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Syrian Kurds live mainly in three Kurdish pockets in northern Syria adjacent to Turkey. [5] Many Kurds also live in the large cities and metropolitan areas of the country, for example, in the neighborhood Rukn al-Din in Damascus, which was formerly known as Hayy al Akrad (Kurdish Quarter), and the Aleppo neighborhoods of al Ashrafiya [22] and Sheikh Maqsood.
Syrian Kurdistan [a] or Rojava (Kurdish: Rojavayê Kurdistanê, lit. 'Kurdistan where the sun sets') is a region in northern Syria where Kurds form the majority. It is surrounding three noncontiguous enclaves along the Turkish and Iraqi borders: Afrin in the northwest, Kobani in the north, and Jazira in the northeast. [1]
Map of Rojava cantons in February 2014. The Jazira Region, formerly Jazira Canton (Kurdish: Herêma Cizîrê; Arabic: إقليم الجزيرة; Syriac: ܦܢܝܬܐ ܕܓܙܪܬܐ, romanized: Ponyotho d'Gozarto), is the largest of the three original regions of the de facto Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES).
The future of Kurdish-led swathes of northern and eastern Syria has been thrown into doubt by President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw U.S. troops who have helped secure the territory. The ...
Jabal al-Akrad (Arabic: جبل الأكراد Jabal al-Akrād, lit. Mountain of the Kurds) is a rural mountainous region with an elevation that ranges from 400–1,000 meters (1,300–3,300 ft) above sea level, in northwestern Syria at the northern end of the Coastal Mountain Range or Jabal Ansariya.
Kurdish immigration into Syria has occurred since ancient times. Today Kurds form about 10% of Syria's population, numbering around 2 million. [1] The majority of Kurds in Syria immigrated from Turkey to the French Mandate the 20th century to escape persecution. [2] Most of these Kurds live in northeast Syria, with smaller communities scattered ...
Turkey continued its strikes in Syria and Iraq for a second day following the terrorist attack on a defense company in Ankara, in what Turkey said were targeted hits on PKK terrorist locations.
Kurdish YPG and YPJ fighters in Syria. Kurds account for 9% of Syria's population, a total of around 1.6 million people. [249] This makes them the largest ethnic minority in the country. They are mostly concentrated in the northeast and the north, but there are also significant Kurdish populations in Aleppo and Damascus.