ABSTRACT
There are few publications and little information on the Kurds in Syria1 who have seldom occupied a place in the world press. This is probably because they are less numerous than those of Turkey, Iran, or Iraq, and hence less prone to uprisings against the government in demand of their rights. Most of them live on the plains just south of the foothills of western Kurdistan in Turkey, a terrain which is not suited to guerrilla warfare. Furthermore, their regions are isolated from the main communication routes and have little appeal for the foreign visitor.
