Danger of Kurdish Civil War in Syria

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One of the first casualties in a war is the truth, and rumors can contribute to tensions and even escalate conflict. The different strategies of Kurdish political parties in Syria could result in more violence.

Recently, tensions between Kurdish groups allegedly associated with the Syrian Free Army (FSA) and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) affiliated People’s Defence Committees (TEV-DEM) resulted in destruction of property, arrests and the deaths of between three and five people in Efrin on July 3.

According to a statement from TEV-DEM, members of the Kurdish National Council (KNC) complained to the Syrian Free Army that the Democratic Union Party (PYD) was suppressing anti-Assad demonstrations and kidnapping Kurdish activists.

In response, the FSA allegedly attacked PYD checkpoints and targeted the group in its speeches.

At the end of June, the PYD arrested Mustafa Juma of the Kurdish Freedom (Azadi) Party, releasing him after an apparent request from Kurdistan Region President Massoud Barzani. The PYD claimed Juma had been in touch with the Turkish intelligence service and the FSA with a view to plot against the PKK in Syria.

The PYD claims elements within the KNC are cooperating with Turkey to target them; anti-PYD groups claim the PYD is working with the PKK and Assad to suppress demonstrations. The PYD says this is Turkish propaganda, while other Kurdish parties claim that the PYD is not tolerant to non-PKK organizations.

With up to 4,500 fighters trained in the Qandil Mountains, the PYD in Syria cannot be easily challenged by the KNC. It’s possible the Azadi Party tried to work with the FSA in order to confront them.

While it is difficult to assess the truth of these claims, it is clear that the different policies and propaganda attacks could lead to more violence. Being a tribal people, Kurds often rely on revenge as a way to deal with opponents. On June 13, for example, a whole family was massacred in a village near Efrin. Some say the Assad regime was responsible, others that it was Kurds looking for revenge.

It was for this very reason that the KNC and PYD signed an agreement on June 11 to prevent further tensions. But despite the promises, violence has continued.

PYD leader Salih Muslim and People’s Council co-chairs Abdulsalam Ahmed and Sinem Mihemed met with Barzani and the Kurdish Council on July 5 in Erbil in order to ease the tensions. This is because the majority of the Syrian Kurds do not want conflict between Kurds.

But one little spark can cause a fire. Just look at what happened in Iraqi Kurdistan in the 1990s.

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36 responses to “Danger of Kurdish Civil War in Syria”

  1. antar2011 Avatar
    antar2011

    if the kurdish pple really wanted  seperate independent region, they should say so from now, it is better then to keep it till after Assad falls…. but my guess is that this is the request of the elders only in the kurdish community, because the young kurds are walking out there asking for one free democratic syria.

  2. antar2011 Avatar
    antar2011

    if the kurdish pple really wanted  seperate independent region, they should say so from now, it is better then to keep it till after Assad falls…. but my guess is that this is the request of the elders only in the kurdish community, because the young kurds are walking out there asking for one free democratic syria.

  3. Constantin7 Avatar
    Constantin7

    Before asking for an independent separate region for the kurds in Syria, let them ask for it in Irak, Iran and Turkey before Syria. The kurdish regions in Syria are mixed with Arabs (christians and muslims) they are not exclusively kurdish like in the above 3 countries…So not a chance in Syria for a Kurdish entity.

  4. Constantin7 Avatar
    Constantin7

    Before asking for an independent separate region for the kurds in Syria, let them ask for it in Irak, Iran and Turkey before Syria. The kurdish regions in Syria are mixed with Arabs (christians and muslims) they are not exclusively kurdish like in the above 3 countries…So not a chance in Syria for a Kurdish entity.

  5. Moe2000 Avatar
    Moe2000

    Syria will be the next Somalia if this continues and Assad falls….. And the Syrian Kurds will join Kurdish Iraq and try declare independence…. I Don’t think Iraq Turkey or Iran will like that….

  6. Moe2000 Avatar
    Moe2000

    Syria will be the next Somalia if this continues and Assad falls….. And the Syrian Kurds will join Kurdish Iraq and try declare independence….

