Syrian Kurds and the Democratic Union Party (PYD)
December 6, 2012 - Institute for the Study of War![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumb-wide/public/Kurdish%20Areas%20Map.gif?itok=cjwjfzNN)
This backgrounder examines the PYD within the context of regional Kurdish politics in order to forecast their likely course as the Syrian civil war unfolds.