For all we know, we might see a new country of Kurdistan on maps.
Kurds declare Syrian town part of autonomous region
- Thursday, October 22, 2015 - From Print Edition
BEIRUT: Syria’s Kurds have incorporated a mixed town they captured from the Islamic State group into territory they claim in the country’s north, a leading party said on Wednesday.
The move to bring the border town of Tal Abyad into the autonomous administration led by Kurdish forces in the country’s north and northeast comes as the Kurds work increasingly closely with Arab forces against President Bashar al-Assad’s regime.
According to the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD), Tal Abyad’s local council agreed on Wednesday their town would be ruled by “autonomous administration, formally part of the autonomous administration in the Kobane canton.”
In June, Kurdish forces and their Arab rebel allies expelled IS from Tal Abyad, in Syria’s northern Raqa province, after fierce clashes.
A local council of Kurds and Arabs has since overseen the town’s affairs.
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Kurds declare Syrian town part of autonomous region
Kurds declare Syrian town part of autonomous region
- Thursday, October 22, 2015 - From Print Edition
BEIRUT: Syria’s Kurds have incorporated a mixed town they captured from the Islamic State group into territory they claim in the country’s north, a leading party said on Wednesday.
The move to bring the border town of Tal Abyad into the autonomous administration led by Kurdish forces in the country’s north and northeast comes as the Kurds work increasingly closely with Arab forces against President Bashar al-Assad’s regime.
According to the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD), Tal Abyad’s local council agreed on Wednesday their town would be ruled by “autonomous administration, formally part of the autonomous administration in the Kobane canton.”
In June, Kurdish forces and their Arab rebel allies expelled IS from Tal Abyad, in Syria’s northern Raqa province, after fierce clashes.
A local council of Kurds and Arabs has since overseen the town’s affairs.
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Kurds declare Syrian town part of autonomous region
