Rojava

Defying all sides, Syrian Kurds en route to independence?

Despite enmity from Assad regime, opposition forces and Turkey, Kurds appear well on the way to autonomy aided by Russian airstrikes.

Prominent Kurdish official urges Israel to support Kurdistan as a buffer to Iranian, Turkish expansionism - despite Obama policy.

Ksenia Svetlova of the Zionist Union, an expert in Arab and Kurdish affairs, sees growth in future ties with Kurds in Syria and Iraq.

Syrian Kurdistan faces decades of Syrian cultural assimilation, and now divide as large elements want Assad loyalty, not self-rule.

Syrian Kurdish leader in Washington advocates the world drops the paradigm of a unified Syria and gives its peoples their independence.

Expert explains fight of Iraqi minority group against ISIS, which is complicated by Kurds aligning closer with Iran.

Israel and Iraqi Kurds have kept their ties hidden, but both sides are eager to open up and Kurds in other countries are, too.