Well, to balance the bad news coming out of Syria it seems that the Kurds have formed a new semi-autonomous nation.
Over the past year, some Kurds began openly calling for an officially
autonomous region in Syria similar to that of northern Iraq.
Vehicles sporting license plates reading "Rojava Kurdistan," or
"western Kurdistan," have become more common. Kurdish red, green and
white flags with a sun in the middle — the same flag flown in Iraqi
Kurdistan — fly over homes and public offices. A local police force
known "Asayish," whose members include women, have taken over security
in the areas abandoned last year by Assad's forces.
Kurds now study their own language and cultural heritage in schools.
Under Assad, Kurds have not been allowed to openly teach their language
or celebrate their New Year, or Nowruz, and Kurdish activists were
routinely jailed.
Maybe they will form up with Iraqi Kurdistan and part of southern Turkey and become a new nation. Kurds seem pretty bad-assed from what I read about Saladin and seem pretty secular and open when it comes to Christians and such. They could be a perfect ally with the West and be a bulwark against Muslim fundamentalism.
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