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Drowned migrant boy Alan Kurdi is buried in Syria | Drowned migrant boy Alan Kurdi is buried in Syria |
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The bodies of drowned Syrian boy Alan Kurdi and members of his family have been buried in Kobane in Syria after being transported there from Turkey. | |
Alan's father crossed into Kurdish-controlled Kobane with the coffins. | |
Three-year-old Alan, his brother Galip, five, and his mother Rehan died trying to reach the Greek island of Kos. | |
Pictures of Alan's body on a beach in Turkey sparked worldwide outrage at the plight of people fleeing the war in Syria for Europe. | |
A convoy of vehicles with the bodies crossed into Kobane from the Turkish border town of Suruc, officials say. | A convoy of vehicles with the bodies crossed into Kobane from the Turkish border town of Suruc, officials say. |
Alan's father Abdullah said his family died after the boat they were capsized shortly after leaving Turkey. | |
Images of Alan's body being recovered from a beach near Bodrum caused an outpouring of sympathy for the plight of those fleeing Syria's civil war and criticism of foreign governments for not doing enough to answer the crisis. | |
Thousands of migrants have died this year trying to reach Europe by sea. | Thousands of migrants have died this year trying to reach Europe by sea. |
Kobane became a symbol of Kurdish resistance in January after a siege by Islamic State militants lasting five months was repelled in a battle that made international headlines. | |
Thousands of the city's previous 400,000 population began to return following IS's defeat. | |
But in June the jihadists attacked Kobane again, detonating car bombs and launching an assault, prompting a renewed exodus of refugees from the city. | |
Although the city has never been important strategically, correspondents say that its loss after heavy street-fighting and coalition aerial bombardment still hurts the militants. |