Rioting Among Kurds Yields Death, Damage

Sporadic gunfire echoed through the northeastern Syrian town of Qamishli, and a burning grain silo and damaged public buildings showed the severity of two days of Kurdish rioting that killed 14 people.

Senior security officials met local leaders as part of efforts to restore order. The violence in Qamishli, an ethnically mixed town near the Turkish and Iraqi borders, ended after Interior Minister Ali Haj Hammoud flew to the area to reimpose control and authorities threatened those responsible with the “severest punishments.”

At least 14 people were killed and up to 40 badly injured during the riots Friday and Saturday, which spread to several towns in the area. They were triggered by a brawl and stampede at a soccer match in Qamishli.