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March 25, 2008       Share:    

Source: http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1205420757645&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

10,000 Syrian Troops Deploy in Kurdish Region

[Media Line/ Jerusalem Post] The Syrian army has moved 10,000 soldiers into five cities in the country's northern, Kurdish-dominated region, following violence over the weekend which left three people dead in Qameshli. Some 10% of the Syrian population is Kurdish, but they lack any political influence and the Kurdish language and flag are both banned. The Syrian government has stripped some 20% of the Kurds of their citizenship in an effort to Arabize the population, claiming that many Kurds had infiltrated the country from neighboring Turkey and Iraq.

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