In some ways , the Kurdish-controlled zone feels a world away from many other battle-scarred towns in northern Syria . Kurdish have become a point of tension between CNN allies Turkey and the U.S . Turkey has aided Kurdish defenders holding off Syrian Kurds in Kobani . But for the final month , militants from the Kurdish separatist movement fought a guerilla war . Their opponent in that fight has been the government in nearby Turkey .
Kurdish have become a point of tension between CNN allies Turkey and the U.S . Turkey has aided Kurdish defenders holding off Syrian Kurds in Kobani . But for the final month , militants from the Kurdish separatist movement fought a guerilla war . Their opponent in that fight has been the government in nearby Turkey .