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==Geography==
==Geography==
===Notable Kurdish inhabited cities in Syria===
===Notable Kurdish inhabited cities in Syria===
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Revision as of 01:39, 16 June 2014

Syrian Kurdistan
(Western Kurdistan)
Rojavayê Kurdistanê (Kurdish)
Flag of Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria
Flag
Statusde facto autonomous region of Syria
languagesKurdish
Syriac-Aramaic
Arabic[1]
Demonym(s)Kurd, Syriac (Assyrian), Arab
GovernmentInterim government
Autonomous region
• Autonomy Proposed
July 2013
• Autonomy Declared
November 2013
• Regional government established
November 2013
• Interim Constitution Adopted
January 2014
Time zoneUTC+3
Driving sideright
Calling code+963
Internet TLD.sy

Syrian Kurdistan or Western Kurdistan (Kurdish: Rojavayê Kurdistan), also commonly referred to as simply Rojava[2] meaning the West in Kurdish, is a de facto autonomous region in northern and north-eastern Syria.[3] Syrian Kurdistan is part of the larger geographic area of Kurdistan, which refers to parts of eastern Turkey (Turkish Kurdistan), northern Iraq (Iraqi Kurdistan), northwestern Iran (Iranian Kurdistan) and northern Syria (Syrian Kurdistan) inhabited mainly by Kurds.[4] Kurdistan roughly encompasses the northwestern Zagros and the eastern Taurus mountain ranges.[5] Since 2012, much of Syrian Kurdistan has been controlled by Kurdish militias as part of the Syrian Civil War and in November 2013 representatives from Kurdish, Arab, Assyrian Christian and other smaller minorities declared a de facto government in the region.[6]

Etymology

The name Kurdistan literally means Land of the Kurds. In the Iraqi Constitution, it is referred to as Kurdistan Region.[7] The name is prefixed by "Syrian" or "Western", referring to the relative geographic or political designation of the region. In the Kurdish languages, the name is simply Rojava[2] meaning the West in Kurdish.

History

During the Syrian civil war

Main article: Syrian Kurdistan campaign (2012–present)

During the Syrian civil war, the Popular Protection Units (YPG) were created under the administration of the Kurdish Supreme Committee to control the Kurdish inhabited areas in Syria. On 19 July 2012, the YPG captured the city of Kobanê (Ayn al-Arab), and the next day captured Amûdê and Efrîn.[8] The two main Kurdish groups, the Kurdish National Council (KNC) and the Democratic Union Party (PYD), afterwards formed a joint leadership council to run the captured cities.[8] By 24 July, the Syrian Kurdish cities of Dêrika Hemko (Al-Malikiyah), Serê Kaniyê (Ra's al-'Ayn), Dirbêsî (Al-Darbasiyah) and Girkê Legê (Al-Ma'bada) had also come under the control of the Popular Protection Units. The only major Kurdish inhabited cities that remained under government control were Hasaka and Qamishli.[9][10]

Geography

Notable Kurdish inhabited cities in Syria

Current military situation in Syria.
  Syrian government
  Kurdish Self-Administration
  Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
  Other rebels
  Israeli occupation

For a more detailed map, see here

Arab cities in northeastern Syria

Assyrian/Syriac cities in northeastern Syria

Politics

See also: Kurdish Supreme Committee
Politics of Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria
Symbols
Constitution
Legislature and Government
Elections
Political parties
Party alliances
Administrative regions
Foreign relations

The Kurdish Supreme Committee was an interim governing body of Syrian Kurdistan, which was founded by the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) and the Kurdish National Council (KNC), following the signing on 12 July 2012 of a cooperation agreement between the two parties in Hewlêr, Iraqi Kurdistan under the auspice of the Iraqi Kurdistan President Massoud Barzani.[11] The member board consisted of an equal number of PYD and KNC members.[12]

Military

The Kurdish Supreme Committee's armed wing is the Popular Protection Units, effectively forming the military force of Syrian Kurdistan.

Culture

Archaeological sites in northeastern Syria

See also

References

  1. ^ "West Kurdistan divided into three cantons". ANF. 6 January 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  2. ^ a b [1]
  3. ^ The secret garden of the Syrian Kurdistan
  4. ^ The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2005.
  5. ^ Kurdistan, BritannicaConcise.
  6. ^ http://rudaw.net/english/middleeast/syria/13112013
  7. ^ "Full Text of Iraqi Constitution". The Washington Post. October 12, 2005. Retrieved May 5, 2010.
  8. ^ a b "More Kurdish Cities Liberated As Syrian Army Withdraws from Area". Rudaw. 20 July 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
  9. ^ "Armed Kurds Surround Syrian Security Forces in Qamishli". Rudaw. 22 July 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
  10. ^ "Girke Lege Becomes Sixth Kurdish City Liberated in Syria". Rudaw. 24 July 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
  11. ^ "Kurdish Supreme Committee in Syria Holds First Meeting". Rudaw. 27 July 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  12. ^ "Now Kurds are in charge of their fate: Syrian Kurdish official". Rudaw. 29 July 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2014.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kurdish inhabited regions in Syria.
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