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Kurds in Syria

Syria

Can Turkey resettle 1 million Syrians in an 18-mile wide ‘safe zone’?

At least 11 civilians have been killed and an estimated 64,000 displaced in Kurdish-held areas over the first three days of fighting, according to aid groups.

women stand in a row, chanting and clapping their hands

Syrian Kurds left behind as Trump pulls out US troops

Turkish soldiers are silhouetted atop armoured vehicles near the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border on October 3, 2014.

The US has lots at stake in the Syrian border town of Kobane

Conflict
Baby hyenas

A zoo finally figures out why it failed to get two spotted hyenas to mate

Global Scan
Turkish tanks taking up position on the Turkish-Syrian border on September 29, 2014, after stray fire landed on Turkish territory. Turkey is concentrating forces along the border ahead of a parliamentary debate on authorizing military intervention in Syri

Turkey prepares to make a military move into Syria, but NATO needs convincing

Conflict
Kurds call it the "martyr cemetery." Dozens of freshly-covered graves have stretched its boundaries.

In Syria, Kurds are fighting their own war against Islamists, and winning

Conflict & Justice

Kurdish areas of Syria have recently been threatened by Islamist fighters. But a 50,000-strong Kurdish military force is reclaiming their land, village by village.