  7. MeYosemite Avatar
    MeYosemite

    MEA has really gone down, and also in a cultural sense. While on one had Europe with many distinct cultures and historical wars, came together and formed a union of 400millions+ of people. The MEA is close to think independence at evey million size group of population. A town size… One town one country. This is so tribal… Perhaps best to let them have it that way…

    1. master09 Avatar
      master09

      Re your comment about CHINA and USA debt and power…
      Finnally someone who knows what they are talking about.
      My point to Moe was stop the worry about USA CHINA and who has the biggest balls and start to worry how we as Lebanese should fix LEBANON. WE have NO money, jobs and our people are suffering and all he can talk about is, the Jews and the Yanks are the whole problem in Lebanon…..      

      1. Moe2000 Avatar
        Moe2000

         lol Your funny bro….

        1. master09 Avatar
          master09

          What am I funny about because I care about Lebanon rather than worry about Isreal Russia and USA… and who has biiggger balls .. Lebanon revenue has been minus 6 billion dollars and you care more on who is going to destroy who . Funny rite, wonder where your priorties are….war or fixing Lebanon…..

      2. Moe2000 Avatar
        Moe2000

        I cant be mad at you for wanting to build our country…. War is bad No One wants war…. But we are in the Middle East where we have Zionists puppet dictators and Oil it’s a part of us…. We should try to avoid it but if it comes we cant run like sissy’s….

        1. master09 Avatar
          master09

          Moe who is running…But the biggest sissy,s are those who blame the world and use this Zionists crap to cover up why Lebanon is in a shit or why the ME is even in a bigger shit….IT is them they do it all, while in Lebanon our leaders steal our money, have created one of the worlds worst economy per capita. $60 billion we owe.
          The people are starving and all the rest that Lebanon is in the shits with and we still talk about sissy and running….How about holding every single government MP including the one we all support and demanding they fix Lebanon and than worry about this Zionist state crap…..How can we be strong when we have no legs to stand on…..We are broke and we want to….Our governments are the sissy one be it Sunni Shiites or Christians…they have all raped Lebanon while they use this Zionist crap and brainwash people so they do not take the blame….
          We have no food to eat but our resistance is going to save us… From what I ask creating a war….The sissy,s are those who blame others and deny all they do wrong…..the strong are the one,s who can admit when they are wrong…….   Stand up to your government to help the Lebanese, LIVE WORK AND PLAY AND WHEN SOMEONE ATTACKS LET THE ARMY DO WHAT IT CAN DO. IF ISREAL attacks for no reason and they have NEVER DONE THAT FOR NO REASON, than believe you me they will be dealt with by FORCE, EVEN by you and me…. 
          SO WHO IS RUNNING LIKE sissy,s the Lebanese people are instead, to hold their government responsible for Lebanon having all these problems like no Electricity…….and so on.

          The Lebanese want pay taxes, Tripoli is like a shit hole, The south was fixed after the war because HA put the gun to the governments head and took 15 billion to rebuild and they said IRAN will do it for us and never came.some people took three and four times what their buildings was worth and more.
          When people go to the south to pick up the bills for government owned debts the people start to hit them with sticks and holding guns on them. Is the south not part of Lebanon or do they have their own rules above the Lebanese…Lebanon is getting raped by all the Lebs and all we do is blame others..

        2. master09 Avatar
          master09

          Moe who is running…But the biggest sissy,s are those who blame the world and use this Zionists crap to cover up why Lebanon is in a shit or why the ME is even in a bigger shit….IT is them they do it all, while in Lebanon our leaders steal our money, have created one of the worlds worst economy per capita. $60 billion we owe.
          The people are starving and all the rest that Lebanon is in the shits with and we still talk about sissy and running….How about holding every single government MP including the one we all support and demanding they fix Lebanon and than worry about this Zionist state crap…..How can we be strong when we have no legs to stand on…..We are broke and we want to….Our governments are the sissy one be it Sunni Shiites or Christians…they have all raped Lebanon while they use this Zionist crap and brainwash people so they do not take the blame….
          We have no food to eat but our resistance is going to save us… From what I ask creating a war….The sissy,s are those who blame others and deny all they do wrong…..the strong are the one,s who can admit when they are wrong…….   Stand up to your government to help the Lebanese, LIVE WORK AND PLAY AND WHEN SOMEONE ATTACKS LET THE ARMY DO WHAT IT CAN DO. IF ISREAL attacks for no reason and they have NEVER DONE THAT FOR NO REASON, than believe you me they will be dealt with by FORCE, EVEN by you and me…. 
          SO WHO IS RUNNING LIKE sissy,s the Lebanese people are instead, to hold their government responsible for Lebanon having all these problems like no Electricity…….and so on.

