NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel who has spent four days in Kobanê in West Kurdistan, Rojava, told about his impressions in the besieged town where YPG/YPJ forces are continuing to put up a brave and historic resistance against gangs affiliated to the so-called Islamic State.

Engel who visited many positions of the YPG forces pointed out that women were taking place on the front lines in the battle against ISIS.

Engel also remarked that Kurdish fighters in Kobanê, mainly of the People's Protection Unit and the Women's Protection Unit, control about half of the town while ISIS controls the other half. He pointed out that ISIS propaganda videos claim the group has captured 90 percent of Kobani, and that it's not true.

The NBC News correspondent also told about the story of a YPJ fighter, Peyman, who was shot twice — once in the leg, a second bullet in the stomach — but returned to her post, quoting her as saying that; "We stand and fight, especially here in the Middle East, where women are treated as inferiors. We stand here as symbols of strength for all the women of the region." Her goal, she says, is to defend both Kobani and women's rights.

"As women we need to stand shoulder to shoulder with our male comrades and fight ISIS. I promised myself that no matter where there is a minority that is under attack, I will be there to fight for their rights. That's the pledge I made," Peyman said. Asked why there were so many women on the front line, she proudly declared that it was in their blood.

Engel remarked that "for ISIS, crushing these secular, pro-U.S. fighters would be a major propaganda victory but fighters like Peyman are putting up a fight the militants appear not to have anticipated."

They are strong women and brave men standing their ground and defending their homes, Engel said, adding that for now, at least, Kobani is holding on.

NBC's Engel also conveyed the remarks of another YPJ fighter, Berfin, who said that; "I am not leaving here. Either I die here or we win."

Engel remarked that the Kurds of Kobanê mostly have light weapons and grenades, and are like no other fighting group in Syria; secular nationalists with a classless communal lifestyle, no ranks, and everyone is part of the war. He noted that the Kurdish fighters commit suicide rather than being captured by ISIS.

The NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent underlined that it is that total determination that has kept the defenders of Kobanê going and this city alive, adding; "I was struck by that dedication of the fighters in Kobanê. In so many towns around, people just run away as soon as the militants showed up. They were intimidated. But not in Kobanê."