Rojava: Syria's Unknown War

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  • Опубликовано: 5 янв 2025

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  • @yleaedne
    @yleaedne 6 лет назад +1125

    "I'm sorry about your friend."
    "I'm sorry too."
    That hit hard.

    • @ltpetsema876
      @ltpetsema876 4 года назад +46

      that comment and his face gave me chills, so much respect for that man

    • @MF11283
      @MF11283 4 года назад +10

      I'm at work so I wasn't watching as much as listening but thay was like woah that made it more personal instead of half a world away

    • @orhana95
      @orhana95 4 года назад +9

      6:50 - 7:54

    • @miraiii1677
      @miraiii1677 3 года назад +1

      Brother the fall of Turkey is just beginning. The euro is at 11 Lira Fast. This is pure humiliation. From this you can see how powerful ISRAEL / USA etc. are. They did that with just one push of a button. If you want to bring down a country, start with your economy. If the economy is not right over time, people will split up. Then there will be a civil war like Syria in 2011. And in a civil war it is very easy to take territory and control. That is why the YpG has 33.33% of Syrian land under its control in Syria. They have conquered 1/3 of the country. And then the same would happen in Turkey. Although it would be easier in Turkey, because almost 50% Kurds live there in the country, military, shops, banks. So my answer to whether Turkey will fall one day? YES to 400%. If the Ottoman Empire fell, which spanned 3 continents, then so did this little piece of Turkey. The Kurds are braver, braver, more humane, and do not make military propaganda videos in empty villages and shoot in the air and pretend they are in war! The KURDEN fight. They quickly conquer lands. If the Kurds are given bigger weapons, they will conquer every single square meter I'm too sure of that. I also think that Rojava will take important steps towards independence in the near future. According to unofficial information, the YPG has retrofitted again properly when it comes to weapons. In the American Parliament the proposal is made to issue visas for the USA to YPG members and thus to invite YPG officials in America to meetings. 90% of these applications are approved. The Americans were also in METINA, AVASHIN and ZAP and were able to establish 11 indications for the use of chemical weapons used by the Turkish occupation. These are war crimes and could soon cause serious problems for Turkey at the international level (expulsion from NATO). The Turks are currently suffering great military losses there as well. There have been violent arguments for 4 weeks. Rivers in the areas are also contaminated with poison by the Turks. The mountains and fields are set on fire. The residents in the villages are being terrorized. That is clearly a fight against the Kurdish identity. And then brain-blown Kurds come and interfere in the conflict in Israel, even though the serious crimes are being committed in Rojava.
      It is only a matter of time before the Kurds will wake up at some point. It may be a long time before then, but at some point you will understand what was downfall for you in history and strive for a better life. They will no longer be the slaves of the Turks, Persians and Arabs. That's what your father says too. And I agree with that. The Kurds' undoing was the brotherhood of the peoples, the Ummat el Islamiyah and the ideological political war between the parties. This will be over at some point. If I were to intuitively point to the future ... I would say that no one can stop ROJAVA. You have relations with states, you have gun violence. Your enemies (Turkey, Syria) are greatly inferior to the friends of ROJAVA (USA, France). Turkey is the West’s runaway boy. The chances look very good. We may just have to be patient

    • @Spxyqz
      @Spxyqz 3 года назад +3

      @Fee Nok what are you laughing at its sad

  • @Russellsagecline
    @Russellsagecline 10 лет назад +1550

    First time I have heard a journalist show empathy and give condolence for a guy losing a friend

    • @rgrimes4159
      @rgrimes4159 10 лет назад +115

      Shit was heartbreaking

    • @jordanswag15
      @jordanswag15 9 лет назад +5

      If only I could retweet this

    • @borgir3451
      @borgir3451 4 года назад +24

      i cried man this shit is sad he said he cant even look at the dead guys mom

    • @khoanguyen9961
      @khoanguyen9961 4 года назад +7

      Some journalists might do too but they crop in post

    • @sabot4ge
      @sabot4ge 4 года назад +6

      @A Shn its sad that you think that. arabs hate everybody. even if the west is not involved in your conflict, you still blame the west..you guys hate each other and have been fighting each other forever before the west existed. the prophet Muhammad killed and fought in the same kind of wars as in Syria in order to spread islam. or maybe the united states sponsored the terrorists muhammad fought too?

  • @dr.stevebrule4029
    @dr.stevebrule4029 7 лет назад +93

    "Sorry about your friend"
    "I'm sorry too"
    That made me tear up.

  • @hypospino6212
    @hypospino6212 5 лет назад +636

    5:17 “heyat was killed few weeks ago” broke my heart when I heard that

    • @Guillermo6971
      @Guillermo6971 4 года назад +70

      Eternal life to Heyat, very sad, a very young, brave beautiful woman not with us anymore.