          The Lebanese want pay taxes, Tripoli is like a shit hole, The south was fixed after the war because HA put the gun to the governments head and took 15 billion to rebuild and they said IRAN will do it for us and never came.some people took three and four times what their buildings was worth and more.
          When people go to the south to pick up the bills for government owned debts the people start to hit them with sticks and holding guns on them. Is the south not part of Lebanon or do they have their own rules above the Lebanese…Lebanon is getting raped by all the Lebs and all we do is blame others..

      3. Moe2000 Avatar
        Moe2000

         I hope one day Lebanon will be a modern secular free democratic nation.. With 24/7 electricity and Gigabit fiber-optics internet for all our small businesses to flourish… No corruption or sectarian conflicts…. Inshallah it will happen one day in the near future….

    2. Leborigine Avatar
      Leborigine

      MeYo,

      The difference is that the Europeans are civilised, they respect each others cultures, souvereignty and boundaries. How can you compare the Arabs to that?? Despite continuos wars and 30 years of theft by the syrian army, Beirut is still the most civilised, cleanest and modern capital city in the Arab world, and Beirut is nothing compared to any European capital city!! We cannot even get along with each other, hell, how are we going to get along with another country!!Its bad enough that more than half the country have commited treason, some commiting themselves to syria and a few commiting themselves to israel!

      1. 73Corty77 Avatar
        73Corty77

        How about the ones who committed themselves to the devil himself like Assir, Hariri and Geagea.
        Lets not forget about them.

        1. Leborigine Avatar
          Leborigine

          I agree with you, the above mentioned along with Nasrallah and Aoun! They are all bastards and they have all sold their country!

      2. 73Corty77 Avatar
        73Corty77

        How about the ones who committed themselves to the devil himself like Assir, Hariri and Geagea.
        Lets not forget about them.

      3. MeYosemite Avatar
        MeYosemite

        I don’t know how the European did it by they did. After two WWs, even in the US after the civil war, US and Japan Occupation. They all made it, truly friends (Between wwi and wwii over 50millions died.) I am not why the MEA is so f**up, religion only makes a mess… Religion is not a creation of God, just the creation and ego of followers.

      4. MeYosemite Avatar
        MeYosemite

        I don’t know how the European did it by they did. After two WWs, even in the US after the civil war, US and Japan Occupation. They all made it, truly friends (Between wwi and wwii over 50millions died.) I am not why the MEA is so f**up, religion only makes a mess… Religion is not a creation of God, just the creation and ego of followers.

  8. MeYosemite Avatar
    MeYosemite

    MEA has really gone down, and also in a cultural sense. While on one had Europe with many distinct cultures and historical wars, came together and formed a union of 400millions+ of people. The MEA is close to think independence at evey million size group of population. A town size… One town one country. This is so tribal… Perhaps best to let them have it that way…

    1. master09 Avatar
      master09

      Re your comment about CHINA and USA debt and power…
      Finnally someone who knows what they are talking about.
      My point to Moe was stop the worry about USA CHINA and who has the biggest balls and start to worry how we as Lebanese should fix LEBANON. WE have NO money, jobs and our people are suffering and all he can talk about is, the Jews and the Yanks are the whole problem in Lebanon…..      

      1. Moe2000 Avatar
        Moe2000

         lol Your funny bro….

        1. master09 Avatar
          master09

          What am I funny about because I care about Lebanon rather than worry about Isreal Russia and USA… and who has biiggger balls .. Lebanon revenue has been minus 6 billion dollars and you care more on who is going to destroy who . Funny rite, wonder where your priorties are….war or fixing Lebanon…..

      2. Moe2000 Avatar
        Moe2000

         I hope one day Lebanon will be a modern secular free democratic nation.. With 24/7 electricity and Gigabit fiber-optics internet for all our small businesses to flourish… No corruption or sectarian conflicts…. Inshallah it will happen one day in the near future….

