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Wladimir van Wilgenburg (Syria Pulse)

Wladimir van Wilgenburg (Syria Pulse)

Jan 18, 2014

Kurdish protesters shout slogans during a rally in Athens January 18, 2014. A few hundred members of the Kurdish community in Greece marched to the office of the European Commission to request that the situation of Kurds in Syria be discussed at the upcoming Geneva 2 Conference. REUTERS/Giorgos Moutafis (GREECE - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY IMMIGRATION CIVIL UNREST) - RTX17JVY — Kurdish protesters shout slogans during a rally in Athens, Jan. 18, 2014. A few hundred members of the Kurdish community in Greece marched to the office of the European Commission to request that the situation of Kurds in Syria be discussed at the upcoming Geneva II conference. — REUTERS/Giorgos Moutafis

People sit in the back of a truck as they celebrate what they said was the liberation of villages from Islamist rebels near the city of Ras al-Ain in the province of Hasakah, after capturing it from Islamist rebels November 6, 2013. Redur Xelil, spokesman for the armed wing of the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD), said Kurdish militias had seized the city of Ras al-Ain and all its surrounding villages. Syrian Kurdish fighters have captured more territory from Islamist rebels in northeastern Syria

Syrian Kurds discuss differences over Geneva II

Wladimir van Wilgenburg (Syria Pulse)

Wladimir van Wilgenburg (Syria Pulse)

Delegates are pictured prior to a meeting on Syria at the United Nations offices in Geneva December 20, 2013. REUTERS/Fabrice Coffrini/Pool (SWITZERLAND - Tags: POLITICS) - RTX16PNF

Syrian Kurds agree to disagree

Wladimir van Wilgenburg (Syria Pulse)

Wladimir van Wilgenburg (Syria Pulse)

Syrian Kurds not united behind opposition delegation to Geneva talks

Wladimir van Wilgenburg (Syria Pulse)

Wladimir van Wilgenburg (Syria Pulse)

Members of the interim government of democratic self-administered party stand after declaring a provincial government, in the city of Amuda near Hasaka January 21, 2014. Kurds in Syria declared a provincial government in the north of the country on Tuesday, consolidating their geographic and political presence on the eve of peace talks in Switzerland at which they will not be represented. The municipal council will run affairs in one of three administrative districts set up by Kurds, who have seized upon t

Relations among Syrian Kurdish parties hit new low

Wladimir van Wilgenburg (Syria Pulse)

Wladimir van Wilgenburg (Syria Pulse)