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Syria approves decree, President Ahmed al-Sharaau grants rights to Kurds and recognizes Kurdish as official language
2026-01-17 22:12:42 / BOTA
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa issued a decree granting rights to Syria's Kurds and recognizing the Kurdish language as an official language.
In the decree, Sharaa recognizes Kurdish as the national language, designates Nowruz (Kurdish New Year) as an official holiday, and grants citizenship to Kurds, who were denied this citizenship after the controversial 1962 census.
"Syrian Kurdish citizens are an essential part of the Syrian people, and their cultural and linguistic identity is an integral part of the Syrian national identity," the decree said.
The Kurdish minority remained marginalized and oppressed by previous Syrian regimes for decades. They took advantage of the chaos of the 2011-2024 civil war to seize large swathes of northern and northeastern Syria, including oil and gas fields, after defeating Islamic State jihadists.
In March 2025, the new government in Damascus signed an agreement with the Kurds so that their military and political institutions would be integrated into the Syrian state, but talks on its implementation appear to have reached a deadlock.
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