    • @sockrust_
      @sockrust_ 4 года назад +34

      yeah when he said it it shocked me, RIP Heyat

    • @jugz9130
      @jugz9130 4 года назад +1

      Later*

    • @hey..itsrahul8489
      @hey..itsrahul8489 4 года назад +5

      Exactly.. was about to say the same 💔

    • @حسينمانوس
      @حسينمانوس 4 года назад +3

      Turgay killing tens of Iraqi and Syrian people everyday 😡🇮🇶🇸🇾

  • @navaryn2938
    @navaryn2938 5 лет назад +1137

    "are you getting paid?"
    "i don't do this for money"

    • @kirksanders8372
      @kirksanders8372 5 лет назад +53

      @Gutiyum Serxobun he is not talking shit

    • @TheWorldInsider
      @TheWorldInsider 5 лет назад +49

      Gutiyum Serxobun yea lol he’s no talking shit he’s giving respect

    • @MikoAnom
      @MikoAnom 5 лет назад +5

      This is the one of the best channel I know only one problem there is not many war vids now 2020 wean I send this it’s 2019 24/12

    • @MikoAnom
      @MikoAnom 5 лет назад

      Gutiyum Serxobun he is not talking shit plus now it is we’re old now

    • @surjitsamra5836
      @surjitsamra5836 4 года назад

      @@MikoAnom no no I

  • @Rojava
    @Rojava Год назад +111

    Love from Rojava to all our friends around the world ❤️

    • @嘉心糖喀秋莎酱anarcho-c
      @嘉心糖喀秋莎酱anarcho-c Год назад +1

      加油!

    • @thebronx1701
      @thebronx1701 Год назад +2

      🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴

    • @medeniylmaz4418
      @medeniylmaz4418 10 месяцев назад +1

      Ez bikeme orta kuza diyate

    • @sarthakjaiswal5864
      @sarthakjaiswal5864 8 месяцев назад +1

      So what's the condition down there now? Who controls the territory?

    • @1978ZAGROS
      @1978ZAGROS 8 месяцев назад +9

      ​@@sarthakjaiswal5864currently Rojava Kurdish region Northern and Eastern Syria is governed by the autonomous administration, that is, thanks to the political party of the YPG army, most of Rojava has found peace. Very soon we will take over our other occupied lands. Thank you to the people who support us from all over the world.

  • @GONZOMAF
    @GONZOMAF 8 лет назад +65

    "Sorry about your friend"
    "I'm sorry too"
    My heart :'(

  • @justsumkid
    @justsumkid 4 года назад +690

    Weird how nonchalantly he says, "She died a couple weeks later on duty."

    • @squidthings8829
      @squidthings8829 4 года назад +71

      yeah thats unfortunately the exact point he was getting across :/

    • @andreblock6028
      @andreblock6028 4 года назад +19

      not so weird when youre in war and half of everyone you meet in active fighting zones will die soon

    • @wolfgangbrandl1895
      @wolfgangbrandl1895 4 года назад +6

      I guess that is how it goesd when you are in a war zone and everyone around you can just be dead tomorrow. Sad truth

    • @unfortunately_fortunate2000
      @unfortunately_fortunate2000 4 года назад +4

      @@andreblock6028 half is a wild stretch...

    • @unfortunately_fortunate2000
      @unfortunately_fortunate2000 4 года назад +7

      not weird at all once you stop to actually think about why he said it like that, thats how this [still ongoing] war works, you could become best friends with someone only for them to die a horrific and painful, terrifying death a few hours or a few days later...
      weird that youre making that bit of narration out to be something it is not.

  • @mikeybarra47
    @mikeybarra47 5 лет назад +54

    R.I.P Heyat! Didn't even get paid to do her job but what a Brave soul! Wanted to protect her home land! You have a beautiful place in heaven Queen!

  • @hadi96100
    @hadi96100 10 лет назад +376

    7:17 - From all over the World - from Chechnya, from Sudan, from Al-Saudia - They all come here and try to fight us & I don't know why? - "It's not even their land"....

    • @Russeldotcom
      @Russeldotcom 4 года назад

      @Lusty Phoebe ph

    • @thecommodoresmissingfuelca1603
      @thecommodoresmissingfuelca1603 4 года назад +5

      @Lusty Phoebe you guys kill for drugs thooo

    • @naserahmed2445
      @naserahmed2445 4 года назад +17

      The YPG is a terrorist group this is false news I’m fucking Syrian they have no right to be in arab lands they occupy manbij/al raqqa/tel rifat/deir ezour/ they use car bombs in north aleppo and the alraqqa countryside they killed 85 civilians in afrin with 8 car bombs in one hour it’s absolutely disgusting and they call Syrian rebels al nusra while they cooperate with the war criminal Assad its infuriating. The west just wants to push its narrative they support the YPG first to defeat Isis now Isis is gone so they made up an imaginary enemy they betrayed us we fought alongside them against Isis who liberated jarablus/a’zaz/mar’/sarmin/tanaf/mujareb/bulbul/jisr al shoghour from Isis is the Syrian rebels yes we have some islamists but they are in the other side of the country in the Latakia mountains and idlib farms why kill civilians in al raqqa and north aleppo we don’t have islamists ideas we have christan minorities our prime minister for 5 years was a christan man our minister of external displaced people is a christan woman our defense minister is an atheist 7 out of the 40 in our parliament are women and 5 of which who don’t wear hijab the western media likes grouping us all together

    • @naserahmed2445
      @naserahmed2445 4 года назад +2

      Anarchist Zero bruh tf are you on about lmao

    • @hadi96100
      @hadi96100 4 года назад +4

      @@naserahmed2445 - The YPG is a terrorist group - sold themselves to the devil, until they're not useful and then the US will drop them like a used condom...

  • @kobeyashi808
    @kobeyashi808 10 лет назад +609

    I felt some pretty big feels when that guy said "I'm sorry too"

    • @willywanker6239
      @willywanker6239 5 лет назад +23

      She protected the citizens unpaid and got killed.. What the frick man ;-;

    • @amek1900
      @amek1900 5 лет назад +16

      So we are the rest can live, she sacrifices.

