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The isis fighters come in waves. not just one and two they try and infiltrate but 40, 50 fighters will come and try and swarm into the building. >> reporter: she told me isis was aiming to kill everyone who was fighting here, especially the female fighters. but we were resolute, and we fought back. we defended this place with our lives until the last drop of blood," azima said. "we lost many comrades." kobani turned out to be the beginning of a new kind of war for america in the middle east. wit...

To defeat and capture were on the loose. but there was one whose movements were being followed very closely. >> last night the united states brought the worlds number one terrorist leader to justice. abu bakr al baghdadi is dead. he died like a dog. he died like a coward. the world is now a much safer place. >> reporter: after years hunting the founder and commander of isis, president trump didnt try to disguise his happiness. >> capturing or killing baghdadi has been the top national security p...

Kurdish people how little they are valued as basic -- as human beings. >> reporter: azima, a veteran kurdish commander who like thousands of kurdish women fought in the battles to defeat isis, told me she worried this day would come. "i respect turkey, and i respect the turks, but i do not respect the turkish state. they are like isis, they have similar views." the commander of kurdish forces, general mazlum, was equally worried. >> translator: erdogan wants to cleanse the area of kurds. he want...

And no one seemed able to stop them. but that all changed in a little kurdish town called kobani. isis fighters attacked kobani with everything they had. the battles were street to street. but the kurds refused to surrender. >> this battle of kobani ended up being a massive turning point in the overall campaign. and so from that moment we had a little toehold in syria to begin to fight back against what was the heart of the isis caliphate. >> reporter: i was with the kurdish fighters in kobani, ...

>> shes saying when they come, the isis fighters come in waves. not just one and two they try and infiltrate but 40, 50 fighters will come and try and swarm into the building. >> reporter: she told me isis was aiming to kill everyone who was fighting here, especially the female fighters. but we were resolute, and we fought back. "we defended this place with our lives until the last drop of blood," azima said. "we lost many comrades." kobani turned out to be the beginning of a new kind of war for...

State in the middle east. they called it the caliphate. and no one seemed able to stop them. but that all changed in a little kurdish town called kobani. isis fighters attacked kobani with everything they had. the battles were street to street. but the kurds refused to surrender. >> this battle of kobani ended up being a massive turning point in the overall campaign. and so from that moment we had a little toe hold in syria to twin so fight back against what was the heart of the isis caliphate. ...