What Has Kobane Battle Taught Us? -- Mark Urban, BBC
After a month of fighting, defenders of Kobane say Islamic State (IS) has been virtually driven out of the Syrian town. So what has been learned from this battle?
1. Kobane is not "strategically" important.
At least not in the classic sense of that word. It will not decide the fate of the Syrian civil war or indeed of the Pentagon-led campaign, designated Operation Inherent Resolve, against IS.
The primary importance of Kobane, a town populated by Kurds on the border with Turkey, lies in the scale of human misery that the battle and its displacement of 250,000 people has created.
This has had knock-on effects on the Kurdish relationship with Turkey, where most of those people have gone.
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My Comment: Of all the points that have been outlined in this BBC report .... it is number 4 that is in play right now .... US: Hundreds of ISIL fighters dead in Kobane (Al Jazeera)
