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Originally Posted by Itse
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Seeing stories like this always makes me feel so grateful for having won the birth lottery and having been born in a place that, while not perfect, is free in so many ways.
Imagine living in a place where saying the wrong thing could get you locked up in a dungeon for the rest of your life.
As far as what's next for Syria? It's a long ways from seeing any kind of cohesive state formed, and I double it ever will. The Kurds in the North have, more or less, been running their own state for a decade. It's something that Turkey can never see officially recognized, as it could lead to Turkey itself breaking apart, if the 20% (and rising) Kurdish population start to look across the border and get their own ideas.
These rebels, who just took out Assad, are also former Al Queda members. The Kurds are fairly religious and mostly Sunni, but also not that religious and many are not Sunni. I just can't see how the two competing factions would ever form one government.
To be honest, why should they. These are artificial borders drawn 70-100 years ago, and they are breaking down. What we are witnessing is likely the first step towards a greater Kurdistan that runs through Turkey to Iran. Turkey and Iran both have shrinking populations, while the Kurdish birth rate remains quite high. Turkey won't have the population to militarily hold the Kurds in check for very long.
In the meantime, I don't see how there's any option but for Turkey to ensure that Syria remains divided into autonomous mini countries.