For our followers with interest in foreign news, we encountered young Kurds protesting foreign interference in their ancestral lands across Turkey, Iraq, Syria and Iran. The protesters accuse external forces of repression, displacement and ongoing violence against their people. The Kurds are an ethnic group spread across several Middle Eastern countries who, despite their shared identity and history, do not have an independent state of their own. What do you think - do the Kurds deserve a countr

Turkish forces have entered Kurdish-held areas of northern Syria. As smoke billows from border towns and tens of thousands flee their homes, the BBC's Middle East correspondent Martin Patience explains what's going on. bbc.in/2OCiJmn | BBC News