Kurds in Syria

While most of Syria has fallen to the rebels, a triangle-shaped territory in the northeast corner of Syria is controlled by a Kurdish group called the Syrian Democratic Forces. Now, they’re being targeted by rebel factions. Carol Hills speaks with Wladimir Van Wilgenburg, who has worked on two books about the Syrian Kurds and is based in Erbil, a Kurdish area in northern Iraq.

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