Kurdish language courses are organized by several different institutions, including political parties and independent organizations
Damascene Kurds migrated in larger numbers during the period of Ottoman rule, traveling with pilgrimage caravans coming from southern Turkey
The announcement was made after talks in the mostly-Kurdish town of Qamishli, and comes after Kurdish leaders announced plans to create the temporary government in July
The newly appointed official was visiting Hassakeh
Issa Hisso had previously been threatened
Saleh Muslim says calls for autonomous administration are temporary
Assad tells Kurdish officials he wants to start negotiations and resolve the Kurdish issue
Outline of results of the recent Syrian National Coalition elections
Residents report tension in the city amid PYD raids and abductions
Decision to lift Syria sanctions will have little effect
Every day, the activists from an organization called Shawishka meet in a small apartment in one of the neighbourhoods of Qamishli, a majority Kurdish city in Syria’s Hassaka Governorate, to come up with new projects to empower women.
Economic realities make sectarian statelets improbable.
Islamist radicals may be gaining strength, but the spirit that sparked this uprising survives in the unlikeliest of places.
