FBL-SYRIA-KURD-PROTEST

In this image made available 14 March 2004, soccer fans riot following a match between the al-Fitwa and the al-Jihad teams at the main stadium in the town of Qameshli on the Turkish border, 600 kilometres (375 miles) northwest of the Syrian capital Damascus 12 March. According to Kurdish and Syrian representatives, 14 Kurds, including three children, were killed over two days of clashes with police in northern Syria, originally sparked by fighting between rival football fans. AFP PHOTO/Str COPYRIGHT SCANPIX SWEDEN Code: 444