    • @willywanker6239
      @willywanker6239 5 лет назад +9

      So turns out, the rest are not going to live. Thanks Turkey!

    • @Amy-xo2xn
      @Amy-xo2xn 5 лет назад +7

      Willy Wanker Wrong. Turkey and Russia are bombing them now.

    • @sheyarale1338
      @sheyarale1338 4 года назад +1

      @@Amy-xo2xn and Iran took the land of the Kurds as well,they all live in it and the Kurds working for them were taken from the Kurds

  • @narayanshankerbhatt7960
    @narayanshankerbhatt7960 6 лет назад +86

    Dear Kurds... Truth prevails... with love from India... Let all of u live in atmost peace... Praying that you prosper... praying for world peace

    • @Messininn87
      @Messininn87 9 месяцев назад

      @@medeniylmaz4418 çıma qeber dıke hewal

    • @royamahdi4571
      @royamahdi4571 5 месяцев назад +2

      Thanks I'm a Kurd ❤

    • @rafatbilal4435
      @rafatbilal4435 3 месяца назад +1

      Spas Narayanshankerbhatt tu mamosta hêja her hebi û her bijî India 🇮🇳 û her bijî Kurd Kurdistan be serkevtin azadi
      ✌🕊🟥☀️🟩🕊🌳🔥🦚🕊🕊

    • @truecockney438
      @truecockney438 2 месяца назад

      All this in the name of religion

    • @rafatbilal4435
      @rafatbilal4435 Месяц назад

      @@truecockney438 We are people Kurdish like Europe Kingdom Endia and all human exeabt bad one
      Bijî Kurd Kurdistan be serkeftin azadi
      ✌🕊🟥☀️🟩🕊🕊🕊

  • @iml4931
    @iml4931 9 лет назад +588

    His leg went to paradise lol its good to see they still have humor even though they are risking there lives every day for freedom

    • @1vaultdweller
      @1vaultdweller 8 лет назад +20

      +ismael morales I don't think the patient meant that as a joke

    • @aleen424
      @aleen424 5 лет назад +13

      that wasnt a joke, that is what he really was thinking =)))))) pretty funny

    • @muksimulmaad7413
      @muksimulmaad7413 4 года назад +1

      @@aleen424 They dont think its real probably legs dont have souls

    • @juliancoenen4917
      @juliancoenen4917 4 года назад +7

      He was talking about ISIS members
      “One of them

    • @pzavis25
      @pzavis25 3 года назад +1

      The funny thing is that you think it’s a joke.

  • @End-Result
    @End-Result 5 лет назад +305

    The Rojavan people have sacrificed so much for everyone in the West.
    “We pay a lot for this freedom”
    Never were truer words spoken

    • @LucidPreditor
      @LucidPreditor 4 года назад +1

      It is all about oil, not freedom.

    • @commentingisawasteoftime7195
      @commentingisawasteoftime7195 4 года назад +1

      @Propel 2015 I just saw a Turkish Kurd talk about how he helped the refugees into Turkey and international volunteers into Rojava. He said he felt guilty for not fighting himself.

    • @huseyinonganwork
      @huseyinonganwork 4 года назад +9

      @ What are you talking about seriously? There are literally people who have been captured and slaved in that area, these people are defending themselves. You should shut up, research what happened before commenting here. Would you say, a Nazi is the same as allied forces and they should all stop? Seriously some people like to comment when they know about nothing

    • @Enesggoker
      @Enesggoker 4 года назад +1

      Biggie cheese he is right tho

    • @DeniShow99
      @DeniShow99 Год назад

      They are Syrian Kurds not "Rojavan", there is no "Rojava" on any map.

  • @seangarner2687
    @seangarner2687 3 года назад +188

    Hearing what appears to be child of about five or six yelling "Martyrs never die!" is truly heartbreaking and makes me very much appreciate my life. I sure as hell didn't know what a martyr was when I was his age.

    • @handzimbo6224
      @handzimbo6224 2 года назад +6

      He Sure as hell doesnt know too. He Just doing what His Rolemodels do.

    • @Inalis_Ps
      @Inalis_Ps 2 года назад +1

      For people like me,
      A martyr is
      a person who is killed because of their religious or other beliefs.

    • @TankEngine75
      @TankEngine75 2 года назад +3

      I know what a martyr was when I was like 11 or 12, so it's weird as hell for a 5 or 6 year old to know what a martyr is

    • @aeoteroa818
      @aeoteroa818 2 года назад +2

      you didnt know about jesus?????

    • @BloxYourSelf
      @BloxYourSelf Год назад

      Monkey See Monkey Do

  • @TheRuthlessTopHat
    @TheRuthlessTopHat 11 лет назад +62

    Im stopping this at 8:06 to say: Vice this is definitely turning out to be one of the most emotional and capturing documentaries that you have released in a while, keep it up!

    • @nucleja
      @nucleja Год назад +6

      they didn't keep it up :(

    • @medeniylmaz4418
      @medeniylmaz4418 10 месяцев назад

      Ez bikeme orta kuza diyate

  • @Kiwigrunt
    @Kiwigrunt 8 лет назад +761

    We need to support the Kurds as much as we can...they are the real force fighting the scourge of ISIS.

    • @noooreally
      @noooreally 8 лет назад +17

      Yeah but they're anarchists so their ideology is dangerous to the elite of the world.

    • @noooreally
      @noooreally 8 лет назад +23

      The Stoned Videogame Nerd Their society and Ideals are libertarian socialist in nature.

