HISTORY
HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST
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in the mountains of Syria, Iraq, and Turkey
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in the deserts of Syria, Saudi Arabia, and Oman
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along the rivers in Iraq, Pakistan, and Yemen
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along the beaches of Iran, Yemen, and Syria
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Detailed explanation-1: -Kurds (Kurdish: , 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.
Detailed explanation-2: -There are Kurds living in various provinces of Turkey, but they are primarily concentrated in the east and southeast of the country, within the region viewed by Kurds as Turkish Kurdistan. Officially in Eastern Anatolia and Southeastern Anatolia Regions.
Detailed explanation-3: -There are three major centers for the Kurdish population in Syrian, the northern part of the Jazira, the central Euphrates Region around Kobanî and in the west the area around Afrin. All of these are on the Syria-Turkey border, and there are also substantial Kurdish communities in Aleppo and Damascus further south.
Detailed explanation-4: -This geo-cultural region means “Land of the Kurds". Iraqi Kurdistan is a semi-autonomous region in northern Iraq, covering 40, 643 square kilometres (15, 692 sq mi) and has a population of approximately 6 million people. Kurdish populations occupy the territory in and around the Zagros mountains.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Faili Kurds, who follow Shi’a Islam, live along the Iran/Iraq border and in Baghdad. Repressed as ‘Iranians’ under the Hussein regime, they are now targeted for ethnic and religious reasons.
Detailed explanation-6: -Kurds are the largest non-Arab ethnic minority in Syria, comprising about 8.5 to 10 percent of the population of 13.8 million.