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26/11/2019 - Syria / Rojava - Young ex-combatants read in the small school library. 120 children of the Islamic State are re-educated by the Kurdish forces. They are all between 12 and 18 years old. 15 different nationalities, including 2 French.

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26/11/2019 - Syria / Rojava - Two young people are playing with bones. 120 children of the Islamic State are re-educated by the Kurdish forces. They are all between 12 and 18 years old. 15 different nationalities, including 2 French.

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26/11/2019 - Syria / Rojava - A group of young people are playing marbles. 120 children of the Islamic State are re-educated by the Kurdish forces. They are all between 12 and 18 years old. 15 different nationalities, including 2 French.

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Syria - Rojava - The school for the deradicalization of lion cubs in the Caliphate. -
26/11/2019 - Syria / Rojava - The young people listen to a teacher who gives them a lesson on self-confidence. 120 children of the Islamic State are re-educated by the Kurdish forces. They are all between 12 and 18 years old. 15 different nationalities, including 2 French.

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Syria - Rojava - The school for the deradicalization of lion cubs in the Caliphate. -
26/11/2019 - Syria / Rojava - The young people listen to a teacher who gives them a lesson on self-confidence. 120 children of the Islamic State are re-educated by the Kurdish forces. They are all between 12 and 18 years old. 15 different nationalities, including 2 French.

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26/11/2019 - Syria / Rojava - The young people listen to a teacher who gives them a lesson on self-confidence. 120 children of the Islamic State are re-educated by the Kurdish forces. They are all between 12 and 18 years old. 15 different nationalities, including 2 French.

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Syria - Rojava - The school for the deradicalization of lion cubs in the Caliphate. -
26/11/2019 - Syria / Rojava - The young people listen to a teacher who gives them a lesson on self-confidence. 120 children of the Islamic State are re-educated by the Kurdish forces. They are all between 12 and 18 years old. 15 different nationalities, including 2 French.

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Syria - Rojava - The school for the deradicalization of lion cubs in the Caliphate. -
26/11/2019 - Syria / Rojava - The young people listen to a teacher who gives them a lesson on self-confidence. 120 children of the Islamic State are re-educated by the Kurdish forces. They are all between 12 and 18 years old. 15 different nationalities, including 2 French.

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Chris Huby / Le Pictorium -
Syria - Rojava - The school for the deradicalization of lion cubs in the Caliphate. -
26/11/2019 - Syria / Rojava - The young people listen to a teacher who gives them a lesson on self-confidence. 120 children of the Islamic State are re-educated by the Kurdish forces. They are all between 12 and 18 years old. 15 different nationalities, including 2 French.

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26/11/2019 - Syria / Rojava - The young people listen to a teacher who gives them a lesson on self-confidence. 120 children of the Islamic State are re-educated by the Kurdish forces. They are all between 12 and 18 years old. 15 different nationalities, including 2 French.

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Syria - Rojava - The school for the deradicalization of lion cubs in the Caliphate. -
26/11/2019 - Syria / Rojava - The young people listen to a teacher who gives them a lesson on self-confidence. 120 children of the Islamic State are re-educated by the Kurdish forces. They are all between 12 and 18 years old. 15 different nationalities, including 2 French.

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Chris Huby / Le Pictorium -
Syria - Rojava - The school for the deradicalization of lion cubs in the Caliphate. -
26/11/2019 - Syria / Rojava - The young people listen to a teacher who gives them a lesson on self-confidence. 120 children of the Islamic State are re-educated by the Kurdish forces. They are all between 12 and 18 years old. 15 different nationalities, including 2 French.

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Chris Huby / Le Pictorium -
Syria - Rojava - The school for the deradicalization of lion cubs in the Caliphate. -
26/11/2019 - Syria / Rojava - The young people listen to a teacher who gives them a lesson on self-confidence. 120 children of the Islamic State are re-educated by the Kurdish forces. They are all between 12 and 18 years old. 15 different nationalities, including 2 French.

