Aid not reaching Kobane, despite outrage over Alan Kurdi’s death
Locals in Kobane believe aid is not reaching the devastated town because of an international failure to confront Turkey over their trade blockade

Two men ride a motor-cycle through the ruins of Kobane (MEE/Jonathan Steele)
Locals in Kobane believe aid is not reaching the devastated town because of an international failure to confront Turkey over their trade blockade

KOBANE, Syria - Alan Kurdi, the Syrian Kurdish toddler whose drowned body, face down on a Turkish beach, galvanised a wave of sympathy for Syrian refugees earlier this month, now rests beneath a grey slab of marble beside three disused cooking-oil tins where small evergreen trees have been planted.
