Sanandaj
Sanandaj , city (1991 pop. 244,039), capital of Kordestan prov., W Iran. The region is known for its carpets, woodworking, and handicrafts. The population of Sanandaj is comprised mostly of Kurds. The city was attacked during the Iran-Iraq War and has been an area of Kurdish unrest. An Abbasid fortress is located there.
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SYRIA - The Kurdish Issue.
Newspaper article from: APS Review Gas Market Trends; 3/27/2006; 446 words
; When Kurdish unrest broke out on March 12-14, 2004, critics of the Ba'thist regime...Amouda and other towns where the Kurdish community is large. The Kurdish unrest was the first for decades in a tightly controlled Ba'thist state...
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SAUDI ARABIA: SYRIAN PRESIDENT, CROWN PRINCE HOLD TALKS.(Crown Prince Abdullah)(Bashar Assad)(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 3/18/2004; 151 words
; ...Sultan, second deputy premier and minister of defense and aviation, attended the talks. The two leaders also discussed the Kurdish unrest in northwestern Syria. Foreign ministers from the 22-member Arab League held talks earlier this month in Cairo to draw up...
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The Kurdish Unrest.
Newspaper article from: APS Diplomat News Service; 2/27/2006; 700+ words
; The governor of Maku, a town close to the Turkish border, told the Associated Press two demonstrators were killed on Feb. 17 during protests marking the 7th anniversary of the imprisonment in Turkey of Abdullah Ocalan, leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). The Kurdistan Democratic Party of
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Let Iraq collapse. (benefits of an Iraqi break-up)
Magazine article from: The National Interest; 9/22/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...for the country's divisions have been proposed, but none has worked for long. The Ba'athi regime has faced near constant Kurdish unrest in the north and agitation by Shi'a Islamic leaders in the south. Both have been exacerbated by the pan-Arab ideology of...
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SYRIA - The Kurdish Challenge.
Newspaper article from: APS Review Gas Market Trends; 3/22/2004; 700+ words
; ...Syrian Vice President Abdel Halim Khaddam - a key figure in the invisible layer, later said outside quarters were behind the Kurdish unrest and assured the public that the situation was under control. Apart from the Kurds, several Syrian human rights activists...
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Taking the war to Iraq.(Editorials)(Congress should question administration's intent)(Editorial)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 2/18/2002; 628 words
; ...and elsewhere. The removal of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein could lead to an independent Kurdistan, which would exacerbate Kurdish unrest in neighboring Turkey and cause unrest in the region. Hussein might well respond to a U.S. attack by using weapons of mass...
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Sanandaj
Book article from: Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names
Sanandaj, Iran Sisar It was at one time called Sisar ‘Thirty Heads’ by the travellers Ibn Khurdazib and Qudameh. It was then renamed after a royal castle built in 1667 and called Seneh or Sna from which the present name comes with the additional dej ‘castle’.
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