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Syria - Rojava - The school for the deradicalization of lion cubs in the Caliphate. -
2019 - Syria / Rojava - The young people listen to a teacher who gives them a lesson on self-confidence. 120 children of the Islamic State are re-educated by the Kurdish forces. They are all between 12 and 18 years old. 15 different nationalities, including 2 French.

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26/11/2019 - Syria / Rojava - The young people listen to a teacher who gives them a lesson on self-confidence. 120 children of the Islamic State are re-educated by the Kurdish forces. They are all between 12 and 18 years old. 15 different nationalities, including 2 French.

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26/11/2019 - Syria / Rojava - This youngster was shot and wounded. 120 children of the Islamic State are re-educated by the Kurdish forces. They are all between 12 and 18 years old. 15 different nationalities, including 2 French.

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26/11/2019 - Syria / Rojava - This youngster was shot and wounded. 120 children of the Islamic State are re-educated by the Kurdish forces. They are all between 12 and 18 years old. 15 different nationalities, including 2 French.

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Chris Huby / Le Pictorium -
Syria - Rojava - The school for the deradicalization of lion cubs in the Caliphate. -
26/11/2019 - Syria / Rojava - 120 children of the Islamic State are re-educated by the Kurdish forces. They are all between 12 and 18 years old. 15 different nationalities, including 2 French.

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Syria - Rojava - The school for the deradicalization of lion cubs in the Caliphate. -
26/11/2019 - Syria / Rojava - This young Syrian has been trained to become a killer. Trained by adults, he beheaded a kfar when he was only 13 years old. 120 children of the Islamic State are re-educated by the Kurdish forces. They are all between 12 and 18 years old. 15 different nationalities, including 2 French.

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Syria - Rojava - The school for the deradicalization of lion cubs in the Caliphate. -
2019 - Syria / Rojava - a young fighter from Trinidad and Tobago 120 children of the Islamic State are re-educated by the Kurdish forces. They are all between 12 and 18 years old. 15 different nationalities, including 2 French.

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Syria - Rojava - The school for the deradicalization of lion cubs in the Caliphate. -
2019 - Syria / Rojava - a young fighter from Trinidad and Tobago 120 children of the Islamic State are re-educated by the Kurdish forces. They are all between 12 and 18 years old. 15 different nationalities, including 2 French.

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2019 - Syria / Rojava - This 16-year-old Syrian boy was trained to become a Kamikaze. 120 children of the Islamic State are re-educated by the Kurdish forces. They are all between 12 and 18 years old. 15 different nationalities, including 2 French.

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26/11/2019 - Syria / Rojava - H *. Originally from Reynerie, a district of Toulouse, he was forcibly taken away by his family. 120 children of the Islamic State are re-educated by the Kurdish forces. They are all between 12 and 18 years old. 15 different nationalities, including 2 French.

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26/11/2019 - Syria / Rojava - H *. Originally from Reynerie, a district of Toulouse, he was forcibly taken away by his family. 120 children of the Islamic State are re-educated by the Kurdish forces. They are all between 12 and 18 years old. 15 different nationalities, including 2 French.

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26/11/2019 - Syria / Rojava - H *. Originally from Reynerie, a district of Toulouse, he was forcibly taken away by his family. 120 children of the Islamic State are re-educated by the Kurdish forces. They are all between 12 and 18 years old. 15 different nationalities, including 2 French.

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Chris Huby / Le Pictorium -
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26/11/2019 - Syria / Rojava - A 14-year-old French boy from Paris. His father told him they were going on vacation to Turkey. They ended up in Raqqa, where he was locked up for a year, at odds with his father. 120 children of the Islamic State are re-educated by the Kurdish forces. They are all between 12 and 18 years old. 15 different nationalities, including 2 French.

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Chris Huby / Le Pictorium -
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26/11/2019 - Syria / Rojava - A 14-year-old French boy from Paris. His father told him they were going on vacation to Turkey. They ended up in Raqqa, where he was locked up for a year, at odds with his father. 120 children of the Islamic State are re-educated by the Kurdish forces. They are all between 12 and 18 years old. 15 different nationalities, including 2 French.

