DAMASCUS, Sept 15 (AFP) - 19h30 - A Syrian Kurdish woman was beaten to death by police Thursday during clashes as police demolished illegally built housing outside Damascus, a rights activist and a Kurdish leader said.The incident in Al-Dimas, 25 kilometres (15 miles) west of the capital, occurred after fighting erupted between police and those who lived in the homes."The clash happened as police bulldozers proceeded to demolish illegally built houses inhabited by poor workers, mainly Kurds," said lawyer and rights activist Anwar Bunni.Banned Kurdish group leader Lokman Ousso said the woman was "fatally beaten by police as she opposed this operation of destruction", adding that two other women were injured.No official confirmation of the incident was immediately available.Some 1.5 million Kurds live in Syria, where they make up around nine percent of the population, amid frequent complaints of persecution.