Violence weakens Kurdish interests
National Editorial
Sep 4, 2012
The idea of a Greater Kurdistan, long an aspiration, has gained renewed energy amid regional uncertainty. Syria's violence has opened a space for Kurdish self-governance in some towns and cities. In Iraq, the Kurdish autonomous region plays a stronger diplomatic role than ever before. As the Irbil-based newspaper Kurdish Globe said last month: "An independent Kurdish state is more viable today than at any time."
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