Syrian Kurds aim to preserve Kurdish schooling as Damascus reasserts authority

QAMISHLI, Syria: Syrian Kurds are seeking to preserve schooling in their mother tongue as Damascus reasserts authority over Kurdish regions that governed themselves during years of war, welcoming a decree that allows some subjects to be taught in Kurdish but saying it falls short of their demand for a fully Kurdish-language curriculum. The issue has come to the fore at the start of the first school year since Syria’s Kurdish-majority areas were reintegrated into the Syrian state under agreemen

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