Good for you. I watch/listen to several news channels and they don't mention them much, even though some of them focus a lot on the wars in the Middle East. But they probably got overshadowed by all the news about Putin and Erdogan being besties now.
What newspapers do you read? Local ones or some bigger stream?
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I read one of the nationwide newspapers, I live in the Netherlands so it's still pretty local as we are a small country
Kurds are the biggest nation without their own state (maybe Roma, but they are hard to be grouped as one and same nation). They're not fighting cause they're righteous, cause they despise ISIS, or defending Syria. Don't give them praise. Kurdish terrorists are demolishing turkey, and will help WWIII come to its fruition. And don't think that these peshmerg "heroes of fighting back" won't unite with Iraqi, Turkish and all the other Kurdistans. Boohoo, we don't have a state. Don't we all. If I went there and go splitting hair, I belong to a whole different nation than people of my state. And we're even indigenous, they're not. Don't get me wrong. People should always fight for ...at least fight against the opresor state which in most cases conquered them, the indigenous, I'm totally supporting Kosovo and Basque people and all Russian separatists, past and I certainly hope future Turkic ones, even if they are labeled,but in sucha close proximity of ISIS and WWIII, it's just selfish
The problem is that in the Middle East they are recognised as terrorists, because of their religion but they are being successful in attacking Daesh and winning territory
It's called Islam.
From Wikipedia:
"Today, the majority of Kurds are Sunni Muslim, belonging to the Shafi school.
There is also a minority of Kurds who are Shia Muslims, primarily living in the Ilam and Kermanshah provinces of Iran, Central and south eastern Iraq (Fayli Kurds)
Mystical practices and participation in Sufi orders are also widespread among Kurds."
No the Sunnis and Shiites have been killing each other since Mohammed came down from the mountain. It's not just whether you are Muslim, but just what kind of Muslim too.
What newspapers do you read? Local ones or some bigger stream?
From Wikipedia:
"Today, the majority of Kurds are Sunni Muslim, belonging to the Shafi school.
There is also a minority of Kurds who are Shia Muslims, primarily living in the Ilam and Kermanshah provinces of Iran, Central and south eastern Iraq (Fayli Kurds)
Mystical practices and participation in Sufi orders are also widespread among Kurds."