As expected, Syria’s Kurdish PYD faction announced the establishment of the federal democratic area of Rojava, essentially a bid to formalize their autonomy over their territory across northern Syria. This fueled angry condemnation from several sources.
Turkey, which has been attacking the Kurds, condemned the move as a threat to Syrian unity,while Syria’s Foreign Ministry insisted the announcement had no legal value without a nationwide referendum showing it reflected the will of the entire country.
Syrian rebels lashed the move on general principle, insisting they oppose all forms of federalism inside Syria, and are determined to see a powerful national government, naturally with themselves at the helm. The Kurds insisted the move doesn’t represent an attempt to secede.
Even the US, which has been backing the Syrian Kurds, and who imposed a virtually identical situation in neighboring Iraq with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), slammed the move, saying they would not accept any self-governed zones inside Syria and want a totally unified nation.
The only nation unlikely to oppose the move is Russia, which had been calling for the establishment of a federal system in Syria as a way to resolve the civil war. That Russia likes the idea is probably a major factor in why the US doesn’t.
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two car bombings in turkey by the kurds that killed lots of innocent civilians yet no one called them terrorests, i wonder why?
Nobody but you and the rest of Erdogan’s shameless cheerleaders actually believe the Kurds where behind those attacks. WAKE UP!
The west and Israel don’t want any country to stand on its feet, since Erdugan was elected
Turkeys economy is been going uphill and the west have been trying to topple his government,
Coming back to the Kurds, Israeli mossad have been helping them since the since and it’s all
Over the net and about the bombing the so called TAK has admitted that they were behind
The bombing, when I use the name Kurds I don’t mean all the Kurds, my best friend is Kurdish
I should use the names like PKK and TAK and the rest of terrorist organization that are run by
Individuals loyal to Israel and the west, I live in the heart of Middle East and I should know
What’s going on?.
OK, yeah, SOME of the bombings have been committed by the TAK, or at least they’ve taken credit for them. But the TAK is not the PKK or the YPG and any claim otherwise is propaganda.
You also have to remember Turkish intelligence has a long and shady history of false-flag attacks and infiltrating terrorist groups.
And none of this changes the fact that the Kurds, after years of torture and rape and murder from your beloved Turkey have earned every right to independence.
As for your theories about Mossad and Erdogan’s sponsors in the west being out to get him. That’s just silly f**king nonsense fed to you by Erdogan’s stooges in the Turkish media in order to keep you from realizing your dear fearless leader is another Yankee doodle Quisling. Like I said, WAKE UP!
Federalism is the only thing that can save Syria.