WebKurds (Kurdish: کورد ,Kurd) or Kurdish people are an Iranian ethnic group native to the mountainous region of Kurdistan in Western Asia, which spans southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, and northern Syria. There are exclaves of Kurds in Central Anatolia, Khorasan, and the Caucasus, as well as significant Kurdish diaspora …

WebThe Kurdish population of Syria (Arabic: كرد سورية) is the country's largest ethnic minority, usually estimated at around 10% of the Syrian population and 5% of the Kurdish population. [citation needed]The majority of Syrian Kurds are originally Turkish Kurds who have crossed the border during different events in the 20th century. There are three major …

WebYazidis or Yezidis (/ j ə ˈ z iː d iː z / (); Kurdish: ئێزیدی, romanized: Êzidî) are a Kurmanji-speaking endogamous minority group who are indigenous to Kurdistan, a geographical region in Western Asia that includes parts of Iraq, Syria, Turkey and Iran. The majority of Yazidis remaining in the Middle East today live in Iraq, primarily in the governorates of …

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WebThe Kurds in Syria are the second largest ethnic group in the country (around 10% in 2013) and are mainly Sunni Muslims. The majority live in Syrian Kurdistan, bordering on Iraqi Kurdistan and Turkish Kurdistan.There are also smaller Kurdish communities in Aleppo and Damascus.Damascus Kurds are very Arabized and do not usually speak Kurdish. The …

WebThe majority of Kurds are Sunni Muslims, ... Among the former, approximately 75% of Syrians were Sunni Muslim, of whom, 60% were Arabic-speaking and the remainder of Sunnis included Kurds 8.5%, Turkmen ... and Shia 13%), Christian 10% (mainly of the Greek Orthodox and Greek Catholic churches - may be smaller as a result of Christians ...

WebSyrian civil war; Part of the Arab Spring, Arab Winter, the spillover of the Iraqi conflict, International military intervention against the Islamic State, War on terror, Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict, and the Iran–Israel proxy conflict: Top: A ruined neighborhood in Raqqa in 2017. Bottom: Military situation in September 2021: Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Arab …

WebThe major part (89%) of the population in Iran is Shi'a Muslim, 10% is Sunni Muslim, and the remaining 1% are Christian, Zoroastrian, Baha’i and Jewish. Judaism has a very long history in the country, although the Revolution and the establishment of Israel have left just under 9,000 Jews in the country. Christians are the largest minority ...

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