    • @noooreally
      @noooreally 8 лет назад +23

      The Stoned Videogame Nerd anarchy is not do what you want... It is just against illegitimate hierarchies.

    • @stevel8430
      @stevel8430 8 лет назад +45

      +The Stoned Videogame Nerd Go read up on anarchism/libertarian socialism.
      its image has been massively distorted to mean disorder abd chaos.
      its the complete opposite of it
      I spent many years trying to articulate my political views .
      I was always a anarchist but i didn't know it .
      These guys are anarchists .
      All our lives we been told to fear anarchy
      Because it means the end of elites .

    • @noooreally
      @noooreally 8 лет назад +13

      Steve L Dude it's hard out here, so many indoctrinated minds.

  • @sdservin
    @sdservin 5 лет назад +94

    2014 : underreported
    2019: most reported

  • @toomuchtruth
    @toomuchtruth 10 лет назад +240

    Great, honest work by this journalist, but also don't forget the cameraman! I suppose it was just the two of them in the field. That part of the video where he stayed out in the open to get a good shot of them while they ran for cover, waiting only until the last moment to run for cover himself really underlined the oft forgotten bravery of the cameramen who help cover these warzones.

    • @Rackhamish
      @Rackhamish 3 года назад +3

      Agreed.

    • @staff4226
      @staff4226 10 месяцев назад

      The cameraman never dies

  • @panzerraven4135
    @panzerraven4135 9 лет назад +741

    I,m getting more and more respect for the kurdish people

    • @DaniyalZeX7
      @DaniyalZeX7 9 лет назад +3

      Perrty Ballonz like we give a fuck, were not arabs, were iranian people. we will leave this arabic country and the turks

    • @DaniyalZeX7
      @DaniyalZeX7 9 лет назад

      Kurdos K tu kurdi choy/koy bra?

    • @COYDOGSBAND
      @COYDOGSBAND 9 лет назад +26

      The Kurds are the biggest allies to the U.S in that region. So many of us admire the Kurds and their bravery and still feel terrible for us abandoning them after both wars w/ Iraq. We aren't going to abandon them again I'd bet...Not this time. They have our unconditional support and we're gonna burn ISIL down to dust w/ them.

    • @DaniyalZeX7
      @DaniyalZeX7 9 лет назад +8

      Dennis R For USA it doesnt matter, they will betray anyone for there own intrests, and no Kurds are not the best US allies, its Saudi Arabia and the rest of Gulf Arabs. Also we are hated just a little bit after Iran since we want the rest of Kurdistan in Turkey

    • @COYDOGSBAND
      @COYDOGSBAND 9 лет назад +4

      ***** I disagree, dude. I know for a fact that even though we are in bed with UAE/Saudi/etc, that doesn't exactly indicate where our loyalties lay when the meat hits the metal. I believe most of those on the ground in Iraq and/or Syria are behind the Kurds more than any other group at this particular point. We didn't do the Kurd/Pesh justice by leaving them high and dry after the post-Desert Storm abandonement thing, but we are back now and we are giving the Kurd SOF all of our resources. We don't really love that Qatar and Saudi Arabia, though, are practically privately funding ISIL, so I have to disagree with that part.

  • @RojRoj-m6k
    @RojRoj-m6k Год назад +50

    Hello. I am a young Kurdish man with a university degree in economics. I volunteered in the ranks of the Kurdish forces for 7 years and fought ISIS everywhere. After the end of the battles against ISIS, the Turkish forces and aircraft attacked us and killed our children and our families. Please convey our voice to your governments in order to protect us from the Turkish aircraft. Do not leave us alone in front of the Turkish killing machine.

    • @kahramaneyel3667
      @kahramaneyel3667 10 месяцев назад +1

      Sizler teröristsiniz türküye cumhuriyeti toprak bütünlüğünü bozuyor ve zarar veriyorsunuz . Bize baş kaldırıyorsunuz

    • @derin2154
      @derin2154 10 месяцев назад +1

      Hello, propagandist. do u wanna share the truth with the entire world regarding why Türkiye has bombed your military bases and facilities? If you stop bombing our cities, such as Istanbul, we won't care about what the hell u doin on there. otoh, before spreadin lies, tell the truth about how many Turkish servicemen died just because they were caring for civilians during the uprising operations.
      if dont attack us, wont hit u back!
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Istanbul_bombing

    • @shamshersingh-xm8mo
      @shamshersingh-xm8mo 8 месяцев назад +5

      Eardogen middle name dog and he behaves like dog

    • @successful.12
      @successful.12 4 месяца назад

      Türkiyenin size neden savas açtığını siz daha iyi biliyorsunuz Amerika ve İsrail köpekliğini bırakın

    • @ZabiNoor-pu3wn
      @ZabiNoor-pu3wn 3 месяца назад

      Now Turkish deployed some ISIS members in the north part of Afghanistan to start war against other ethnic groups. I did work in Afghanistan as an intelligence officer. I know this evil war. It will never end until we all become aware and stop fighting with each other. Some Afghan boys were deployed by the Iran regime in Syria to fight for the Syrian regime. I know so many boys who are still in Syria to fight for the iranian and Syrian regimes.

  • @markos2nyc
    @markos2nyc 10 лет назад +411

    I am from Australia and even as a Non Kurd, I can see the injustices done by all four governments to the kurds, (Iraq, Iran, Syria and Turkey) - This is a special land where Babylonia sat, where the Garden of Eden is described to be and also where Noah's Ark is supposedly have crashed, it is really odd that this the largest ethnic group in the world without a country ??? -- These people have lived through so much and are still fighting to this day, they all deserve autonomy and the right to practice their own language and culture!

