Kurds

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1. A linguistically and culturally distinct people who inhabit parts of Syria, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, and the former Soviet Union. Once part of the Ottoman Empire, they long have sought an independent nation-state, but without success. After his defeat in the Persian Gulf War, Saddam Hussein brutally repressed rebellious Kurds in northern Iraq.

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The SDF amassed around 100,000 fighters at its peak, both Kurds and Arabs, and controlled swathes of Syria's oil-rich north and northeast.

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

The U.S. belatedly created such a zone for the Kurds in Iraq’s north in 1991.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026

The Iranian Kurds have a tense relationship with the central government and have their own armed groups.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026

Like many exiled Iranian Kurds, Shaho Bloori, 53, hears the call of home from both the living and the dead.

From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026

He was the city of kings, and the voice of Scheherazade, the whirling dervishes that leap, the fire worshippers, the nomad Kurds, and the eighteen sheep.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri