As YPG/YPJ (People's/Women's Protection Units) continue putting up a historic resistance to the ISIS gangs attacking Kobanê since 15 September, and the initiative is with the YPG forces by now, YPG/YPJ Commander Meysa Ebdo assessed the current situation in the Kobane battle for the ANF.

Meysa Ebdo informed that YPG/YPJ forces have struck major blows on ISIS gangs on three fronts of the town over the past days, also telling that they have been carrying out operations together with FSA and peshmerga forces on the western front.

Ebdo called attention to the importance of these operations in which -she said- the assault force of the gangs has been broken, especially in the village of Mezra Ebosha where the reinforcements of the gangs were also severely hit by the joint operation forces.

Meysa Ebdo said that the southern front has also turned to a hell for the gangs over the recent days, and that the initiative now is with the YPG at this front.

The YPG/YPJ Commander remarked that gangs have been pushed one step back and YPG forces advanced one step further on the eastern front where attacks have been concentrated.

Meysa Ebdo noted that in face of the strong response, ISIS gangs in recent days are launching a new wave of attacks on the Mürşitpınar border crossing from an area close to the border, adding that these attacks have also been repelled.

Ebdo also stated that a relatively secure environment has been ensured as the battle has turned out in favour of the YPG now, and that many residents of Kobanê have therewith started to return to the town.

"The initiave now is with our forces in all areas", Ebdo underlined, and called on all youths and young women outside Kobanê to turn back to their town and to join the YPG/YPJ ranks in order to defend Kobanê.

Referring to a recently raised debate on Kobanê being an Arab town, an argument mainly voiced by the Turkish media as well as the Turkish Prime Minister and President, Ebdo said that; "This debate is a dirty argument used by some powers aiming to create a conflict between the Arab and Kurdish peoples who are however letting down such dirty games with an alliance of the Burkan Al Fırat and YPG forces. Since the very beginning, we have predicated our struggle on a common life in a democratic and free Syria. Kobanê is of course a Kurdish town but is also a part of a democratic Syria. This a truth acknowledged by the Arab people as well. We are waging our struggle together with the representatives of the Arab people."