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Source: http://www.jpost.com/Home/Article.aspx?id=180186
The Kurds of Syria: An Oppressed, Forgotten Minority
(Jerusalem Post) Jonathan Spyer - On March 21, 2010, Syrian security forces opened fire on a crowd of 5,000 in the northern Syrian town of al-Raqqah who had gathered to celebrate the Kurdish festival of Nowruz. Three people were killed and over 50 were injured. Kurds constitute 9-10% of the population of Syria - around 1.75 million. Since the rise of militant Arab nationalism to power in Damascus, they have faced an ongoing campaign for their dissolution as a community.