricardo Garcia Vilanova
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Ramue Dika, a civilian who died of starvation, is taken away from his house in Kobani on Monday, February 2.
Ramue Dika, a civilian who died of starvation, is taken away from his house in Kobani on Monday, February 2.
Ricardo Garcia Vilanova
Members of the Free Syrian Army gather in Kobani on February 2.
Members of the Free Syrian Army gather in Kobani on February 2.
Ricardo Garcia Vilanova
A Kurdish woman kneels beside the burial ground of her husband on Tuesday, February 3.
A Kurdish woman kneels beside the burial ground of her husband on Tuesday, February 3.
Ricardo Garcia Vilanova