“In Syria, Jolani forcing the Kurds to register as Syrian Arabs in order to receive citizenship" 👉 ‘Any Syrian Kurd who wants Syrian citizenship must first register as Arab.’

 

 

 

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“In Syria, 
Jolani forcing the Kurds to register as Syrian Arabs in order to receive citizenship"  
👉 ‘Any Syrian Kurd who wants Syrian citizenship must first register as Arab.’

 Kurds allegedly forced to register as Syrian Arabs to receive citizenship, NGO claims 
NSVH reported that the failure to provide an option to register as Kurdish, which was flagged during field monitoring, has raised serious concerns about Damascus’s compliance with the legislation.

 Kurdish women dance hand in hand as the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI) members celebrate Nowruz at the Jezhnikan Village around Baharka, Iraq, on March 18, 2025.
(photo credit: YOUNES MOHAMMAD/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

 Members of Syria’s Kurdish community have been forced to register their ethnicity as ‘Syrian Arab’ at nationality application centers in al-Hasakah this past week, according to a number of Kurdish activists and the non-profit Network of Statelessness Victims in al-Hasakah (NSVH), raising fears that Damascus is not serious about honoring Kurds as an integral part of the Syrian identity.

NSVH recorded the incidents in Qamishli, al-Hasakah, al-Malikiyah, al-Darbasiyah, and al-Jawadiya.
Following outrage over the incident, the Syrian-Kurdish newspaper Hawar News Agency reported on Thursday that Damascus would now allow Kurds to register their citizenship only under “Syrian” without further mentioning their ethnic identity.

Under Article 1 of Decree No. 13 of 2026, Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa promised “Syrian Kurdish citizens are considered an essential and authentic part of the Syrian people, and their cultural and linguistic identity is an inseparable part of Syria’s unified and diverse national identity” and Article 2 promises that authorities will “guarantee Kurdish citizens the right to preserve their heritage, arts, and to develop their mother tongue within the framework

https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-892468