Kurdish minority to seek regional autonomy in post-Assad Syria

Kurds in northern Syria hope to set up an independent region along the lines of Iraqi Kurdistan, a senior figure in the Syrian Kurdish opposition tells Haaretz.

By Zvi Bar'el | 22:36 01.08.12 |

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Members of Syria's Kurdish minority are planning to set up an independent region in the country's north, a senior figure in the Syrian Kurdish opposition told Haaretz.

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Kurdish minority to seek regional autonomy in post-Assad Syria

Kurds in northern Syria hope to set up an independent region along the lines of Iraqi Kurdistan, a senior figure in the Syrian Kurdish opposition tells Haaretz.

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