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| Can Syrian Kurdish Autonomy Endure? |
| 2015-09-28 |
| [Rudaw] Having attained their autonomy as a result of the destructive war which threatens to break-up the whole country for good, the Kurds Syrian Kurdistan (Rojava) have endured their fair share of hardship and suffering. They now fight to retain this gain and hope that they can realize the historic opportunity for autonomy and emancipation. Before this war they were repressed by the authoritarian regime of Bashir al-Assad and his father both culturally and politically. Assad's war finally gave them breathing space. But soon their autonomous territory and very existence came under threat by rampaging Islamists. Jabhat al-Nusra |
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