{"id":129676,"date":"2025-09-14T11:26:50","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T11:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=129676"},"modified":"2025-09-14T11:26:51","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T11:26:51","slug":"syrian-kurdish-leader-says-kurds-are-partners-not-guests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/129676\/","title":{"rendered":"Syrian Kurdish leader says Kurds are partners not guests"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013<\/strong> Faisal Youssef, spokesperson for the Syrian Kurdish National Council (KNC), stressed on Sunday that \u201cKurds are not guests, but partners in the homeland,\u201d calling for a just and comprehensive solution that recognizes Kurds as an integral people and a key partner in shaping Syria\u2019s present and future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Youssef criticized the repeated use of the phrase \u201cour Kurdish brothers\u201d by some Syrian Arab officials, saying it implicitly treats Kurds as guests or second-class citizens rather than equal partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a post on his official Facebook page, he wrote: \u201cTrue brotherhood can only exist through equality in rights and responsibilities. Yes, we are brothers, but real brotherhood means full partnership and equal inheritance in land, history, and the future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He added that if such phrases lack practical meaning, they serve only as empty rhetoric or a way to avoid addressing the Kurdish issue seriously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Youssef emphasized that the Kurdish question must be central to any project for peace and cooperation in the Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also called on the concerned governments to end policies of repression and marginalization and to work earnestly toward justice, equality, and genuine national partnership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Reporting by Abdulsalam Khoja&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Editing by Jwan Shekaki<\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 Faisal Youssef, spokesperson for the Syrian Kurdish National Council (KNC), stressed on Sunday that \u201cKurds are not guests, but partners in the homeland,\u201d calling for a just and comprehensive solution that recognizes Kurds as an integral people and a key partner in shaping Syria\u2019s present and future. 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