Kurds insist on Kurdish education as Damascus tightens control
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As northern and eastern Syria move toward integration with the central government in Damascus, the future of Kurdish-language education has become a central dispute.
Damascus has recognized Kurdish as a "national language." However, it has not accepted Kurdish demands to keep it as a language of instruction, as it has been since 2012.