Neighbors of the Shabak

Nearby neighbors to the Shabak, which I mentioned in this blog are the Kurds.  The Kurdish population is much larger than the population of the Shabak.  Like the Shabak, the Kurds have never had a country all to their own.  They can be found in Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Iran, Lebanon, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Germany.  Kurdistan, is an area that borders the countries of Iraq, Iran, and Turkey where they all meet.  This is where most Kurdish people can be found. Since 1923, Kurdistan was divided between Iraq and Turkey, Iran, and Syria causing them to have problems building their own nation.  The current war going on between Iraq and Iran has caused the Kurds to be put into a terrible position, stuck in the middle between the fighting that has been going on between both countries. 
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