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Syrian Kurds Beset by Divisions

Syrian Kurds are resisting efforts by Iraqi Kurdistan President Massoud Barzani to exert influence over their movement.  

Wladimir van Wilgenburg (Syria Pulse)
Wladimir van Wilgenburg (Syria Pulse)
Oct 18, 2013
A Kurdish female fighter from the Popular Protection Units (YPG) carries a walkie-talkie as she stands near fellow fighters carrying their weapons and using binoculars in the Kurdish town of Ifrin, in Aleppo's countryside October 14, 2013. Kurds comprise around 10 percent of Syria's 23 million population. They are concentrated in Ifrin and other areas of the northwest, in parts of Damascus and in the northeastern oil producing area of Qamishli, where there has also been intense fighting between Kurds and al
A Kurdish female fighter from the People's Defense Units carries a walkie-talkie as she stands near fellow fighters in the Kurdish town of Ifrin, in Aleppo's countryside, Oct. 14, 2013. — REUTERS/Roshak Ahmad

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