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Smoke rises over Syrian town of Kobani after an airstrike, as seen from the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in the town of Suruc in this file October 18, 2014 file photo.
A U.S.-led military coalition has been bombing Islamic State fighters who hold a large swathe of territory in both Iraq and Syria, two countries involved in complex multi-sided civil wars in which nearly every country in the Middle East has a stake.
The Turkish military and police had declared the Turkish-Syrian border area a “military zone”, which limits the ability of the press to move around.
In these days of modern warfare, the weaponry is more powerful than that in the old days. So all of my colleagues and I have to be doubly careful to ensure we do not end up in the line of fire, as positions of Kurdish YPG fighters and IS militants change quickly.
For all those reasons, to stay away is the only solution at the moment.
We ended up on hills about 2km (1.24 miles) away from Kobani using very long telephoto lenses, often more than 1000mm, to get a peek into the city while listening to the sound of war and smelling its scent.
Sometimes you see a shadow of a fighter hiding behind a building and more often you see the massive impact of heavy airstrikes.
It is a bit strange sitting there with lenses I usually use for sports photography alongside people from the area, who come to the hills to see what’s going on. They bring binoculars and make tea – making it almost seems like a tourist attraction. – Kai Pfaffenbach REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (TURKEY – Tags: MILITARY POLITICS CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
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