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Chris Huby / Le Pictorium -
Syria - Rojava - The school for the deradicalization of lion cubs in the Caliphate. -
26/11/2019 - Syria / Rojava - A 14-year-old French boy from Paris. His father told him they were going on vacation to Turkey. They ended up in Raqqa, where he was locked up for a year, at odds with his father. 120 children of the Islamic State are re-educated by the Kurdish forces. They are all between 12 and 18 years old. 15 different nationalities, including 2 French.

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Suruç attack attributed to the Islamist state that targeted young activists and supporters of the SGDF, a coalition of Turkish leftist associations. -
20/07/2015 - Turkey / Turkish Kurdistan / Suruc - A group of militants of the SGDF (Federation of Socialist Youth Associations), a Turkey-based leftist movement gathers in the city of Suruc (Sanliurfa province, Turkey) near the Syrian border and holds a press conference at the Amara Cultural Centre just before heading to Kobane (Syria) a few kilometres away in order to start the reconstruction of a hospital and a public park. A few minutes later, a suicide bomber blew himself up in the middle of the crowd killing 34 and injuring over 100 people according to Turkish authorities.

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Suruç attack attributed to the Islamist state that targeted young activists and supporters of the SGDF, a coalition of Turkish leftist associations. -
20/07/2015 - Turkey / Turkish Kurdistan / Suruc - Activists of the SGDF (Federation of Young Socialist Associations) hold a press conference in the Amara cultural centre in the city of Suruç, a few kilometres from the Syrian border. They announced their intention to spend several weeks in Kobane to help rebuild a hospital and park.

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Suruç attack attributed to the Islamist state that targeted young activists and supporters of the SGDF, a coalition of Turkish leftist associations. -
20/07/2015 - Turkey / Turkish Kurdistan / Suruc - In Suruc (Sanliurfa province, Turkey) near the Turkish-Syrian border a female militant of the SGDF (Federation of Socialist Youth Associations), a Turkey-based leftist movement flees the scene of a terrorist attack caused by a suicide bomber who blew himself up a few seconds earlier in the Amara Cultural Centre during a press conference hold by the SGDF, killing 34 and injuring over 100 people, mostly Kurds. This terror attack has been officially attributed to ISIS by Turkish authorities and within days Turkey started targeting Kurdish armed groups in retaliation.

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Suruç attack attributed to the Islamist state that targeted young activists and supporters of the SGDF, a coalition of Turkish leftist associations. -
20/07/2015 - Turkey / Turkish Kurdistan / Suruc - Ali Can Vural was 19. The activists of the SGDF (Federation of Young Socialist Associations) held a press conference in the Amara cultural centre in the city of Suruç, a few kilometres from the Syrian border. They announced their intention to spend several weeks in Kobane to help rebuild a hospital and park. A suicide bomber blew himself up in the middle of the crowd. The death toll was 34 and more than a hundred people were injured.

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Suruç attack attributed to the Islamist state that targeted young activists and supporters of the SGDF, a coalition of Turkish leftist associations. -
20/07/2015 - Turkey / Turkish Kurdistan / Suruc - In Suruc (Sanliurfa province, Turkey) near the Syrian border, minutes after a suicide bomber blew himself up in the Amara Cultural Centre injured militants of the SGDF (Federation of Socialist Youth Associations) flee the scene of the terror attack that killed 34 and injured over 100, among them Tulin (middle of the picture) a young woman from Diyarbakir, Turkey’s Kurdistan main city is seeking for help while others around her try to escape the scene. The attack has been attributed by Turkish authorities to the Islamic State that never formally claimed responsibility for it, the SGDF militants were planning to spend part of the summer vacations in Kobane (Syria) helping out with the reconstruction of a hospital and public park.

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Suruç attack attributed to the Islamist state that targeted young activists and supporters of the SGDF, a coalition of Turkish leftist associations. -
20/07/2015 - Turkey / Turkish Kurdistan / Suruc - At the end of the morning, at the Amara cultural centre, shortly before the departure of the 200 activists and supporters of the SGDF, an organisation of young people with a Marxist Leninist tendency from Turkey for Syria, a suicide bomber belonging most probably to ISIS blew himself up in the middle of the crowd in Suruç in Turkey, on the border with Syria, opposite the town of Kobane. SGDF activists and supporters had planned to spend a week in Kobane to rehabilitate a hospital and park. The toll will be 33 dead and a hundred wounded.

