GENERAL RESSOURCES ON SYRIAN KURDS

Since the information on Syrian Kurds are limited this blog post shows overview of resources on Syrian Kurds – Courtesy Wladimir van Wilgenburg

News resources and information resources on Kurds in Syria

Human Rights
Support Kurds in Syria
Kurdwatch.org
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights

TV
Syrian/Syrian Kurdish Ronahi TV – pro-PYD tv
Orient TV – pro opposition
Zagros TV – Iraqi Kurdish pro-KDP. Sometimes reports about Syrian Kurds

KNN – Iraqi Kurdish pro-Change list.
Gelli Kurdistan – Iraqi Kurdish – Pro-PUK.

FB groups
Kurdish

Experts on Syrian Kurds
Jordi Tejel
Seda Altug
Denize Natali:
Why Syrian Kurds Need Syrian Allies
Dr. Harriet Allsop
Robert Lowe, Chatham House:
The Syrian Kurds: A People Discovered
Thomas McGee
Vittoria Federici
Yezid Sayigh

Reports/sources
Kurdish youth groups in Syria: (they play a pivotal role in Syria but often overlooked by experts and journalists):
http://rodikawro.blogspot.com/2012/07/names-of-kurdish-youth-movements.html
Could a Syrian Kurdistan work? Assessing the economic and political potential of an autonomous Kurdish region: http://www.executive-magazine.com/economics-and-policy/syria-kurdistan-survive-economically/5337
Orsam on Syrian Kurds: http://www.orsam.org.tr/en/enUploads/Article/Files/2012828_127%20ing%20yeni.pdf
My contribution to think tank report on Syrian Kurds: http://henryjacksonsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/HJS_Unity-or-PYD-Power-Play_-Report.pdf
PYD not military threat to Turkey: http://www.jamestown.org/articles-by-author/?no_cache=1&tx_cablanttnewsstaffrelation_pi1[author]=523
Good article by Tejel about Syrian Kurds: http://carnegie-mec.org/publications/?fa=49703

Maps:
This is the best map from the book of Jordi Tejel, but copyrighted
http://nuhyilmaz.com/2012/08/07/kurdish-enclaves-in-syria/

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