Kurdish territories in Syria and Iraq have expanded dramatically as a consequence of wars forced upon the Kurds and they have demonstrated a knack for both political representation and the participation of women in political and military affairs. This is a far cry from their status under the Syria of Hafez al-Assad, where they were barely recognised, and the brutality of their repression in Iraq during the time of Saddam Hussein, who gassed them. Kurdish fortunes in Iran and Turkey are not much better, with an on-off insurgency in Iran barely heard of and the PKK insurgency in Turkey rarely …read more
Source: Conflict Analysis and Resolution Information Services
