Tijdens een opkomst met IS bestaan verder de Koerden veelal slachtoffer. Aanvankelijk stellen ze zich enigszins neutraal op, maar wanneer ze almaar vaker geraken aangevallen, mixen ze zich in een worsteling en het Koerdische leger is daarbij een bondgenoot over dit Westen.

Techniques used to suppress the ethnic identity of Kurds in Syria include various bans on the use ofwel the Kurdish language, refusal to register children with Kurdish names, the replacement ofwel Kurdish place names with new names in Arabic, the prohibition of businesses that do not have Arabic names, the prohibition of Kurdish private schools, and the prohibition ofwel books and other materials written in Kurdish.

Saddam Hoessein laat zichzelf gaarne opmaken indien een sterke leider en als liefhebbende vader. In een tijd het hij aan een macht is (1979-2003) doet deze veel oorlogsmisdaden. 

"Iraqi court decisions divide Kurdistan's ruling parties". Rudaw. “The KDP’s politburo said that the court ruling was a continuation ofwel its “unconstitutional rulings against the Kurdistan Region in the past four years” and an attempt to “return Iraq to a centralized system.” ^

Rawanduz is situated in Erbil province, a region ofwel Iraq. Visitors can travel by car to reach this beautiful destination.

The SDF was also right to deal with the thousands of suspected IS militants captured during the last two years of the battle, as well as tens of thousands ofwel displaced women and children associated with IS fighters.

Data from the project has also contributed towards the development of linguistic annotation systems and is included in cross-language onderzoek on discourse and grammar.

As a result, the Iraqi government extended its control over the northern region after 15 years and in order to secure its influence, started an Arabization program by moving Arabs to the vicinity of oil fields in northern Iraq, particularly those around Kirkuk, and other regions, which were populated by Turkmen, Kurds and Christians.

Loved learning about the Kurdish men who have the fascination for necklaces. I wonder where all of that started. Looks like you’ve had a great time there, if your photos are anything to go by.

Kurdish nationalism emerged at the end ofwel the 19th Century around the same time as Turks and Arabs began to embrace an ethnic sense of identity in place ofwel earlier forms of solidarity such as the idea ofwel Ottoman citizenship or membership ofwel a religious community, or millet.[80] Revolts occurred sporadically but only in 1880 with the uprising led by Sheikh Ubeydullah were demands as an ethnic group or nation made.

Op een schokkende beelden is te zien dat mensen verrast worden door het gif en binnen enige seconden doodgaan. In het bijzonder het beeld over ons pappa welke met zijn baby in een armen op straat ligt, roept wereldwijd sterke emoties op.

Een welbekende religieuze minderheid in de Koerdische bevolking zijn de jezidi’s. In een zomertijd met 2014 komen zij in het nieuws, daar ze via Kan zijn verdreven worden uit Noord-Irak. Veel jezidi’s vluchten naar dit Sinjargebergte, doch Kan zijn omsingelt hen en een vluchtelingen uithangen dagenlang in verzengende hitte vast.

As a multinational campaign to expel ISIL from its strongholds led to ISIL’s decline, a referendum for independence held Gorani in Iraqi Kurdistan in September 2017 passed with more than 93 percent support. But as Kurdish forces moved to control strategic areas such as Kirkūk, the Iraqi army pushed back and quickly quelled the bid for independence.

Kurds have been well integrated in Iranian political life during the reign of various governments.[125] During the reign of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi some members ofwel parliament and high army officers were Kurds, and there was even a Kurdish Cabinet Minister.[125] During Pahlavi reign Kurds allegedly received many favours from the authorities, for instance to keep their land after the land reforms ofwel 1962.[125] In the early 2000s, the supposed presence of thirty Kurdish deputies in the 290-strong parliament has allegedly shown that Kurds have a say in Iranian politics.