Syria has found itself torn apart by a civil war that doesn't have an end in sight. The warring factions of Syria's civil war and the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) have peppered the country with constant violence transforming beautiful cities into rubble and leaving countless dead. Photographer Cengiz Yar Jr has been capturing much of the chaos but was taken aback when he went to the Kurdish region of Rojava in northern Syria.
The Kurds have created their own government and armed forces (known as the Kurdish People's Protection Unit, or YPG) with the purpose of maintaining Kurdish freedom. They remain a neutral party within the Syrian civil war which means they have been spared a large portion of destruction that is present throughout the rest of the country. But they are still fighting hard won battles as ISIS attacks their borders on a regular basis and they have a dwindling economy due to their supply chains falling apart. Read more...
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