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Jan Schmidt-Whitley/Le Pictorium -
Suruç attack attributed to the Islamist state that targeted young activists and supporters of the SGDF, a coalition of Turkish leftist associations. -
20/07/2015 - Turkey / Turkish Kurdistan / Suruc - At the end of the morning, at the Amara cultural centre, shortly before the departure of the 200 activists and supporters of the SGDF, an organisation of young people with a Marxist Leninist tendency from Turkey for Syria, a suicide bomber belonging most probably to ISIS blew himself up in the middle of the crowd in Suruç in Turkey, on the border with Syria, opposite the town of Kobane. SGDF activists and supporters had planned to spend a week in Kobane to rehabilitate a hospital and park. The toll will be 33 dead and a hundred wounded.

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Suruç attack attributed to the Islamist state that targeted young activists and supporters of the SGDF, a coalition of Turkish leftist associations. -
20/07/2015 - Turkey / Turkish Kurdistan / Suruc - A man is looking at the site of the terrorist attack that just happened as casualties are being evacuated to the nearby hospital. At the end of the morning, at the Amara cultural centre, shortly before the departure of the 200 activists and supporters of the SGDF, a Turkish organisation of young people with a Marxist Leninist tendency for Syria, a suicide bomber belonging most probably to ISIS blew himself up in the middle of the crowd in Suruç in Turkey, on the border with Syria, opposite the town of Kobane. SGDF activists and supporters had planned to spend a week in Kobane to rehabilitate a hospital and park. The toll will be 33 dead and a hundred wounded.

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Suruç attack attributed to the Islamist state that targeted young activists and supporters of the SGDF, a coalition of Turkish leftist associations. -
20/07/2015 - Turkey / Turkish Kurdistan / Suruc - In Suruc (Sanliurfa province, Turkey) near the Turkish-Syrian border, a suicide bomber just blew himself up in the Amara Cultural Centre therefore most of the 150 to 200 militants gathered there for a press conference fled the site of the terror attack leaving behind them personal belongings like this cap. The attack claimed 34 lives and injured over 100 militants or sympathisers of the SGDF (Federation of Socialist Youth Associations), a Turkey-based leftist movement that had planned to spend a few weeks in Kobane in order to help out with the reconstruction of a hospital and public park. This attack has been attributed to the Islamic State by the Turkish authorities nevertheless the organisation never formally claimed responsibility for it.

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Jan Schmidt-Whitley/Le Pictorium -
Suruç attack attributed to the Islamist state that targeted young activists and supporters of the SGDF, a coalition of Turkish leftist associations. -
20/07/2015 - Turkey / Turkish Kurdistan / Suruc - In Suruc (Sanliurfa province, Turkey) near the Turkish-Syrian border, a suicide bomber just blew himself up in the Amara Cultural Centre therefore most of the 150 to 200 militants gathered there for a press conference fled the site of the terror attack leaving behind them personal belongings like this cap. The attack claimed 34 lives and injured over 100 militants or sympathisers of the SGDF (Federation of Socialist Youth Associations), a Turkey-based leftist movement that had planned to spend a few weeks in Kobane in order to help out with the reconstruction of a hospital and public park. This attack has been attributed to the Islamic State by the Turkish authorities nevertheless the organisation never formally claimed responsibility for it.

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Suruç attack attributed to the Islamist state that targeted young activists and supporters of the SGDF, a coalition of Turkish leftist associations. -
20/07/2015 - Turkey / Turkish Kurdistan / Suruc - A woman witnesses the aftermath of the blast in Suruc (Sanliurfa province, Turkey) near the Turkish-Syrian border, a suicide bomber just blew himself up in the Amara Cultural Centre therefore most of the 150 to 200 militants gathered there for a press conference fled the site of the terror attack leaving behind them personal belongings like this cap. The attack claimed 34 lives and injured over 100 militants or sympathisers of the SGDF (Federation of Socialist Youth Associations), a Turkey-based leftist movement that had planned to spend a few weeks in Kobane in order to help out with the reconstruction of a hospital and public park. This attack has been attributed to the Islamic State by the Turkish authorities nevertheless the organisation never formally claimed responsibility for it.

