Kurdish civilians returned to widespread destruction after months of fighting between Turkish forces and the PKK.
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What is behind Ankara’s major turnabout on the PKK?
Many young Syrian refugees and Iraqi IDPs lack access to education, and end up working for a few dollars a day.
This is the testimony of 12-year-old Ali, survivor of the Peshawar massacre, as recorded by journalist Kiran Nazish.
!['I thought I was dead but my heart was beating very fast,' recounts Ali [Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014121716446538621_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
The stakes are high for Turkey if ISIL takes over Kobane, say Turkish analysts.
![Many Turkish and Syrian Kurds in Turkey continue to urge the US to increase its air strikes against ISIL [Getty]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/201410892751488734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Kurdish residents fighting ISIL in Syrian border town say Turkish government has failed to offer substantive assistance.
![Syrian refugees have set up camp in Yumurtalik and other Turkish regions [Kiran Nazish/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/201410482614969580_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Violence in Ain al-Arab has prompted many Kurdish Syrians to flee to Turkey, but others are returning to battle ISIL.
![Around 160,000 civilians have fled the town of Ain al-Arab and its surrounding area for Turkey [Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/20149229258681621_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Former Kashmiri fighters face difficult challenges as they try to start new lives in Pakistani refugee camps.
