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Kurds

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Iranest. 8. 2–12 million
Iraqest. 5. 6–8. 5 million
Turkeyest. 14. 3–20 million
Syriaest. 2–3. 6 million
United States20,591
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About Kurds


Kurds are an Iranian ethnic group native to Western Asia. Geographically, this mostly mountainous area, known as Kurdistan includes southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, and northern Syria. There are also exclaves of Kurds in central Anatolia and Khorasan.

Turkey-Syria-offensive: 'hundreds' IS related to escape camp

Turkey-Syria-offensive: 'hundreds' IS related to escape camp
Feb 16,2020 7:05 am

... Turkey accuses the Kurds of being terrorists, and says she wants to force you away from a safe zone to reach the 30km in Syria...

Turkey-Syria-campaign: your questions answered

Turkey-Syria-campaign: your questions answered
Feb 16,2020 7:02 am

... The North-East, Syria is ethnically mixed, with the Kurds in the majority, in some areas, and the Sunni Arabs are the majority in the other...

British IS fighters taken into U. S. custody, says Trump

British IS fighters taken into U. S. custody, says Trump
Feb 16,2020 7:01 am

... He said the decision had been taken to remove them from Syria, to lose in the case of the Kurds or Turkey s control ...

US says it did not approve of Turkey-Syria-offensive

US says it did not approve of Turkey-Syria-offensive
Feb 16,2020 7:00 am

... The Kurds -who have helped defeat IS in Syria, the most important US fighters-allies in this fight - guard, thousands of IS and their families in prisons and camps in the territories under their control...

Turkey launches ground offensive in Northern Syria

Turkey launches ground offensive in Northern Syria
Feb 16,2020 6:59 am

... The Kurds - helped defeat the Islamic state (IS) group in Syria - guard, thousands of IS fighters and their relatives in prisons and camps in the territories under their control...

Turkey reinforced troops cross the border to Syria 'short'

Turkey reinforced troops cross the border to Syria 'short'
Feb 16,2020 6:58 am

... his train, defended on Tuesday, saying the Kurds had not been abandoned, calling them special ...

Trump makes way for Turkey against Kurds in Syria

Trump makes way for Turkey against Kurds in Syria
Feb 16,2020 6:55 am

... Kurds in the North-Eastern Syria to protest against Mr Erdogan, the plan for the establishment of a safe-zone is More than 12,000 men, held on suspicion of the members in the Kurdish-controlled camps in southern Turkey planned in a safe zone ...

British IS fighters taken into U. S. custody, says Trump

Feb 16,2020 6:55 am

Two of the so-called "Beatles", and were controlled from Syria in the "safe position by the United States," the President, Donald Trump has said.

El-Shafi Elsheikh and Alexanda Kotey part of the Islamic state group cell that kidnapped and murdered Western hostages In Syria to be blamed.

The couple -from London - reports in the custody of The American military, according to the US media.

Mr Trump has described it as "the worst of the worst".

He said the decision had been taken to remove them from Syria, "to lose in the case of the Kurds or Turkey's control".

and say, the pair were removed running from a prison of Kurdish militias in Northern Syria.

The Announcement comes after the United States withdrawal of its forces from the region This Week .

On Wednesday, President Trump told reporters that you have transferred to US, "some of The Most dangerous fighter IS" in the midst of the fears, he was able to escape custody, as the Turkish troops in the Kurdish-held area in Northern Syria.

The Kurds -who have helped defeat IS In Syria , The Most important US fighters-allies in this Fight - Guard , thousands of IS and their families in prisons and camps in the territories under their control. It is unclear whether the fighting broke out, continue to do it now that.

the Other members of the cell - as "The Beatles " because of their British accents - including Mohammed Emwazi, known as " Jihadi John , who was killed in a U.S. Air Strike in 2015, and Aine Davis , imprisoned in Turkey.

Emwazi is thought to be U.S. journalist James Foley in 2014 have killed.

All four of them were radical in the UK prior to travelling to Syria. Elsheikh and Kotey have been deprived of their British citizenship.

The couple's State Department, what with the executions and "exceptionally cruel torture methods" including electric shocks, waterboarding and mock executions are referred to as terrorists by the US.

they had been told the prisoner by Kurdish forces in January 2018.

Mohammed Emwazi, Aine Davis , Alexanda Kotey and El Shafi Elsheikh (l to r)

The New York Times reports the US is planning to Elsheikh and Kotey to take to Virginia, where they will be brought to justice.

But said, shadow foreign Minister, Emily Thornberry , you should come "home to the justice bodies".

A Home Office spokesman said: "it would be inappropriate to comment while legal proceedings are in progress".

What is a Kurdish prison like?

Quentin Sommerville, BBC Middle East correspondent

The Kurds have only a purpose built, renovated prison. It is in Hassakeh, not far from the Turkish invasion. There, The Men shaved line are crammed nose to tail in orange jumpsuits, and skinny. There are 2,000 foreign fighters there, and held in unofficial prisons - former schools, and office buildings, low-safety - closer to The Front . Many thousands more Iraqi and Syrian ISIS supporters are also locked.

Despite the warnings from the Kurdish authorities that the Western countries have their jihadists repatriate, and some have obliged. The UK, the majority of his alleged their citizenship stripped, in The Hope of preventing their return.

The prisons were already overwhelmed before the Turkey, the Kurds attacked; now they are understaffed, as the Kurdish militia, prison guards sent to Fight at The Front . Western military and intelligence personnel already in the fields for fear of the encounter with the Turkey advance have left.

It is the danger of the Anti-terrorist crisis In Syria . It is an international coalition, and to the thousands of Arab and Kurdish life, IS fighters behind bars. The Group of super-charged growth 10 years ago, by the breaking of hundreds of people from the prison in Iraq. Many Fans believe that she was going to try it again.

It remains to be seen whether The Evidence against the pair amassed to be passed by British investigators, the full extent of the US authorities.

the Former Prime Minister , Theresa May , when she was at home, was Secretary in the year 2015, said Washington, the UK would only guarantee to hand over evidence of receipt of a categorical that neither people would be executed.

Britain has long been sought and obtained a death penalty assurances from the United States.

this position was repeated by Mrs May's successor, Amber Rudd , but then, conversely, after Sajid Javid entered the Home Office in April 2018.

Mr Javid decided to hand over 600 witness statements to try without any kind of guarantee that Elsheikh and Kotey would not die.

Elsheikh mother, Maha Elgizouli challenged, but the decision, in January,

The Problem is currently decided by the UK Supreme Court .



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Source of news: bbc.com

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