The issue focused on the destruction of the Kobane neighborhood of the Syrian town of Ain al-Arab on Nov. 13, when IS began to build a military infrastructure there. According to The Associated Press, IS has destroyed a central building, plowed over another building and stolen an underground water source in one of its short-lived construction projects.


IS at first used the Kobane areas as a strategic corridor for smuggling oil and other illicit goods to the Turkish border. They also used the area as a