A Forgotten Nation Congeals In The Middle East Cauldron—–The Rise Of Kurdistan

Numbering some 30 million people, the Kurds are one of the world’s largest ethnic groups without a state of their own, scattered since antiquity in the mountainous lands straddling today’s Turkey, Syria, Iran and Iraq. Their language, Kurdish, is part of the Indo-European family of languages—close to Persian (Farsi) but unrelated to Arabic or Turkish. Unlike Iranians, who are mostly Shiite Muslims, most Kurds are Sunnis.....
You must be a Stockman's Corner member in order to view this post, subscribe to Monthly Subscription, Quarterly Subscription or Annual Subscription.