    • @NorthCitySider
      @NorthCitySider 10 лет назад +10

      Babylonia was further south if I am not mistaken.

    • @NorthCitySider
      @NorthCitySider 10 лет назад +12

      Aso Paso
      Nope. Babylonia=southern Iraq. Kurdistan=northern Iraq and adjacent parts of Turkey, Syria, Iran.

    • @NorthCitySider
      @NorthCitySider 10 лет назад +1

      Aso Paso
      There are regions and then there are empires. So in what context are we talking about it here?

    • @sionelolohea9425
      @sionelolohea9425 10 лет назад

      Young Lion

    • @m1l22
      @m1l22 6 лет назад +1

      mark m *_It is not our problem that the british didn’t think of a Kurd State_*

  • @sc0tte1-416
    @sc0tte1-416 11 лет назад +148

    These checkpoint workers making zero money, willing to die to protect their country have balls the size of watermelons and have my full respect. Good people down in Syria, I wish I could do something to help.

    • @AboutcultureANDmore
      @AboutcultureANDmore 11 лет назад +14

      They are the best kind of people out there. The kurds are humble people that only want to live in peace, between the kurds there is cultural difference, no discrimination nothing... And yet no country helps them. The only thing other countries is bringing more extremists in to the country for kurds to put a stick up their asses.

    • @nagihangot6133
      @nagihangot6133 3 года назад

      @@AboutcultureANDmore White countries are bringing extremists in and extremifying any Semites already there, yes. Like Turkey, USA, and Israel.

    • @lil_weasel219
      @lil_weasel219 3 года назад

      you dont meed balls to be curageous. You dont meed to be a man to be curageous.
      The fact that testicle size is the expression for courage is uber fucked up if you think about it

    • @eyupunal7190
      @eyupunal7190 2 года назад

      Dude, it's not a country, these groups like ypg pkk are trying to establish a country. And that's why they cost a lot of people's lives

    • @bertieblagden711
      @bertieblagden711 Год назад +1

      @@eyupunal7190 they are fighting for their freedom

  • @vibhu2327
    @vibhu2327 5 лет назад +103

    Freedom to Rojava/Kurdistan
    From India 🇮🇳

    • @iminfinite3412
      @iminfinite3412 4 года назад

      Vibhu they’re terrorist you dum ass. They’re sending kids and girls to fight look at the pictures of the dead so called soldiers

    • @bkytittugftuurd
      @bkytittugftuurd 4 года назад

      Hey indian rant, get lostm

    • @Sherany92
      @Sherany92 4 года назад +3

      Vibhu thank you bro

    • @DoOrDyee
      @DoOrDyee 4 года назад +4

      @@iminfinite3412 to fight for ur land is not terrorism , considering that the tyrony upon you is real and you demographically claim that piece of land way before these countries carved out their borders. So either Syria iran Iraq and turkey give the part of community living in their country proper rights or be prepared for these acts. I am not saying in a black mailing way, I am saying as being realistic. We oppress people and communities and ethnicities too much and when reactions come out , we have had already forgotten the actions those reactions are a response of. May the world be a better place and as ideal as it seems to a 5-6 year old child living in a warfree zone.

    • @medeniylmaz4418
      @medeniylmaz4418 6 месяцев назад

      Ez bikeme orta kuza diyate

  • @wickedprincess9086
    @wickedprincess9086 9 лет назад +164

    The difference between the Kurd and the Iraqi Armies is shocking. The Iraqi army looks like bumbling idiots beside the Kurdish fighters. I especially love seeing the female Kurdish fighters. They are so brave and so disciplined. I think they, above all are truly fighting for their very existence.

    • @dekippiesip
      @dekippiesip 9 лет назад +13

      +Wicked Princess real feminists unlike these winers here in the west.

    • @comodore3684
      @comodore3684 5 лет назад

      BS - you are really brainwashed tho

    • @christophegroulx8187
      @christophegroulx8187 5 лет назад +6

      @dekippiesip Wow you really like to get triggered about feminism don't you?

    • @allanbebo8208
      @allanbebo8208 4 года назад

      It's true right, well said sir.

    • @kuromichan8086
      @kuromichan8086 4 года назад +1

      Wicked Princess 😂😂ياخي اخلاقي متسمحلي اغلط بس متوصل لنعال العراقين واگطع

  • @karlcembrano9540
    @karlcembrano9540 8 лет назад +355

    Let's hope that Rojava won't end up like anarchist cantons of the Spanish Civil War that was destroyed by the nationalist and the republican. The Syrian Civil War is rerun of the Spanish Civil War, and Rojava is the reincarnation Anarchist Cantons of Spain that just want peace in there country.

    • @karlcembrano9540
      @karlcembrano9540 8 лет назад +85

      I am not projecting my ideology on them, I am just saying that there situation is similar to the Anarchist Cantons of the Spanish Civil War. As they are kind of well targeted by every factions in the Syrian Civil War.

    • @Artiondnb
      @Artiondnb 8 лет назад +51

      StarDust have you even watched this documentary? Clearly you can't compare it to the spanish civil war, but saying that this struggle is based around nationalism is more wrong than his statement. They fight this struggle to keep their freedom and democracy and to live peacefully along other ethnic groups. Also the kurds you see in syria are influenced by socialism and equality. I'm from kurdish descend myself and that's what my relatives thought me.

