Kurdistan Explained: The State That Will Never Be a State - TLDR News

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Kurdistan. It might not be a country you’ve thought about much before but it’s a contentious one for sure, in fact it’s not even fully agreed where it is or where it’s borders end. So in this video we’re going to take a look at the country, where it is , who lives there and whether it stands a chance of becoming an officially recognised state any time soon.

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