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Assad says Kurdish federal zone in Syria ‘temporary’

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The Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Thursday that the Syrian constitution doesn’t allow federalism and that the federal structures created by the Kurds in northern Syria “are temporary”. This although the majority of Syrian Kurds want federalism or decentralization in areas under the control of Kurdish forces.
Assad said that the local self-administrations set up by the Democratic Union Party (PYD) and their allies in northern Syria are temporary.
“They take advantage of the absence of the state in a number of areas in the north in order to create specific social structures, which take a political form, in order to manage people’s affairs, and they talk about federalism. These are temporary structures,” he said about Rojava.
“These factions [Kurdish parties] are diverse: some patriotic, some mercenary, and some seek separation and federalism. The scene is very diverse and complicated. We cannot take a clear position. It depends on the case,” he said.
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Its going to be very interesting to see how Assad is going to deal with the Kurds in Rojava (Northern Syria). Kurds in the area have set up their own autonomous region governed on the principles of democratic confederalism, socialism and gender equality. Now the leading parties in Rojava has called for a future Rojava to be part of Syria under a federalist system. Assad is now saying that will not happen because of the Syrian Constitution currently does not allow it and Rojava being autonomous is just temprorary. I hope that Assad does not follow through in forcing the Kurds to join back into Syria under the old system where Kurds were essentially second class citizens. I do believe that the only way for a future Syria to be more stable and peaceful its either going to have to be a Syria built on federalism or Syria will have to be partitioned.


 
TheDemSocialist said:
Read more @: Assad says Kurdish federal zone in Syria ‘temporary’

Its going to be very interesting to see how Assad is going to deal with the Kurds in Rojava (Northern Syria). Kurds in the area have set up their own autonomous region governed on the principles of democratic confederalism, socialism and gender equality. Now the leading parties in Rojava has called for a future Rojava to be part of Syria under a federalist system. Assad is now saying that will not happen because of the Syrian Constitution currently does not allow it and Rojava being autonomous is just temprorary. I hope that Assad does not follow through in forcing the Kurds to join back into Syria under the old system where Kurds were essentially second class citizens. I do believe that the only way for a future Syria to be more stable and peaceful its either going to have to be a Syria built on federalism or Syria will have to be partitioned. [/FONT][/COLOR]


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We went to a civil war to prevent such things, so surely our federal government establishment will join Assad in stopping this Constitutional violation.
 
reinoe said:
We went to a civil war to prevent such things, so surely our federal government establishment will join Assad in stopping this Constitutional violation.
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Really attempting to compare the US Civil War and the Syrian Civil War in context to Rojava and Kurds in Syria!? :doh
Almost all the Kurds in Syria do not have citizenship, they are not allowed to speak in Kurdish or publish anything in Kurdish, are not allowed to name their children using Kurdish names...
 
TheDemSocialist said:
Read more @: Assad says Kurdish federal zone in Syria ‘temporary’

Its going to be very interesting to see how Assad is going to deal with the Kurds in Rojava (Northern Syria). Kurds in the area have set up their own autonomous region governed on the principles of democratic confederalism, socialism and gender equality. Now the leading parties in Rojava has called for a future Rojava to be part of Syria under a federalist system. Assad is now saying that will not happen because of the Syrian Constitution currently does not allow it and Rojava being autonomous is just temprorary. I hope that Assad does not follow through in forcing the Kurds to join back into Syria under the old system where Kurds were essentially second class citizens. I do believe that the only way for a future Syria to be more stable and peaceful its either going to have to be a Syria built on federalism or Syria will have to be partitioned. [/FONT][/COLOR]


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Assad is quite right that the constitution doesn't allow for a federation. As about temporary he certainly cannot do much now. He has a lot on his plate just now and has a priority list to work. But none of the countries down there want a free Kurd republic. Turkey has been fighting it for decades as have Iran and Iraq. The only freind they have is the USA and maybe Israel to an extent.
 
TheDemSocialist said:
Really attempting to compare the US Civil War and the Syrian Civil War in context to Rojava and Kurds in Syria!? :doh
Almost all the Kurds in Syria do not have citizenship, they are not allowed to speak in Kurdish or publish anything in Kurdish, are not allowed to name their children using Kurdish names...
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Sounds like a Syrian problem to which we have no business getting involved.
 
reinoe said:
Sounds like a Syrian problem to which we have no business getting involved.
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And I would agree. But you seemed to just say we should be working with the Assad's govenrment in putting down the Kurds calls for autonomy...
 
Outside of major genocide or some large natural/medical disaster...what goes on in Syria is none of America's business.

But I think whether the Kurds stay where they are or not in Syria has far more to do with Turkey than with Assad.
 
TheDemSocialist said:
Read more @: Assad says Kurdish federal zone in Syria ‘temporary’

Its going to be very interesting to see how Assad is going to deal with the Kurds in Rojava (Northern Syria). Kurds in the area have set up their own autonomous region governed on the principles of democratic confederalism, socialism and gender equality. Now the leading parties in Rojava has called for a future Rojava to be part of Syria under a federalist system. Assad is now saying that will not happen because of the Syrian Constitution currently does not allow it and Rojava being autonomous is just temprorary. I hope that Assad does not follow through in forcing the Kurds to join back into Syria under the old system where Kurds were essentially second class citizens. I do believe that the only way for a future Syria to be more stable and peaceful its either going to have to be a Syria built on federalism or Syria will have to be partitioned. [/FONT][/COLOR]


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Without Russian and Iranian support he doesn't have the strength to overcome the Kurdish regions. The Syrian military is husk, kept afloat by sub-national paramilitaries and foreign fighters.
 
reinoe said:
We went to a civil war to prevent such things, so surely our federal government establishment will join Assad in stopping this Constitutional violation.
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Never underestimate the capacity of a libertarian to still be buttmad about the Civil War. ;)
 
TheDemSocialist said:
Really attempting to compare the US Civil War and the Syrian Civil War in context to Rojava and Kurds in Syria!? :doh
Almost all the Kurds in Syria do not have citizenship, they are not allowed to speak in Kurdish or publish anything in Kurdish, are not allowed to name their children using Kurdish names...
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almost mirrors turkeys oppression on the kurds, Hmmm!
 
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