    • @karlcembrano9540
      @karlcembrano9540 8 лет назад +8

      Arthion I am not sure if your against what I just said in the statement, but let me clarify what I meant. The situation they are in is somewhat similar to the Anarchist Cantons but not in nationalism or what you just stated, they have a similar situation where they try to live in peace or try make things better but at the same time targeted by the other factions of the war. Rojava wants to live peacefully and not get killed like the Anarchist Cantons wants to be independent and live peacefully. There situation are similar but different in nature. In most civil wars there sometimes minor factions that wants to separate from the fight and protect their freedom or try make something new out of their situation.

    • @karlcembrano9540
      @karlcembrano9540 8 лет назад +17

      I only just hope that they won't end up the like the cantons where they are annihilated by fascist regime.

    • @Artiondnb
      @Artiondnb 8 лет назад +8

      Karl Garin recent news have shown again that the future of syria is pretty uncertain, but i hope the best for all civillians struggling in this war.

  • @PabloRestobar
    @PabloRestobar 3 года назад +61

    heyat dying in the line of duty kicked me in the feelings, she didnt deserve a life like that, no one does.

    • @texclown2427
      @texclown2427 3 года назад

      same, so sadd

    • @jarlbalgruufthegreater1758
      @jarlbalgruufthegreater1758 2 года назад +3

      She did what we dont. Sometimes I still think about what am I doing at home watching youtube videos while 20 years old valanteers dying on duty few cuntries from me

  • @karl-arnal
    @karl-arnal 11 лет назад +75

    in Europe we should be helping kurdish people, all my support

    • @Jennyeq
      @Jennyeq 11 лет назад +13

      absolutely - but instead our stupid government has been channeling money ('AKA non-leathal aid') to the islamists who've been butchering the kurds.

    • @marudoethiopia
      @marudoethiopia 11 лет назад +2

      carefulcliffdriver The USA has suspended aid recently. Funny considering we were willing to go to war for these people a few months ago.

    • @YusufS20
      @YusufS20 11 лет назад +1

      marudoethiopia No, Obama was bluffing the whole time.

    • @marudoethiopia
      @marudoethiopia 11 лет назад +1

      ***** I think it was Putin's diplomatic maneuvering making Kerry look like a fool and Congress's likely refusal that stopped the US from going to war.

    • @nagihangot6133
      @nagihangot6133 3 года назад

      @@marudoethiopia Don't be stupid, this is not about "Kerry" or "Putin", it's about de-stabilizing the region for profit.

  • @Tai2617
    @Tai2617 5 лет назад +42

    RIP Heyat. Don’t know much about the situation but I respect anyone willing to die for others.

  • @cheetahkurdishkurdish8732
    @cheetahkurdishkurdish8732 5 лет назад +59

    We proud of my Kurd brothers ❤❤

  • @StolzerKurde92
    @StolzerKurde92 11 лет назад +193

    Freedom for the brave people of Kurdistan and all persecuted nations of this world !

  • @mtime6
    @mtime6 10 лет назад +104

    This is why I respect the Kurdish people amongst all others, because they value both democracy and peace, and are the only ethnic group in the Middle East that value a persons character over their religion.
    Viva Kurdistan.

    • @abrahmicsupremacist38
      @abrahmicsupremacist38 5 лет назад

      The truth is very different these channel only show one side of the story!

  • @Mihnet_alhayat_Talal_Ismail
    @Mihnet_alhayat_Talal_Ismail Год назад +19

    انا من كردستان المحتلة من قبل سوريا انا من مدينة كوباني في روژ ئاڤا ارسل سلامي لكل احرار العالم والى محبي السلام نحن شعب كردستان نريد ان نعيش على ارضنا بسلام نريد ان نتخلص من المحتل ومن لغة التي تفرض علينا المحتل نريد ان ندرس لغتنا الأم بكل حرية دون خوف تريد ان نتحرر من قيود العبودية في اجزاء اربعة من كردستان ❤

    • @Kreen5467
      @Kreen5467 5 месяцев назад

      من قبل سوريا هاه؟ ماذا تفعلون في بلدنا لقد سرقتهم نفطنا كوباني بالاصل لسوريا وأنتم أجانب أتيتم من العراق وتركيا وتعيشون في بلدنا لستم مدًا لنا!!!

    • @ahmadmzore9295
      @ahmadmzore9295 3 месяца назад +1

      هاذا اخلاق امت محمد عليه افضل الصلاة والسلام يول ايران داعسين عليكم علطول ​@@Kreen5467

  • @res8234
    @res8234 9 лет назад +72

    WE ARE LEGENDS...
    BİJİ BERXWEDANE ROJAVA!

  • @CateSimulate
    @CateSimulate 9 лет назад +252

    The female Kurdish soldiers are brave women. And the humongous plus side of them fighting against IS savages is, when those get killed by a female they won't get their 72 virgins and paradise ( not like they would otherwise, but still ...). They are terrified of female soldiers.
    *P.S. I totally love Genco the goat. If Genco ever needs rescuing, I would love to rescue this goat. :-)*

    • @dustintacohands1107
      @dustintacohands1107 9 лет назад +8

      +CateSimulate Genco is a warrior and stays close to combat for support.

    • @rtpricetag3536
      @rtpricetag3536 8 лет назад

      +CateSimulate .... The Mek were less meritorious, even during the time the US Gov counted them as asset's in Iraq.