  9. MeYosemite Avatar
    MeYosemite

    MEA has really gone down, and also in a cultural sense. While on one had Europe with many distinct cultures and historical wars, came together and formed a union of 400millions+ of people. The MEA is close to think independence at evey million size group of population. A town size… One town one country. This is so tribal… Perhaps best to let them have it that way…

    1. master09 Avatar
      master09

      Re your comment about CHINA and USA debt and power…
      Finnally someone who knows what they are talking about.
      My point to Moe was stop the worry about USA CHINA and who has the biggest balls and start to worry how we as Lebanese should fix LEBANON. WE have NO money, jobs and our people are suffering and all he can talk about is, the Jews and the Yanks are the whole problem in Lebanon…..      

      1. Moe2000 Avatar
        Moe2000

         lol Your funny bro….

        1. master09 Avatar
          master09

          What am I funny about because I care about Lebanon rather than worry about Isreal Russia and USA… and who has biiggger balls .. Lebanon revenue has been minus 6 billion dollars and you care more on who is going to destroy who . Funny rite, wonder where your priorties are….war or fixing Lebanon…..

      2. Moe2000 Avatar
        Moe2000

        I cant be mad at you for wanting to build our country…. War is bad No One wants war…. But we are in the Middle East where we have Zionists puppet dictators and Oil it’s a part of us…. We should try to avoid it but if it comes we cant run like sissy’s….

        1. master09 Avatar
          master09

          Moe who is running…But the biggest sissy,s are those who blame the world and use this Zionists crap to cover up why Lebanon is in a shit or why the ME is even in a bigger shit….IT is them they do it all, while in Lebanon our leaders steal our money, have created one of the worlds worst economy per capita. $60 billion we owe.
          The people are starving and all the rest that Lebanon is in the shits with and we still talk about sissy and running….How about holding every single government MP including the one we all support and demanding they fix Lebanon and than worry about this Zionist state crap…..How can we be strong when we have no legs to stand on…..We are broke and we want to….Our governments are the sissy one be it Sunni Shiites or Christians…they have all raped Lebanon while they use this Zionist crap and brainwash people so they do not take the blame….
          We have no food to eat but our resistance is going to save us… From what I ask creating a war….The sissy,s are those who blame others and denie all they do wrong…..the strong are the one who can admit when they are wrong…….   Stand up to your government to help the Lebanese, LIVE WORK AND PLAY AND WHEN SOMEONE ATTACKS LET THE ARMY DO WHAT IT CAN DO. IF ISREAL attacks for no reason and they have NEVER DONE THAT FOR NO REASON, than believe you me they will be dealt with by FORCE, EVEN by you and me…. 
          sO WHO IS RUNNING LIKE sissy,s the Lebanese people to hold their government responsible for Lebanon having all these problems like no Electricity…….so on

      3. Moe2000 Avatar
        Moe2000

         I hope one day Lebanon will be a modern secular free democratic nation.. With 24/7 electricity and Gigabit fiber-optics internet for all our small businesses to flourish… No corruption or sectarian conflicts…. Inshallah it will happen one day in the near future….

    2. Leborigine Avatar
      Leborigine

      MeYo,

      The difference is that the Europeans are civilised, they respect each others cultures, souvereignty and boundaries. How can you compare the Arabs to that?? Despite continuos wars and 30 years of theft by the syrian army, Beirut is still the most civilised, cleanest and modern capital city in the Arab world, and Beirut is nothing compared to any European capital city!! We cannot even get along with each other, hell, how are we going to get along with another country!!Its bad enough that more than half the country have commited treason, some commiting themselves to syria and a few commiting themselves to israel!

      1. 73Corty77 Avatar
        73Corty77

        How about the ones who committed themselves to the devil himself like Assir, Hariri and Geagea.
        Lets not forget about them.

        1. Leborigine Avatar
          Leborigine

          I agree with you, the above mentioned along with Nasrallah and Aoun! They are all bastards and they have all sold their country!

      2. MeYosemite Avatar
        MeYosemite

        I don’t know how the European did it by they did. After two WWs, even in the US after the civil war, US and Japan Occupation. They all made it, truly friends (Between wwi and wwii over 50millions died.) I am not why the MEA is so f**up, religion only makes a mess… Religion is not a creation of God, just the creation and ego of followers.

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