High Kurdish Committee
The High Kurdish Committee ( Kurdish Desteya Bilind a Kurd , abbreviation DBK ; Arabic الهيئة الكردية العليا) was an administrative body and opposition alliance of Kurds in Syria with its headquarters in Kobanê ( Ain al-Arab ). His current successor is the Movement for a Democratic Society . The highest authority of the DBK consisted of ten members, five members each from the Democratic Union Party and the Kurdish National Council . The establishment during the Syrian civil war went back to an agreement in Erbil (capital of the autonomous region of Kurdistan ) on July 11, 2012 under the patronage of the Northern Iraqi Kurdish President Masud Barzanis . The formation of such a committee was preceded by inner-Kurdish tensions and the related intention to unite the Kurdish opposition in Syria.
Another addendum to the contract was negotiated again in Erbil in November 2012, including the establishment of a joint Kurdish military leadership. This was preceded by an attack by al-Qaeda- affiliated rebel groups such as the al-Nusra Front on the Kurdish border town of Raʾs al-ʿAin, as well as disagreements about the whereabouts of thousands of Syrian Kurds who had received military training in northern Iraq. Despite the plans to create a joint military command, no concrete steps towards implementation had been taken by February 2013. The official military arm of the DBK were the People's Defense Units and the Women's Defense Units .
In December 2012, the DBK decided to join the national coalition of Syrian revolutionary and opposition forces if it accepted the Kurdish demands for membership. The demands include, among other things, that the Kurds get 15% of the seats, provide the vice-president of the national coalition and in future the official name “Syrian Arab Republic” be changed to “Syrian Republic”.
Members
| Surname | stand-in | role |
|---|---|---|
| Ahmed Suleiman | Kurdish National Council | speaker |
| Salih Muslim | Democratic Union Party | |
| Aldar Khalil | Democratic Union Party | |
| Ismail Hame | Kurdish National Council | |
| Sinem Muhammad | Democratic Union Party | |
| Ilham Ahmed | Democratic Union Party | |
| Nasir Alltin Ibrahim | Kurdish National Council | |
| Muhiyealltin Sheikh Eli | Kurdish National Council | |
| Saaud Mele | Kurdish National Council | |
| Ebdilselam Ehmed | Democratic Union Party |
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Kurdish Supreme Committee in Syria Holds First Meeting" ( Memento of the original from May 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Rudaw newspaper website. Retrieved December 13, 2012.
- ^ Syria's Kurds Look to Iraqi Minority for Support In: New York Times . Retrieved February 11, 2013.
- ↑ Syrian Kurds Agree on Forming Joint Military Council ( Memento of the original from January 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Rudaw. Retrieved February 11, 2013
- ^ "Iraqi Kurds train their Syrian brethren" Website of the news channel al-Jazeera . Retrieved January 3, 2013
- ↑ KNC: A Statement on Joining the National Coalition of Syrian Opposition Forces. Carnegie Middle East Center, accessed December 13, 2012 .
