US EditionSyria’s Sharaa Grants Citizenship and Language Rights to Kurdish Syrians, State Media Says
The decree restores nationality to Kurds stripped by a 1962 census, recognizes Kurdish as a national language, and establishes Nowruz as a national holiday, impacting 20% of Kurds.
- On Friday, Interim Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa issued Decree No. of 2026 restoring citizenship to Syrian Kurdish citizens and declaring Kurdish a national language taught in state-run and private schools.
- After deadly clashes in Aleppo that killed at least 23 and displaced more than 150,000, Sharaa's decree cited Syria’s transitional constitutional declaration and preceded talks between Tom Barrack and Mazlum Kobane.
- The decree also requires banning ethnic discrimination, mandates inclusive state institutions messaging, and makes March 21, Nowruz, a paid national holiday after decades of Kurdish marginalization.
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While the conflict has been bogged down in recent weeks, Syrian President Ahmed al-Charaa announced on Friday night that he recognized by decree the national rights of the Kurds, whose language will now be official.
Following the recent fighting in Syria, interim President Sharaa has announced to strengthen the rights of the Kurdish minority.
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AlKhaleej TodaySyria recognises Kurdish language and culture amid unrest over northern autonomy push
DAMASCUS, Jan 17 — Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa issued a decree on Friday declaring Kurdish a “national language”, in an apparent gesture of good will towards the minority following clashes in recent days.The decree is the first formal recognition of Kurdish national rights since Syria’s independence in 1946.It stated Kurds were “an essential and integral part” of Syria, where they have suffered decades of marginalisation and oppression unde…
In Syria, Kurds will for the first time be granted rights such as citizenship and the recognition of Kurdish as a national language. Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa has signed a decree to this effect, according to the Syrian state news agency SANA. The decree is the first formal recognition of Kurdish national rights since Syria's independence in 1946. The president announced the decree in a televised address, in which he called on the country'…
For the first time since Syria's independence, the Kurdish language can be taught in schools and the Kurdish New Year will be a holiday.
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