• Kurds, between Islamist attacks and political developments

    Kurds, between Islamist attacks and political developments

    Since the beginning of July, the jihadists of the Islamic State launched a major offensive against the city of Ayn al-Arab (Kobanê in Kurdish), besieging several villages in the canton of Syrian Kurdistan, on the border with Turkey. Fighting rages and caused dozens of deaths in each camp. Kurds mobilize to resist this wave of…