Kurdish Fighters: Kurdish Region of Iraq Kurdish

Kurdish region of Iraq Kurdish: Clashes between Kurdish fighters and Islamic extremist rebel groups have sharply escalated in Syrias northern provinces in recent months. The violence, which has left hundreds dead, holds the potential to explode into a full-blown side conflict within Syrias broader civil war. More Related to this Story, according to Globe and Mail. Thousands of Syrian refugees pour into Kurdish region of Iraq Kurdish militias battled al-Qaeda-linked rebel groups in northeastern Syria on Tuesday in the latest round of heavy fighting that has helped fuel a mass exodus of civilians from the region into neighbouring Iraq, activists said. Syrian refugees flood Iraqi border (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.