    • @dustintacohands1107
      @dustintacohands1107 8 лет назад +1

      DeWayne Benson
      bahhhhahahah

    • @rtpricetag3536
      @rtpricetag3536 8 лет назад

      Dustin Tacohands... After the US-Gov removed (supposed) military from Iraq, Hillary Clinton (State Dept) turned over a US Military base to these MeK Terrorist.... that before under Mik Hossein Mousavii (1980 Iran Foriegn Office) supplied and had them killing US Soldiers.

    • @dustintacohands1107
      @dustintacohands1107 8 лет назад +1

      DeWayne Benson look at what we've been doing with pakistan if you want to be upset. the CIA and ISI have been pulling some real shady stuff.

  • @dutchschultz3076
    @dutchschultz3076 3 года назад +67

    God bless the Kurds 🙏

  • @BananaBoat629
    @BananaBoat629 10 лет назад +293

    the US should support these guys instead of the syrian rebels

    • @apemanstreetwalker
      @apemanstreetwalker 10 лет назад +7

      I agree...splitting hairs....but I agree...

    • @hartmann911
      @hartmann911 10 лет назад +18

      absolutely agree with you,but the islamic state of iraq and sham is supported by saudi arabia

    • @BananaBoat629
      @BananaBoat629 10 лет назад +5

      Outré Ransidr That's false. Jews don't rule everybody's lives. They are just trying to live in peace in their own small country and all the arab countries keep harassing them. The problem is Islam and their hate towards Jews

    • @BananaBoat629
      @BananaBoat629 10 лет назад +2

      Outré Ransidr That's not true, you're just making stuff up. And when Israel was formed the Arab countries told the Palestinians to leave because they were gonna attack the Jews, that's why they left

    • @BananaBoat629
      @BananaBoat629 10 лет назад +1

      Chilliam Mace Yes I have heard of them. I used to be into those conspiracy theories but thats all hype. And stop blaming the Jews for everything you anti semite, the real problem is Islam

  • @PureHeavenlySultan
    @PureHeavenlySultan 11 лет назад +451

    This Guy is a Good Reporter, Have more of him please Vice :)

    • @PureHeavenlySultan
      @PureHeavenlySultan 11 лет назад +88

      Yasser Alaamri I don't think so, this man wanted to find what is going on the Kurdish side in the Syria War, I don't think he can move across lines to interview the other side. Vice already interviewed the Islamists rebels in another video. I think this report was very enlightening to me, and interesting. I disagree.

    • @WingdingsChickenhead
      @WingdingsChickenhead 11 лет назад +16

      Yasser Alaamri please elaborate

    • @Smennyboy
      @Smennyboy 11 лет назад +13

      Yasser Alaamri The media is always biased in some way, but this doesn't seem very biased to me. Probably shouldn't ask, just because of the way you call him a looser I know you won't have a good answer. But what makes you say this is so biased?

    • @jordanfry88
      @jordanfry88 11 лет назад +19

      Yasser Alaamri he works for a news network to create content. Thats a journalist. whether or not you enjoyed said content cant change that definition

    • @mclovinakapascal
      @mclovinakapascal 11 лет назад +25

      Yasser Alaamri You're right he only risked his life on multiple occasions to bring us information from one side of the fight. He's a terrible journalist, the way he makes no judgement nor actively preaches one side over the other, it sickens me! So biased!
      Real mode: Just because someone does not deliver all sides of the conflict does not make them biased. He delivered the information in a neutral way never demonizing or uplifting their cause. Watching this video alone and coming to a conclusion about the whole fight would be biased, the video itself is not inherently biased.
      Also, it's kind of ironic that you say he's a horrible journalist for only portraying one side of the conflict when you know nothing of the myriad of situations that led to the making of this video, company-wise, faction-wise, funding-wise, and the list goes on and on. Frankly, you're acting biased yourself :)

  • @Romanoff.Kalashnikov
    @Romanoff.Kalashnikov 4 года назад +78

    2020 and still my Respect to the max for YPG, YPJ and Kurdistan fighters!!

  • @PhiloAmericana
    @PhiloAmericana 10 лет назад +495

    God bless the Kurds. Full support from Arkansas, USA.

    • @sufifusa
      @sufifusa 10 лет назад +15

      Brother the satanic govt. of the USA and their allies is the main reason for all the dead in Syria, the lost souls who is fighting is nothing but a stupid puppets in their hands, the same foe Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Iraq and many more including Ukraine

    • @AlexSaysHi2013
      @AlexSaysHi2013 10 лет назад +11

      mack jones jones so blame the people? this is a citizen, not the gov.

    • @zhiarsarkawt5649
      @zhiarsarkawt5649 10 лет назад +16

      Thank you so much, I've been in Arkansas, and I know that Arkansans are so respectful. by the way, please share this video to give our people an access to see why Kurds have the right to live like humans.

    • @neonagasaki8797
      @neonagasaki8797 10 лет назад +2

      lol then start fighting against your terrorist gouwarment if yo support kurds or any innocent pl in this region .. becuz behind all this shit is usa and son fo shit israel

    • @AlexSaysHi2013
      @AlexSaysHi2013 10 лет назад +5

      Ryan Pedro oh you're totally not a troll, also get out of the 1800s, sectionalism is retarded. What ya gonna do next, protest tariffs?

  • @jakcalleja7320
    @jakcalleja7320 10 лет назад +69

    Closed fist raised for the kurdish people… I greatly admired your courage and sacrifices

    • @kolloduke3341
      @kolloduke3341 3 года назад +3

      Tragic that the Kurdish people have to fight so many '#''';';###''#' that come from other countrys and who no way belong any where near Syria or any where on this planet !..

