The Kurdish Role in the Syrian Revolution

Ethnic minority increasingly entering into protest movement The Syrian popular revolution, right from its beginning, encompassed all segments of Syrian society. The country’s Kurdish community, the second largest and a key national component, was part of the protests that started in Dara’a on March 15, 2011 and spread to other Syrian cities, reaching Kurdish-dominated northeastern [...]

The “gift” of Citizenship is not enough

Analysis: Why the Kurds won´t be appeased by Decree No. 49 By Massoud Akko It was a clear and quick message: tens of thousands of Kurds marched, in several Syrian cities, to tell the Syrian regime that the Kurds are for reform and freedom and not only demanding citizenship. That message came out only hours [...]

A Foreigner in My Own Country

By a Syrian Stateless Kurd It was supposed to be one of the happiest nights of my life. One evening, my wife and I left our hometown in north-eastern Syria heading towards the historical city of Aleppo. It was just three days after our wedding night. We were eager to enjoy our honeymoon in that [...]