Assassination Galvanizes Syria's Kurdish Minority

by Peter Kenyon, NPR

The anger inside Syria at the assassination of the country's leading Kurdish politician is reverberating along the country's border with Turkey. More than 7,500 Syrians are already sheltering in camps in southeast Turkey. Activists say the regime feared Mashaal Tammo because he fought for all Syrians, not just Kurds.

Broadcast Dates

• Morning Edition, October 10, 2011