Siege, Escape, Betrayal: Voices from a Collapsing Northeast Syria
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A school in Qamishli serves as an emergency shelter. An elderly man says, “We Kurds have no friends.” A woman from Afrin has been living in temporary rooms for years, and an official of the self-administration warns, “ISIS is back and stronger than ever.”
FUNKE correspondent Jan Jessen traveled through northeastern Syria and, for our podcast “In Crisis Mode,” spoke with people experiencing firsthand the siege of Kobane, the deal with Damascus, and the resurgence of jihadist groups.
What does this mean for the Kurds, for minorities and for Europe’s…
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