Syria's Kurds Quietly Consolidating

"...Meanwhile, teashops in newly Kurdish-controlled cities like Derik, Kobani and Girke Lege are abuzz with the dangers that come with recent gains. Caught between the Arab revolt and the interests of Turkey, which fears nothing more than another Kurdish autonomous region abutting its own borders, and a certain reckoning from the Assad regime should it manage to survive, the future can look particularly bleak..."