Explainer: Kurdistan, a Middle East anomaly – Despite the Kurds‘ vastness and military involvement, they still don’t have their own permanent nation-state | I24news

Explainer: Kurdistan, a Middle East anomaly – Despite the Kurds‘ vastness and military involvement, they still don’t have their own permanent nation-state | I24news

Between 25 and 35 million Kurds make up the fourth-largest ethnic group in the Middle East, straddling the borders of Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran.
But despite the people’s vastness, and even being at the forefront of the fight against the Islamic State, they still don’t have their own permanent nation-state.