The Impact of the Syrian War on Kurdish Politics Across the Middle East
Research Paper
By: #Cengiz Gunes# and Robert Lowe
Middle East and North Africa Programme | July 2015

The demise of state authority in Syria is creating an unprecedented opportunity for Syrian Kurds, who have acted with speed to organize themselves politically and militarily. Across the region, Kurds seem to sense that their moment has arrived.
• In 2014–15, the battle for Kobane created a new Kurdish nationalist myth of heroism and liberation. Kobane will endure as a famous victory – regardless of the devastation caused – of huge symbolic value for Kurdish sentiment across the region. [1]
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