Factbox: Syria's Kurds part of wider ethnic group

 Here is a look at the Kurds, a mainly Sunni Muslim people with its own language and culture, who live mostly in the mountainous region where the borders of Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria converge. Despite their long history, the Kurds have never achieved a permanent nation state.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/31/us-syria-crisis-kurds-facts-idUSBRE87U0KZ20120831