MESOP: TWITTER TRUTH : THE LATE CONSTITUTION OF ETHNIC NATIONAL FOUNDING MYTHS

Birûsk – ‏@birusk”#Kobani has almost taken on this mythic place in #Kurdish history,uniting Kurds around the region” @nytimes reporter http://www.pri.org/stories/2014-11-20/battle-obscure-syrian-border-town-has-turned-major-strategic-clash  … The battle for an obscure Syrian border town has turned into a major…

Kobani was an anonymous spot on the map not too long ago. But the Kurdish town along Syria’s border with Turkey has now become an important military prize for all the belligerents involved.