banned Kurdish names and even restricted the use of the Kurdish language. “The Kurds expected a sort of joint government, with the ability to control their own region, but that didn’t happen ...

Kurdish parties in eastern Syria united to push for a decentralized, democratic Syria. They seek integration with Damascus ...

and children with Kurdish names were renamed. "The Turks make us live lower than animals," Oçalan told an American reporter. "To say I was a Kurd was to prepare myself for the worst difficulties ...

Kurds in Syria were marginalized during five decades of Assad family rule, with many denied citizenship and wrongly described as Arabs. Now they are seizing the chance during the post-Assad ...