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(3 Dec 2012) 1. Close-up of flag of YPG, meaning: (Kurdish) "People's Protection Units" 2. Wide of checkpoint 3. Mid of two Kurdish YPG fighters with rifles behind sand bags 4. Wide of fighters behind sand bags and car passing by at checkpoint 5. Close of fighter behind sandbag, with checkpoint in distance 6. Mid of Kurdish YPG fighter checking ID of civilian on motorbike 7. Wide of checkpoint 8. Mid of Nubhar, a Kurdish fighter, checking IDs of civilians on motorbike 9. Mid of Nubhar, a Kurdish fighter, stopping truck at checkpoint 10. Mid of Nubhar talking with truck driver 11. SOUNDBITE (Kurdish) Nubhar, YPG female fighter, 24-years old: "I think all people are the same, Kurdish, Arabs, Christians, Assyrians, all should be part of the same social class. Religion is not a problem. As for the Kurdish people, I don't want this country to be just for Kurdish people. We just want freedom and peace." 12. Wide of Nubhar and other fighter stopping two civilians riding a motorbike 13. Mid of Nubhar handing back the IDs and talking with civilians, motorbike drives off 14. SOUNDBITE (Kurdish) Nubhar, YPG female fighter, 24-years old: "I am not afraid of an Islamic government, I am not afraid of Islam in general. But this kind of Islam, what the Free (Syrian) Army does, it's not good Islam. Muslims do not kill, Muslim do not slaughter people, they do not commit genocide." 15. Mid of fighter, with YPG flag flying in the background 16. Wide of Kurdish fighters standing at checkpoint, with black machine-gun mounted car in background 17. Close-up of YPG flag and symbol sticker on car 18. Mid of Kurdish fighter stationed at machine-gun on car STORYLINE: Relations between a Kurdish militia group, which has successfully fought for control of much of northeastern Syria, and its defeated rival the Free Syrian Army (FSA) remain tense a week after a ceasefire agreement was signed between the two. The Free Syrian Army and the People's Protection Units, or YPG in Kurdish, had battled for control of Ras al-Ayn, Syrian town close to the border with Turkey. The agreement reached between the two, which sees the YPG in control of the town, ended days of violence there after opposition forces had entered earlier this month. Members of the YPG reached out on Monday to Syrians, saying they had no quarrel with other groups. One YPG fighter, 24-year old Nubhar, said she felt all people were the same, regardless of whether they were "Kurdish, Arabs, Christians, Assyrians". "As for the Kurdish people, I don't want this country to be just for Kurdish people. We just want freedom and peace," Nubhar stated. The land now controlled by the Kurdish fighters extends from Ras al-Ayn to the border with Iraq. The area, which is mostly populated by Kurds, was brought under control after Syrian government forces retreated few months ago. Anti-regime fighters say the YPG is fighting alongside President Assad's forces. They say Assad is short of men and is using the Kurds as a means to weaken the Free Syrian Army in the northern part of the country. Some YPG fighters disagree with the tactics used by the rebels. "But this kind of Islam, what the Free (Syrian) Army does, it's not good Islam. Muslims do not kill, Muslims do not slaughter people, they do not commit genocide," Nubhar said. Concern is mounting over the possibility of a sectarian conflict here between Arabs and Kurds, although Kurdish fighters say they just want autonomy where their rights are respected and do not seek an independent Kurdistan. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...