Tuesday, November 27, 2012

TURKEY - Ethnic Kurds Rise Fears

"As Kurds Fight for Freedom in Syria, Fears Rise in Turkey of Following Suit" PBS Newshour 11/26/2012

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SUMMARY: In Syria's civil war, a third party fights for autonomy against Syrian rebels and Assad's government troops: Syria's Kurds. Turkey's own Kurd population watches, and tensions increase, especially for those sympathetic to the PKK, who have waged insurgencies for freedom. Margaret Warner reports.

JEFFREY BROWN (Newshour): And now to the conflict in Syria.

Government warplanes bombed rebel headquarters near the Turkish border today, reportedly missing their target, but sending hundreds of Syrians fleeing.

Margaret Warner has been on a reporting trip to the region. In her third and final story, she examines how the Syrian civil war has heightened tensions between Turkey and its ethnic Kurd population.

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