northeastern Syria

  • Kurds living in the Kurdistan Region will not return to Syria

    Kurds living in the Kurdistan Region will not return to Syria

    World Service-Despite the fact that more than a year has passed since the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime and the return of millions of Syrians to their country, most Kurdish refugees living in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq are still unwilling to return to northeastern Syria; they consider insecurity, economic crisis, the uncertain future of the Damascus agreement and the Syrian Democratic Forces, and the established life in the Kurdistan Region as the most important reasons for this decision.