Source: CNN
The Kurds are tacitly saying “Look at us. We are the ones who share your ideas about human rights and equality. We are the ones in this many-sided conflict that deserves your support.”
The decree was issued by the Jazira district of Syria’s Hasakeh province, about 100 miles from the now-legendary town of Kobani, where armed Kurdish men and women are holding their positions, battling to prevent the ultra-radical Islamic State, also known as ISIS, from overrunning their territory.
Kurdish-majority provinces in northern Syria declared self-rule in 2013 as the rest of Syria exploded into civil war. The Kurds, an ethnic Muslim minority spread mostly across Iraq, Syria, Turkey and Iran, have faced repression and have fought for independence.
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One has to wait the practical implementation.