 AP Photo In any assessment of the potential winners and losers from the political chaos in Syria, the country's Kurdish minority could be among the winners. TAGGED: Kurds, Kurdistan, SyriaRECOMMENDED ARTICLES| While Turkey may be threatened by Kurdish gains in Syria, there's little it can do to prevent an autonomous Syrian Kurdistan. more ›› |
| Support for the anti-Assad rebellion has been complicated by Syria's Kurds moving to establish autonomy, raising Ankara's fears about implications for Turkey's domestic Kurdish challenge. more ›› |
| Nowadays, everyone is asking the reasons for the increase in outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) attacks. However, if there are about 5,000 to 6,000 militants in your mountains, it should not be a surprise for you to... more ›› |
| In the last decade, there was a popular joke among the Iraqi Kurds: A young girl, who was named “Kurdistan” by her parents out of nationalistic enthusiasm, needs to go to Turkey. At the border, she gives her passport... more ›› |
| Life just got a lot more complicated for Kurds in this town on the Syrian-Turkish border.
First, what do they call their town? Do they live in Ayn Arab, as the Assad regime told them, after moving thousands of Arab families to... more ›› |
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