HISTORY
HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST
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Question
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Their own nation
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Their rights
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Their TVs
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Amid the withdrawal of Iraqi forces from three northern provinces, Kurdistan Region emerged in 1992 as an autonomous entity inside Iraq with its own local government and parliament.
Detailed explanation-2: -Some 4, 000 villages were destroyed from 1975 until the end of the Al-Anfal Campaign in late 1980s. During the mid-1970s, hundreds of Kurdish villages were destroyed in the northern governorates of Ninawa and Duhok (Shorsh Resool estimate: 369), and around 150 in Diyala (Shorsh Resool estimate: 154).
Detailed explanation-3: -Kurds have been fighting for independence for a century, but have never achieved nation-state status for Kurdistan. Kurds have established semi-autonomous regions in Iraq and Syria. In Turkey and Iran, they live under central government rule.
Detailed explanation-4: -The majority of Kurds are Sunni Muslim, with Alevi Shi’a Muslim, Christian, Jewish, and Yezidi communities. Religious divergences as well as varying political viewpoints account for a wide variety of Kurdish perspectives vis-à-vis the state, though political discourse is dominated by the Kurdish nationalist PKK.