Editing Kurdistan (section)

==== Syrian Civil War ====
{{See also|Rojava conflict|Syrian Kurdish–Islamist conflict (2013–present)}}
Various sources have reported that [[al-Nusra Front|Al-Nusra]] has issued a [[fatwā]] calling for Kurdish women and children in Syria to be killed,<ref>See * [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-l-phillips/iraqi-kurds-no-friend-but_b_4045389.html David Phillips (World Post column)] "President Masoud Barzani of Iraqi Kurdistan has pledged protection for Syrian Kurds from al-Nusra, a terrorist organization, which issued a [[fatwa]] calling for the killing of Kurdish women and children"
*[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-l-phillips/unintended-consequneces-o_b_3902414.html David Phillips (World Post column)] "Al-Nusra Front, Syria's Al-Qaeda affiliate, issued a fatwa condoning the killing of Kurdish women and children"
*[http://www.itnsource.com/en/shotlist//RTV/2013/08/20/RTV200813025/?v=1 ITNsource.com] "A fatwa (edict) has been issued permitting the shedding of the blood of the Kurds and they called from the mosque loudspeakers that the shedding of the Kurdish blood is halal"</ref> and the fighting in Syria has led tens of thousands of refugees to flee to [[Kurdistan Regional Government|Iraq's Kurdistan region]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.unhcr.org/521360479.html |title=Some 30,000 Syrians flee to Iraq's Kurdistan region, more expected |date=20 August 2013 |publisher=UNHCR}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/18/syrian-kurds-refugees-iraq |title=Syrian Kurds continue to flee to Iraq in their thousands |author=Martin Chulov |date=19 August 2013 |work=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rferl.org/media/photogallery/iraq-syria-refugees-/25080506.html |title=Syrian Kurds Flee To Iraq by the Thousands |date=20 August 2013 |work=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty}}</ref> As of 2015, Turkey was actively supporting Al-Nusra,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/syria-crisis-turkey-and-saudi-arabia-shock-western-countries-by-supporting-antiassad-jihadists-10242747.html |title=Turkey and Saudi Arabia alarm the West by backing Islamist extremists the Americans had bombed in Syria |author=Kim Sengupta |newspaper=The Independent |date=12 May 2015}}</ref> but as of January 2017, Turkey's foreign ministry has said that Al-Nusra is a terrorist group and has acted accordingly.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-turkey-nusra/turkey-sees-nusra-front-as-terrorist-group-acts-accordingly-source-idUSKBN15A12U |title=Turkey sees Nusra Front as terrorist group, acts accordingly: source Reuters Staff |author= |date=26 January 2017 |work=Reuters |access-date=26 September 2017}}</ref>