These Heartbreaking Pictures Show What Life Is Like For Kurds Fleeing ISIS
BuzzFeed - Latest 2014-09-23
Summary:
Photographer Dirk Emmerich was on the scene as they fled from Syria into Turkey.
More than 130,000 people have been forced to flee from Syria to Turkey since last Thursday to escape ISIS.
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These pictures show people from Ayn al-Arab — Kobane in English — on the border between Syria and Turkey
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The refugees report that ISIS has conquered the villages around Kobane, killing vast numbers of the local population.
While ISIS attacks Kobane, armed wings of Kurdish parties try to protect the area. Since Friday a US-led coalition has been bombing Syria to stop ISIS. The Kurdistan Workers' Party — PKK — is also asking Kurds to join them to protect Kobane.
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Dirk Emmerich / Via dirkemmerich.tumblr.com