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Ibrahim Bitkin

A Syrian woman holding her infant waits near an informal border crossing to go back to Kobane, Syria, despite ongoing clashes between ISIS and Kurdish fighters. Many Syrian Kurds are finding Turkey expensive and inhospitable.

Kurds threaten dark days for Turkey if Kobane falls

Conflict

As Turkey continues to resist taking action against ISIS in the Syrian Kurdish city of Kobane, Turkey’s Kurds are growing angrier. Now that anger may help end the ceasefire between Kurds and Turks that had held for over a year.

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