An electricity generator is seen in the town of Amuda
An electricity generator is seen in the town of Amuda, December 7, 2013. Picture taken December 7, 2013. To match Special Report SYRIA-KURDISTAN/ REUTERS/Rodi Said (SYRIA - Tags: ENERGY POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
Kurdish female fighters of the Kurdish People's Protection Units hold their weapons at a military camp in Malikiya
Kurdish female fighters of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPJ) hold their weapons at a military training camp in Malikiya, Hassaka province December 9, 2013. Picture taken December 9, 2013. To match Special Report SYRIA-KURDISTAN/ REUTERS/Rodi Said (SYRIACIVIL CONFLICT - Tags: SOCIETY CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT MILITARY)
Kurdish female fighters of the Kurdish People's Protection Units are seen in training at a military camp in Malikiya
Kurdish female fighters of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPJ) are seen in training at a military camp in Malikiya, Hassaka province December 9, 2013. Picture taken December 9, 2013. To match Special Report SYRIA-KURDISTAN/ REUTERS/Rodi Said (SYRIA - Tags: SOCIETY CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT POLITICS MILITARY)
Oil pumpjacks are seen at the Rumeilan oilfield
Oil pumpjacks are seen at the Rumeilan oilfield, Qamishli province December 11, 2013. Picture taken December 11, 2013. To match Special Report SYRIA-KURDISTAN/ REUTERS/Rodi Said (SYRIA - Tags: ENERGY POLITICS CIVIL UNREST BUSINESS COMMODITIES)
A Kurdish student writes on a board in a classroom in the town of Rumeilan
A Kurdish student writes on a board in a classroom in the town of Rumeilan, near the Syrian/Iraqi border, December 10, 2013. Picture taken December 10, 2013. To match Special Report SYRIA-KURDISTAN/ REUTERS/Rodi Said (SYRIA - Tags: EDUCATION SOCIETY POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
Kurdish female fighters of the Kurdish People's Protection Units hold their weapons at a military camp in Malikiya
Kurdish female fighters of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) hold their weapons at a military training camp in Malikiya, Hassaka province December 9, 2013. Picture taken December 9, 2013. To match Special Report SYRIA-KURDISTAN/ REUTERS/Rodi Said (SYRIA - Tags: SOCIETY CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT MILITARY)
Syrian opposition to present transition timetable -delegate
SYRIA-CRISIS/TALKS-ABDAH:Syrian opposition to present transition timetable -delegate
File photo shows men carrying coffins of Kurdish People's Protection Units members killed during clashes with al Qaeda-affiliated ISIL, at Khirbet Al-Banat village
Men carry coffins of members of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) who were killed during clashes with the al Qaeda-affiliated Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), at Khirbet Al-Banat village in the Ras al-Ain countryside, in this December 24, 2013 file photo. To match Special Report SYRIA-KURDISTAN/ REUTERS/Rodi Said/Files (SYRIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
File photo of members of Kurdish People's Protection Units on military truck that belonged to Islamist rebels after capturing it near Ras al-Ain
Members of Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) are seen on a military truck that belonged to the Islamist rebels after capturing it near Ras al-Ain, in this November 6, 2013 file photo. REUTERS/Stringer/Files (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MILITARY)
File photo shows people waving red, green and yellow Kurdish flags in the back of a truck as they celebrate what they said was the liberation of villages from Islamist rebels near the city of Ras al-Ain
People wave red, green and yellow Kurdish flags in the back of a truck as they celebrate what they said was the liberation of villages from Islamist rebels near the city of Ras al-Ain in this November 6, 2013 file photo. To match Special Report SYRIA-KURDISTAN/ REUTERS/Stringer/Files (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)