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'''Syrian Kurdistan'''<ref></ref> or '''Western Kurdistan''' is a fictional descriptor that refers to an area in the Middle East, located in northern and north-eastern Syria. The term is a Kurdish nationalist description of a geographic area, which Kurdish groups now claim as historically being populated by Kurds, but in reality the Kurds only come to dominate after they attentively assisted and participated, during the last few decades of the Ottoman Empire, in massacring and driving away the people (Syriacs, Assyrians, Arabs, and Armenians) who truly and historically always lived in the region claimed it as their own. Another reason for the rapid increase in the number of Kurds in the region was the Assad regime, which allowed them to move into it in return for the PKK allying with the Assad regime. For example, as recently as the early 1950s, not a single Kurd lived in such cities as Al-Malikiyah, Al-Qamishli, Ra's al-'Ayn, or Al-Hasaka, and yet the Kurds now (having moved there over the last few decades) claim these cities as 'historical' Kurdish cities and try to enforce those claims by giving these cities Kurdish names. The region was included in the Syrian state by French Mandatory authorities following WWI. Since 2012, much of the Syrian Kurdistan came to be controlled by Kurdish militant groups as part of the ]. |
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'''Syrian Kurdistan'''<ref></ref> or '''Western Kurdistan''' is a fictional descriptor that refers to an area in the Middle East, located in northern and north-eastern Syria. The term is a Kurdish nationalist description of a geographic area, which Kurdish groups now claim as historically being populated by Kurds, but in reality the Kurds only come to dominate after they attentively assisted and participated, during the last few decades of the Ottoman Empire, in massacring and driving away the people (Syriacs, Assyrians, Arabs, and Armenians) who truly and historically always lived in the region claimed it as their own. Another reason for the rapid increase in the number of Kurds in the region was the Assad regime, which allowed them to move into it in return for the PKK allying with the Assad regime. For example, as recently as the early 1950s, not a single Kurd lived in such cities as Al-Malikiyah, Al-Qamishli, Ra's al-'Ayn, or Al-Hasakah, and yet the Kurds now (having moved there over the last few decades) claim these cities as 'historical' Kurdish cities and try to enforce those claims by giving these cities Kurdish names. The region was included in the Syrian state by French Mandatory authorities following WWI. Since 2012, much of the Syrian Kurdistan came to be controlled by Kurdish militant groups as part of the ]. |
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==Kurdish nationalist concept== |
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==Kurdish nationalist concept== |
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==2012 Kurdish rebellion in Syria== |
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==2012 Kurdish rebellion in Syria== |
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{{main|2012 Syrian Kurdistan conflict}} |
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Under the administration of the Kurdish Supreme Committee, the ] (YPG) were created to control the Kurdish inhabited areas in Syria. On 19 July, the YPG captured the city of ] (Ayn al-Arab), and the next day captured ] and ].<ref name=liberated>{{cite news|title=More Kurdish Cities Liberated As Syrian Army Withdraws from Area|url=http://www.rudaw.net/english/kurds/4978.html|accessdate=27 July 2012|newspaper=Rudaw|date=20 July 2012}}</ref> The KNC and PYD afterwards formed a joint leadership council to run the captured cities.<ref name=liberated/> By 24 July, the Syrian Kurdish cities of ] (Al-Malikiyah), ] (Ra's al-'Ayn), ] (Al-Darbasiyah) and Girkê Legê (Al-Ma'bada) had also come under the control of the Popular Protection Units. The only major Kurdish inhabited cities that remained under government control were ] and ].<ref name=casualties>{{cite news|title=Armed Kurds Surround Syrian Security Forces in Qamishli|url=http://www.rudaw.net/english/news/syria/4984.html|accessdate=27 July 2012|newspaper=Rudaw|date=22 July 2012}}</ref><ref name="girkelege">{{cite news|title=Girke Lege Becomes Sixth Kurdish City Liberated in Syria|url=http://www.rudaw.net/english/news/syria/4992.html|accessdate=27 July 2012|newspaper=Rudaw|date=24 July 2012}}</ref> |
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Under the administration of the Kurdish Supreme Committee, the ] (YPG) were created to control the Kurdish inhabited areas in Syria. On 19 July, the YPG captured the city of ], and the next day captured ] and ].<ref name=liberated>{{cite news|title=More Kurdish Cities Liberated As Syrian Army Withdraws from Area|url=http://www.rudaw.net/english/kurds/4978.html|accessdate=27 July 2012|newspaper=Rudaw|date=20 July 2012}}</ref> The KNC and PYD afterwards formed a joint leadership council to run the captured cities.<ref name=liberated/> By 24 July, the cities of ], ], ] and ] had also come under the control of the Popular Protection Units. The only major cities in the northeaster Syria that remained under government control were ] and ].<ref name=casualties>{{cite news|title=Armed Kurds Surround Syrian Security Forces in Qamishli|url=http://www.rudaw.net/english/news/syria/4984.html|accessdate=27 July 2012|newspaper=Rudaw|date=22 July 2012}}</ref><ref name="girkelege">{{cite news|title=Girke Lege Becomes Sixth Kurdish City Liberated in Syria|url=http://www.rudaw.net/english/news/syria/4992.html|accessdate=27 July 2012|newspaper=Rudaw|date=24 July 2012}}</ref> |
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