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July 8, 2005       Share:    

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/02/international/middleeast/02kurds.html?pagewanted=all

Kurds, Emboldened by Lebanon, Rise Up in Tense Syria

(New York Times) Hassan M. Fattah - A growing movement among Syria's 1.5 million Kurds is demanding recognition and representation in Syria's government. Emboldened by their brethren in Iraq and inspired by Lebanon's opposition movement, which helped force Syria out of that country, some are even calling for Kurdish administration of Kurdish areas.

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