A Syrian Kurdish boy holds a placard during a protest in Derik
A Syrian Kurdish boy holds a placard during a protest in Derik, Hasakah November 1, 2012. Around 1,000 Syrian Kurds protested in the north-eastern Syrian town of Derik on Thursday, demanding the re-opening of Kurdish-language schools they said were closed by President's Bashar al-Assad's regime. The placard reads, "We demand the reopening of schools and the teaching of the Kurdish language". REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT EDUCATION)