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Syria's first Kurdish university attracts controversy as well as students

Syrian Kurds have big plans to expand the first university based in Rojava, which they launched just last year.

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A group of students pose for a picture at Afrin University, Syria, May 12, 1016. — FACEBOOK/Afrin University

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