Syrian Kurdistan is a region in northern Syria where Kurds form the majority. It is surrounding three noncontiguous enclaves along the Turkish and Iraqi...
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the ongoing Rojava conflict and the wider Syrian civil war, in which its official military force, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), has taken part. While...
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Rojava conflict (redirect from 2012 Syrian Kurdistan campaign)
military conflict taking place in northern Syria, known among Kurds as Western Kurdistan or Rojava. During the Syrian civil war that began in 2011, a Kurdish-dominated...
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established as a Syrian branch of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in 2003, and both organizations are still closely affiliated through the Kurdistan Communities...
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Turkey (Northern Kurdistan), northern Iraq (Southern Kurdistan), northwestern Iran (Eastern Kurdistan), and northern Syria (Western Kurdistan). Some definitions...
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Kobani (redirect from Kobanî, Syrian Kurdistan)
accepted the entry of the Syrian Army and Russian Military Police in a bid to stop Turkey from invading the town. Prior to the Syrian Civil War, Kobanî was...
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training camps in Turkish Kurdistan, Iraqi Kurdistan, Syria, Lebanon and France. The PKK received significant support from the Syrian government, which allowed...
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Iraqi Kurdistan, a geocultural region in Iraq, (see Kurdistan Region for the autonomous region) Syrian Kurdistan, a geocultural region in Syria Turkish...
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Syria's economic situation has been turbulent and their economy has deteriorated considerably since the beginning of the Syrian civil war, which erupted...
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of Iraqi Kurdistan. However, the KRI does not control Kirkuk, and the Kurdistan Region Parliament is based in Erbil. In 2014, when the Syria-based Islamic...
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of Greater Kurdistan in West Asia, which also includes parts of southeastern Turkey (Northern Kurdistan), northern Syria (Western Kurdistan), and northwestern...
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The main religions that exist or historically existed in Kurdistan are as follows: Sunni Islam, Shia Islam, Christianity, Zoroastrianism, Yarsanism, Yazidism...
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Syrian Democratic Council Flag of the Syrian Democratic Forces, the official defense force of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria....
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Salafism among Kurds (category Religion in Kurdistan)
in Greater Kurdistan. The history of Salafism in Kurdistan is not contiguous and has a different history depending on which part of Kurdistan. Salafism...
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Kurdish nationalism (redirect from Kurdistan independence)
Kurds are a nation and espouses the creation of an independent Kurdistan from Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. Early Kurdish nationalism had its roots in the...
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modern-day Turkish Kurdistan, Iraqi Kurdistan, and Syrian Kurdistan, as well as a small part of Iranian Kurdistan. The term "Kurdistan" was used regularly...
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(Northern Kurdistan) is considered to be one of the four parts of Kurdistan, which also includes parts of northern Syria (Western Kurdistan), northern...
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Kurdish population (section Kurdistan)
Kurdish people live in Kurdistan, which today is split between Iranian Kurdistan, Iraqi Kurdistan, Turkish Kurdistan, and Syrian Kurdistan. The bulk of Kurdish...
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(TSK) and the Syrian National Army (SNA) against the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and later Syrian Arab Army (SAA) in northern Syria. On 6 October 2019...
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Western Kurdistan, similar to the Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq, or to be part of an independent state of Kurdistan. In the context of the Syrian Civil...
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various factions of the Syrian opposition's Free Syrian Army. The primary opponents of the SDF are the various Islamist, Syrian nationalist, and pro-Turkish...
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Ey Reqîb (redirect from Anthem of Syrian Kurdistan)
the Kurdish national anthem and the official anthem of the autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The poem was written in 1938 by Dildar in Sorani. It was...
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and air and artillery strikes in the region, and its influence in Syrian Kurdistan has led to similar activity there. The conflict has cost the economy...
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parties, such as the PKK in Turkish Kurdistan and the Democratic Union Party (PYD) in Syrian Kurdistan. The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) closed down...
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The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) (Kurdish: حکوومەتی هەرێمی کوردستان, Hikûmetî Herêmî Kurdistan; Arabic: حكومة إقليم كردستان, Ḥukūmat ʾIqlīm Kurdistān)...
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The Kingdom of Kurdistan was a short-lived Kurdish state proclaimed in the city of Sulaymaniyah following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. It lasted...
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from the geographic region of Kurdistan, roughly covering parts of northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, northeastern Syria and southeastern Turkey. Kurdish...
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identified "Greater Kurdistan" as being a "Kurdish myth" that was promoted to Syrian Kurds by the KDPS. The KDPS did not join the Syrian National Council...
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relations of Rojava Foreign relations of Kurdistan Region Rojava conflict Syrian civil war Iraq–Syria relations "Kurdistan's Politicized Society Confronts a Sultanistic...
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