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Lebanese Kurds take part in a protest near the European Commission offices in Beirut on January 28th, 2018, against the ongoing Turkish military campaign in the Kurdish-held Syrian enclave of Afrin. Turkey launched an offensive against the Kurdish People's Protection Units on January 20th in their enclave of Afrin, supporting Syrian rebels with airstrikes and ground troops.

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Viewfinder: Lebanese Kurds Protest the Turkish Military

Lebanese Kurds take part in a protest near the European Commission offices in Beirut on January 28th, 2018, against the ongoing Turkish military campaign in the Kurdish-held Syrian enclave of Afrin.

Pacific Standard Staff

A member of the Iraqi forces covers his ears as he fires a mortar against Kurdish Peshmerga positions near the Turkish and Syrian borders in the Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region on October 26th, 2017.

News in Brief

Viewfinder: Iraqi Forces Clash With Kurds

A member of the Iraqi forces covers his ears as he fires a mortar against Kurdish Peshmerga positions near the Turkish and Syrian borders in the Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region on October 26th, 2017.

Pacific Standard Staff

Syrian Kurds wave the Kurdish flag in the Syrian city of Qamishli on September 27th, 2017, during a gathering in support of the independence referendum in Iraq's northern Kurdish region.

News in Brief

Viewfinder: Iraqi Kurds Vote for Independence

Syrian Kurds wave the Kurdish flag in the Syrian city of Qamishli on September 27th, 2017, during a gathering in support of the independence referendum in Iraq's northern Kurdish region.

Pacific Standard Staff