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Suruç attack attributed to the Islamist state that targeted young activists and supporters of the SGDF, a coalition of Turkish leftist associations. -
20/07/2015 - Turkey / Turkish Kurdistan / Suruc - Very quickly, help was put in place and the first wounded were evacuated in ambulances to the local hospital. Activists of the SGDF (Federation of Young Socialist Associations) hold a press conference in the Amara cultural centre in the city of Suruç, a few kilometres from the Syrian border. They announced their intention to spend several weeks in Kobane to help rebuild a hospital and park. A suicide bomber is then blown up in the middle of the crowd. The death toll was 34 and over a hundred belssés.

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Suruç attack attributed to the Islamist state that targeted young activists and supporters of the SGDF, a coalition of Turkish leftist associations. -
20/07/2015 - Turkey / Turkish Kurdistan / Suruc - Very quickly, help was put in place and the first wounded were evacuated in ambulances to the local hospital. Activists of the SGDF (Federation of Young Socialist Associations) hold a press conference in the Amara cultural centre in the city of Suruç, a few kilometres from the Syrian border. They announced their intention to spend several weeks in Kobane to help rebuild a hospital and park. A suicide bomber is then blown up in the middle of the crowd. The death toll was 34 and over a hundred wounded.

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Suruç attack attributed to the Islamist state that targeted young activists and supporters of the SGDF, a coalition of Turkish leftist associations. -
20/07/2015 - Turkey / Turkish Kurdistan / Suruc - At the Suruç hospital, medical students are requisitioned to make up for the lack of staff in the face of such an effervescence due to the terrorist attack that took place not far from there while I militants of the SGDF (Federation of Young Socialist Associations) held a press conference in the cultural center Amara of the city of Suruç located a few kilometers from the Syrian border. They announced their intention to spend several weeks in Kobane to help rebuild a hospital and park. A suicide bomber blew himself up in the middle of the crowd. The death toll was 34 and more than a hundred people were injured.

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Suruç attack attributed to the Islamist state that targeted young activists and supporters of the SGDF, a coalition of Turkish leftist associations. -
20/07/2015 - Turkey / Turkish Kurdistan / Suruc - At the Suruç hospital, medical students are requisitioned to make up for the lack of staff in the face of such an effervescence due to the terrorist attack that took place not far from there while I militants of the SGDF (Federation of Young Socialist Associations) held a press conference in the cultural center Amara of the city of Suruç located a few kilometers from the Syrian border. They announced their intention to spend several weeks in Kobane to help rebuild a hospital and park. A suicide bomber blew himself up in the middle of the crowd. The death toll was 34 and more than a hundred people were injured.

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Suruç attack attributed to the Islamist state that targeted young activists and supporters of the SGDF, a coalition of Turkish leftist associations. -
20/07/2015 - Turkey / Turkish Kurdistan / Suruc - In Suruc (Sanliurfa province, Turkey) near the Syrian border, following a suicide bomb attack that killed 34 and injured over 100 in the Amara Cultural Centre, the casualties are evacuated to the town hospital where they are taken care of by local medical staff, every available space like this corridor is used to put people in need for medical support. The victims of this terrorist attack are mostly members and sympathisers of the SGDF (Federation of Socialist Youth Associations), a Turkey-based leftist movement that had planned to have its militants spending a few weeks in Kobane (Syria) during their summer holidays in order to help out with the reconstruction of a hospital and a public park the attack has been attributed by Turkish authorities to the Islamic State.

