Syrian Kurds flee to Iraq for safety
- 12 years ago
A growing number of Syrian-Kurds are heading to neighbouring Iraq to escape the cycle of violence.
The Iraqi government has set up a camp in the country’s north to cater to about 2,000 refugees, who hope to return to a new Syria with equal rights.
Kurds had little rights in Syria, but the Bashar al-Assad government has tried to placate them since the uprising against the government began last year.
Most of them are army defectors and a lot of them say they ran away when they were ordered to shoot at civilians.
Al Jazeera’s Jane Arraf reports from the Domez Refugee Camp.
The Iraqi government has set up a camp in the country’s north to cater to about 2,000 refugees, who hope to return to a new Syria with equal rights.
Kurds had little rights in Syria, but the Bashar al-Assad government has tried to placate them since the uprising against the government began last year.
Most of them are army defectors and a lot of them say they ran away when they were ordered to shoot at civilians.
Al Jazeera’s Jane Arraf reports from the Domez Refugee Camp.