Turkish soldier dies after clashes with Kurdish militants

Turkish police stand guard in Sur district, which is partially under curfew, in the Kurdish-dominated southeastern city of Diyarbakir, TurkeyA Turkish soldier died early on Saturday from wounds sustained during clashes with militants from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and seven others were injured in the fighting, the chief of the General Staff said. The soldiers had been in a firefight on Friday in the Sur district of the southeastern city of Diyarbakir, which has been under a round-the-clock curfew since early December due to persistent fighting between security forces and PKK militants. Hundreds of soldiers, thousands of insurgents and an estimated 170 civilians have died since Turkey&;s three-decade-long conflict with the PKK started again in July.

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Despite traumas of war, Syrian children in Turkey dream of home

The Wider Image: Young Syrians dream of homeSyria&;s conflict has left hundreds of thousands dead, pushed millions more into exile, and had a profound effect on children who lost their homes or became caught up in the bloodletting. Hassun and her family are living with nearly 3,000 other people – 1,000 of them under 12 years old – in Yayladagi Refugee Camp, a former tobacco factory converted by the government just across the border from Syria in eastern Turkey. A Reuters photo story from various camps in the region shows the children at play and displaying their drawings.

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