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flag Syria's president recognizes Kurdish language and citizenship, but military advances in Kurdish areas raise doubts about sincerity.

flag Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa issued a decree recognizing Kurdish as a national language, granting full citizenship to stateless Kurds, and making Nowruz a paid holiday, marking the first formal recognition of Kurdish rights since Syria’s independence. flag The move aims to ease tensions with the Kurdish minority amid ongoing clashes between Syrian government forces and the Kurdish-led SDF in Aleppo and eastern Syria. flag While the decree affirms Kurds’ integral role in the nation and bans ethnic and linguistic discrimination, the Syrian military has advanced in northern areas, displacing thousands and taking control of Kurdish-held neighborhoods, prompting criticism from SDF leaders who view the gesture as a political tactic.

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