Kurds eye new corridor to Mediterranean
The dream of a Kurdish corridor from Jazeera to Afrin appears to be attainable, but everything depends on the complicated relationships the Kurds are working to maintain in the area's complex ethnic and ideological makeup.
![MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-KURDS Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) fighters remove an Islamic State sticker in Tel Abyad town, Raqqa governorate, June 16, 2015. With a string of victories over Islamic State, Syria's Kurds are proving themselves an ever more dependable ally in the U.S.-led fight against the jihadists and building influence that will make them a force in Middle Eastern politics. Aided by U.S.-led air strikes, the Kurdish-led YPG militia may have dealt Islamic State its worst defeat to date in Syria by seizing the town](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2015/06/RTX1GSTO.jpg/RTX1GSTO.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=DZFF9aAV)
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