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Syria's Kurdish minority considers throwing its weight behind protest movement.

Native to West Asia, Kurds number about 30 million and make up 25 percent of Turkey.

Some of the 3000 Syrian Kurds, supporters of outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in the Syrian town of Qamishli.

Ramzi Haidar

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