Eastern Syria - Dyrek 15 October 2014 People taking part in the funeral of a YPG kurdish fighter killed in battle with ISIS Islamic militants at the cemetery for YPG and YPJ Kurdish fighters near the town of Dyrek in Rojava Kurdish control zone.
A Kurd make the V victory near a portrait of Öcalan, leader of the PKK. Between 700 and 1000 Kurds and French left parties members took to the streets to protest against the arrests in Turkey of the leaders of the HDP party, of journalists, the closure of more than 170 medias and of the leading oppposition newspaper Cumhuriyet, the war against Kurds and the politics of Recep Tayyip Erdoan. Toulouse. France. November 6th, 2016. (Photo by Alain Pitton/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
KOBANE, SYRIA - JUNE 20: (TURKEY OUT) A Kurdish People's Protection Units, or YPG women fighters pose as they stand near a check point in the outskirts of the destroyed Syrian town of Kobane, also known as Ain al-Arab, Syria. June 20, 2015. Kurdish fighters with the YPG took full control of Kobane and strategic city of Tal Abyad, dealing a major blow to the Islamic State group's ability to wage war in Syria. Mopping up operations have started to make the town safe for the return of residents from Turkey, after more than a year of Islamic State militants holding control of the town. (Photo by Ahmet Sik/Getty Images)
KOBANE, SYRIA - JUNE 20: (TURKEY OUT) Kurdish People's Protection Units, or YPG's women fighters prepares their lunch in a base camp at the outskirts of the destroyed Syrian town of Kobane, also known as Ain al-Arab, Syria. June 20, 2015. Kurdish fighters with the YPG took full control of Kobane and strategic city of Tal Abyad, dealing a major blow to the Islamic State group's ability to wage war in Syria. Mopping up operations have started to make the town safe for the return of residents from Turkey, after more than a year of Islamic State militants holding control of the town. (Photo by Ahmet Sik/Getty Images)
TAL ABYAD, SYRIA - JUNE 19: (TURKEY OUT) Kurdish People's Protection Units, or YPG fighters controls downtown of Tal Abyad, Syria. June 19, 2015. Kurdish fighters with the YPG took full control of Tal Abyad, dealing a major blow to the Islamic State group's ability to wage war in Syria. Mopping up operations have started to make the town safe for the return of residents from Turkey, after more than a year of Islamic State militants holding control of the town. (Photo by Ahmet Sik/Getty Images)