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Suruç attack attributed to the Islamist state that targeted young activists and supporters of the SGDF, a coalition of Turkish leftist associations. -
20/07/2015 - Turkey / Turkish Kurdistan / Suruc - In Suruc (Sanliurfa province, Turkey) near the Syrian border, following a suicide bomb attack that killed 34 and injured over 100 in the Amara Cultural Centre, the casualties are evacuated to the town hospital where they are taken care of by local medical staff, every available space like this corridor is used to put people in need for medical support. The victims of this terrorist attack are mostly members and sympathisers of the SGDF (Federation of Socialist Youth Associations), a Turkey-based leftist movement that had planned to have its militants spending a few weeks in Kobane (Syria) during their summer holidays in order to help out with the reconstruction of a hospital and a public park the attack has been attributed by Turkish authorities to the Islamic State.

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Suruç attack attributed to the Islamist state that targeted young activists and supporters of the SGDF, a coalition of Turkish leftist associations. -
20/07/2015 - Turkey / Turkish Kurdistan / Suruc - In Suruc (Sanliurfa province, Turkey) near the Syrian border, following a suicide bomb attack that killed 34 and injured over 100 in the Amara Cultural Centre, the casualties are evacuated to the town hospital where they are taken care of by local medical staff, every available space like this corridor is used to put people in need for medical support. The victims of this terrorist attack are mostly members and sympathisers of the SGDF (Federation of Socialist Youth Associations), a Turkey-based leftist movement that had planned to have its militants spending a few weeks in Kobane (Syria) during their summer holidays in order to help out with the reconstruction of a hospital and a public park the attack has been attributed by Turkish authorities to the Islamic State.

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Suruç attack attributed to the Islamist state that targeted young activists and supporters of the SGDF, a coalition of Turkish leftist associations. -
20/07/2015 - Turkey / Turkish Kurdistan / Suruc - In Suruc (Sanliurfa province, Turkey) near the Turkish-Syrian border, a few hours after the explosion that killed 34 and injured over 100 militants of the SGDF, young Kurdish children watch the Amara Cultural Center from a building nearby. The SGDF (Federation of Socialist Youth Associations) is a Turkey-based leftist movement, they had gathered there in the Amara Cultural Centre for a press conference before heading to the nearby city of Kobane (Syria) in order to spend a few weeks there reconstructing a hospital and public park

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Suruç attack attributed to the Islamist state that targeted young activists and supporters of the SGDF, a coalition of Turkish leftist associations. -
20/07/2015 - Turkey / Turkish Kurdistan / Suruc - A few hours after a bomb exploded in the Amara cultural centre in Suruç (Sanliurfa province, Turkey) people are bringing coffins to evacuate the bodies of the victims on the bombsite. Between 150 and 200 members of the Turkey-based leftist youth movement SGDF were planning to spend a couple of weeks in the nearby city of Kobane in Syria to help out with the reconstruction of a hospital during their summer holidays. During the press conference organised to explain the motivations and denounce the isolation of the Kurds fighting against Daesh in war-torn Syria, a suicide bomber detonated himself killing 34 and injuring over 100.

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The Kurdish inhabitants of the town of Cizre return to their homes after fighting between the PKK and the Turkish army. -
11/03/2016 - Turkey / Sirnak / Cizre - General view of the city after 78 days of curfew. The inhabitants of the predominantly Kurdish city of Cizre were able to return to their homes, which they had left in mid-December 2015. The fighting between the PKK rebels and the Turkish army left many houses destroyed, particularly in the Nur district.

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The Kurdish inhabitants of the town of Cizre return to their homes after fighting between the PKK and the Turkish army. -
11/03/2016 - Turkey / Sirnak / Cizre - General view of the city after 78 days of curfew. The inhabitants of the predominantly Kurdish city of Cizre were able to return to their homes, which they had left in mid-December 2015. The fighting between the PKK rebels and the Turkish army left many houses destroyed, particularly in the Nur district.

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The Kurdish inhabitants of the town of Cizre return to their homes after fighting between the PKK and the Turkish army. -
11/03/2016 - Turkey / Sirnak / Cizre - Almost 10 days after the reopening of the city, a woman cannot bring herself to leave her apartment. The inhabitants of the predominantly Kurdish town of Cizre were able to return to their homes, which they had left in mid-December 2015. The fighting between the PKK rebels and the Turkish army left many houses destroyed, particularly in the Nur district.

