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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Kurds

There had been complaints that much of the £57m he said he'd raised never reached the Kurds.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

A previous confrontation in 2017 between those militias and Iraqi Kurdish forces, known as the peshmerga, ended with the Kurds having to back down.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

The return of displaced Syrian Kurds to their northeastern hometown of Ras al-Ain was suspended on Monday after a first group of returnees was attacked, prompting protests in other Kurdish-majority parts of Syria.

From Barron's ● Aug. 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

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