Syrian Kurdish refugee Mohammad Hassan, 84 years-old, from Kobani cries, backdropped by his home town, on a hilltop on the outskirts of Suruc, Turkey, near the Turkey-Syria border, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2014. Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab, and its surrounding areas, has been under assault by extremists of the Islamic State group since mid-September and is being defended by Kurdish fighters.
Vadim Ghirda Associated Press