Tag: Kurds

NOVANEWS Kurdish people attend a celebration rally near the Turkish-Syrian border at Suruc, in Sanliurfa province on January 27, 2015 after Kurdish fighters expelled Islamic State group militants from the Syrian border town of Kobane. | Photo: AFP The main Syrian Kurdish militia, the YPG, has served as the military backbone of the autonomous Kurdish regions in Syria. Syrian Kurdish groups and their allies are this week expected to approve a detailed blueprint for a system of federal government in northern Syria, Kurdish officials said, reaffirming their plans for autonomy as Russia and Turkey seek to revive peace diplomacy. RELATED: Kurdish Women’s Radical Self-Defense: Armed and Political The aim is to increase the autonomy of areas of northern Syria where Kurdish groups have alrea...