Syrian Kurdish refugees cook at a camp in northern Iraq worrying about their future

In this Friday, Feb. 15, 2013 photo, Syrian Kurdish refugees makes traditional bread in a tent in the Dumiz refugee camp in northern Iraq. Syrian Kurds who fled their country’s civil war have mixed feelings about a future without Bashar Assad: They hope to win autonomy if the regime falls, but fear chaos and the rise of Islamists could instead make their lives worse.

In this Friday, Feb. 15, 2013 photo, Syrian Kurdish refugees Khader Qassem, 30, poses with his son, Abdel Qader, 4. outside his grocery store in the Dumiz refugee camp in northern Iraq.

In this Friday, Feb. 15, 2013 photo, a Syrian Kurdish refugee plays on a pile of dirt in the Dumiz refugee camp in northern Iraq. <AP Photo/Karin Laub>