Kobanî

Kobanî (‎   , also rendered   ), also known as Ayn al-Arab (  North Levantine pronunciation: ), is a city in the Aleppo Governorate in northern Syria, lying immediately south of the border with Turkey. As a consequence of the Syrian Civil War, the city has been under control of the Kurdish YPG militia since 2012. In 2014, it was unofficially declared to be the administrative center of the Kobanî Canton of Rojava.