"The decree is the first formal recognition of Kurdish national rights since Syria's independence in 1946. Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa has issued a decree formally recognising Kurdish as a national language and restoring citizenship to all Kurdish Syrians. Al-Sharaa's decree on Friday came after fierce clashes that broke out last week in the northern city of Aleppo, leaving at least 23 people dead, according to Syria's health ministry, and forcing tens of thousands of people to flee the two Kurdish-run pockets of the city."
"The decree for the first time grants Kurdish Syrians rights, including recognition of Kurdish identity as part of Syria's national fabric. It designates Kurdish as a national language alongside Arabic and allows schools to teach it. It also abolishes measures dating to a 1962 census in Hasakah province that stripped many Kurds of Syrian nationality, granting citizenship to all affected residents, including those previously registered as stateless. The decree declares Newroz, the spring and new year festival, a paid national holiday."
Syria issued a decree formally recognizing Kurdish national rights for the first time since 1946. The decree recognises Kurdish as a national language alongside Arabic, allows Kurdish instruction in schools, and restores Syrian citizenship to people stripped of nationality by a 1962 Hasakah census, including those previously registered as stateless. The decree declares Newroz a paid national holiday, bans ethnic and linguistic discrimination, mandates inclusive state messaging, and sets penalties for incitement to ethnic strife. The measure followed deadly clashes in Aleppo and prompted Kurdish authorities to call for permanent constitutional guarantees.
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