Syrian Kurds flee to Iraq for safety

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A growing number of Syrian-Kurds are heading to neighbouring Iraq to escape the cycle of violence. The Iraqi government has set up a camp in the country’s north to cater to about 2,000 refugees, who hope to return to a new Syria with equal rights. Kurds had little rights in Syria, but the Bashar al-Assad government has tried to placate them since the uprising against the government began last year. Most of them are army defectors and a lot of them say they ran away when they were ordered to shoot at civilians. Al Jazeera’s Jane Arraf reports from the Domez Refugee Camp.