As Syrian Kurds Advance on IS, Other Ethnic Groups Flee

Cemal Dede fled his home in a remote Turkmen village in Syria after warplanes from the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State bombed the house next door. He had no idea he wouldn't be coming back. Dede says the Kurdish YPG militia did not let his family of seven return to Dedeler near the Turkish border, telling him it was now Kurdish territory and Turkmens like him had no place there. "When Islamic State was there, they persecuted people. Now there is YPG and they are no...

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