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The Kurdish inhabitants of the town of Cizre return to their homes after fighting between the PKK and the Turkish army. -
11/03/2016 - Turkey / Sirnak / Cizre - A man in front of the former site of a mosque. Cizre,. The inhabitants of the predominantly Kurdish town of Cizre were able to return to their homes, which they had left in mid-December 2015. The fighting between the PKK rebels and the Turkish army left many houses destroyed, particularly in the Nur district.

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The Kurdish inhabitants of the town of Cizre return to their homes after fighting between the PKK and the Turkish army. -
11/03/2016 - Turkey / Sirnak / Cizre - A man in his partially destroyed building in Cudi's neighborhood. The inhabitants of the predominantly Kurdish town of Cizre were able to return to their homes, which they had left in mid-December 2015. The fighting between the PKK rebels and the Turkish army left many houses destroyed, particularly in the Nur district.

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The Kurdish inhabitants of the town of Cizre return to their homes after fighting between the PKK and the Turkish army. -
11/03/2016 - Turkey / Sirnak / Cizre - A man discovers his devastated apartment. The inhabitants of the predominantly Kurdish town of Cizre were able to return to their homes, which they had left in mid-December 2015. The fighting between the PKK rebels and the Turkish army left many houses destroyed, particularly in the Nur district.

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The Kurdish inhabitants of the town of Cizre return to their homes after fighting between the PKK and the Turkish army. -
11/03/2016 - Turkey / Sirnak / Cizre - Nearly 10 days after the city reopened, a family decided to relive in the ruins of their home. The inhabitants of the predominantly Kurdish town of Cizre were able to return to their homes, which they had left in mid-December 2015. The fighting between the PKK rebels and the Turkish army left many houses destroyed, particularly in the Nur district.

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The Kurdish inhabitants of the town of Cizre return to their homes after fighting between the PKK and the Turkish army. -
11/03/2016 - Turkey / Sirnak / Cizre - Residents in Cudi's neighborhood. The inhabitants of the predominantly Kurdish town of Cizre were able to return to their homes, which they had left in mid-December 2015. The fighting between the PKK rebels and the Turkish army left many houses destroyed, particularly in the Nur district.

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The Kurdish inhabitants of the town of Cizre return to their homes after fighting between the PKK and the Turkish army. -
11/03/2016 - Turkey / Sirnak / Cizre - Residents try to recover what they can like washing machines or ovens. The inhabitants of the predominantly Kurdish town of Cizre were able to return to their homes, which they had left in mid-December 2015. The fighting between the PKK rebels and the Turkish army left many houses destroyed, particularly in the Nur district.

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The Kurdish inhabitants of the town of Cizre return to their homes after fighting between the PKK and the Turkish army. -
11/03/2016 - Turkey / Sirnak / Cizre - A young girl helps her widowed mother empty the apartment that has partially burned. The inhabitants of the predominantly Kurdish town of Cizre were able to return to their homes, which they had left in mid-December 2015. The fighting between the PKK rebels and the Turkish army left many houses destroyed, particularly in the Nur district.

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The Kurdish inhabitants of the town of Cizre return to their homes after fighting between the PKK and the Turkish army. -
11/03/2016 - Turkey / Sirnak / Cizre - A child recovers a cushion at home that has been spared from the fighting. The inhabitants of the predominantly Kurdish town of Cizre were able to return to their homes, which they had left in mid-December 2015. The fighting between the PKK rebels and the Turkish army left many houses destroyed, particularly in the Nur district.

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The Kurdish inhabitants of the town of Cizre return to their homes after fighting between the PKK and the Turkish army. -
11/03/2016 - Turkey / Sirnak / Cizre - Women move through the ruins. The inhabitants of the predominantly Kurdish city of Cizre were able to return to their homes, which they had left in mid-December 2015. The fighting between the PKK rebels and the Turkish army left many houses destroyed, particularly in the Nur district.

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