Syrian authorities receive more than 10,000 citizenship applications from Kurds since May
LONDON: Syrian authorities have since May received applications from 10,516 Kurdish individuals seeking citizenship under a presidential decree addressing the rights of the Kurdish community.
The ministry of interior released the first batch of names of hundreds of Syrian Kurds who applied for citizenship interviews in the Hasakah and Raqqa governorates, the Syrian Arab News Agency reported on Sunday.
There were 2,892 family applications, representing 10,516 individuals, submitted for citizenship at centers in the cities of Damascus, Aleppo, Hasakah, Raqqa, and Deir Ezzor since May.
In January, Syrian President Ahmad Al-Sharaa issued a decree restoring the citizenship of Kurds and formally recognizing their language and national holiday, Nowruz.
