Sentence examples for kurds from inspiring English sources

By contrast, thousands of jubilant Kurds flooded the streets of the south-eastern city of Diyarbakir as the results came in.

Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 5.46pm BST17:46 Resident describes situation in Hasaka Hasaka, in north-east Syria, has a mixture of Arabs, Kurds and Christians.

"Although I do not support British soldiers fighting on the ground, we have to do everything else we can to provide the Kurds with the equipment they need to repel attacks and to stop Isis and its medieval barbarism.

The results will give the Kurds – who, with 20% of Turkey's population, are the country's biggest minority – true representation in parliament.

In a significant intensification of British involvement in the Iraq crisis, the foreign secretary, Philip Hammond, will tell his EU counterparts in Brussels on Friday that Britain is prepared to join France in arming the Kurds.

Though roughly edited, the Haines video begins with a clip of David Cameron speaking about the UK decision to arm the Kurds to fight Isis.

"The AKP is the only party in Turkey that cares about us Kurds," said Celat Turan, 56, pointing to a brochure that advertises infrastructure built in Batman under the ruling party.

On the other, a possible future state of KurdistanIsis and the Kurds now confront each other across a swathe of territory from Sinjar region in the northwest, next to Syria, through to Khanaqin, close to the border with Iran.

But the Kurds have largely controlled it since 2003.

"Kurds have always been friends of the UK.

Now we are fighting Isis, Jabhat al-Nusra, Kurds and the regime.