    • @99X00-k9b
      @99X00-k9b 10 месяцев назад

      🤍😊

    • @medeniylmaz4418
      @medeniylmaz4418 10 месяцев назад

      Ez bikeme orta kuza diyate

  • @odin3066
    @odin3066 4 года назад +38

    long live the kurds, ive never seen such amazing and brave people.

  • @PommyRiding101
    @PommyRiding101 11 лет назад +15

    Kurdish lands will be blessed and flourish for all the kindness and sanctuary they have shown to Christians. They show themselves to be a truly good civilized people in a sea of insanity

  • @xzst
    @xzst 11 лет назад +69

    I know this is a serious documentary and all, but this goat Genco... Cracked me up a couple of times. What a badass.

    • @velja7125
      @velja7125 3 года назад

      PLZ TALL MY TIME MY CEANT FIND IT

  • @girlienoid2655
    @girlienoid2655 2 года назад +1

    00:25 that baby did a peace sign that felt golden and to cute and common how did she grow up that fast😢❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @Evansaeed1994
    @Evansaeed1994 11 лет назад +37

    As a Kurd, this makes me proud and hopefully each and every Kurd will achieve what we deserve: an independent Kurdistan, Biji Kurd w Kurdistan.

  • @Tariqali18330
    @Tariqali18330 11 лет назад +101

    they protect people who lives in Kurdistan they want to keep Kurdistan away from thief and terrorist long live Kurdistan long live YPG God with you all ways ..

    • @كلنهالساروتمستمرينأنشآءآلله
      @كلنهالساروتمستمرينأنشآءآلله 3 года назад

      Is there terrorism in the Middle East? Look how the terrorist organization ISIS made me in a short time and how they eliminated them in a short time. From the beneficiary, the infidelity died from the side, the Sunnis and the Kurds, who sacrificed himself for me, the Kurds and Arabs

    • @كلنهالساروتمستمرينأنشآءآلله
      @كلنهالساروتمستمرينأنشآءآلله 3 года назад

      Did they give you a country? No. Will they give you, no permission, for me? What will your soul sacrifice me today when America withdrew from this region? Who will protect you from the Shiites? Who will protect you from the Syrian regime, the Free Army or Turkey? Do not serve the interests of others. Serve yourself.

    • @Tariqali18330
      @Tariqali18330 3 года назад

      @@كلنهالساروتمستمرينأنشآءآلله we have problems with these countries dosent matter whos watching you or who is staing beside of you kurds are fighting however

    • @كلنهالساروتمستمرينأنشآءآلله
      @كلنهالساروتمستمرينأنشآءآلله 3 года назад +1

      @@Tariqali18330 By God, I do not know what I will tell you, but I know that we and the Kurds from hundreds of years live in one land and eat the same food. We neither hate them nor hate it, not because it is related to the Syrian regime or the terrorist organization ISIS.

    • @Tariqali18330
      @Tariqali18330 3 года назад

      @@كلنهالساروتمستمرينأنشآءآلله i dont know where you from but i know you are arab we dont have a problem with arab but we have problem all ways with arabs goverment especially syria and iraq im sure ISIS made be America for there intrest

  • @senshi8861
    @senshi8861 6 лет назад +29

    much respect for the kurds from europe, austria

    • @nihatbelke8822
      @nihatbelke8822 2 года назад

      Avusturya'da yaşayan bir Kürt olarak Dankeschön 😁

  • @WhiteCanada1
    @WhiteCanada1 10 лет назад +28

    God help the Kurds,
    Respect from Canada.

  • @craigpackard8495
    @craigpackard8495 10 лет назад +187

    You go Kurds!!! Mad respect...

  • @aqwsderxz
    @aqwsderxz Год назад +8

    its a kurdish region made wirlth referendum also much richer then whole syrua

  • @wrathofme03
    @wrathofme03 10 лет назад +84

    Autonomy for Kurdistan! They are the most secular people besides Israelis in the middle east and they don't have their own country....what a shame!

    • @sarioglanli38
      @sarioglanli38 10 лет назад

      ohh yeah did you know why they dont have a country

    • @wrathofme03
      @wrathofme03 10 лет назад +3

      sarioglanli38 why is that?

    • @nmanahro5365
      @nmanahro5365 10 лет назад +15

      thank*reason In 1915 (WW1) Kurdistan was divided to 4 parts,Kurdistan covers around 190,000 km² in Turkey, 125,000 km² in Iran, 65,000 km² in Iraq, and 12,000 km² in Syria, with a total area of approximately 392,000 km²...it was divided because they always had that Revolution mind and wanting to become independent, with the power of Kurds will and all the Natural resources including oil and gas,they could have brought that revolution and becoming the most powerful country in the middle-east,a country that will make other major country scared and jealous,so many major countries at that time decided that splitting Kurdistan to 4 parts is the solution,but what they didn't know is that Kurds are the most courage nation that the history ever faced,in 1990 south became independent from Iraq ,after years of tragedy and non-stop fighting against Saddam ,they kicked them out of Kurdistan cities and villages,,and in 2003 you know what happened and the kurds became more powerful than ever before,and now the West are fighting for there freedom too,and in the coming years hopefully the North and the East of Kurdistan also become independent and there's no more (south,east,north,west). Only Kurdistan.

    • @azmhyr
      @azmhyr 8 лет назад

      If they were the least stupid people, how come they don't have their own country?

    • @wrathofme03
      @wrathofme03 8 лет назад

      azmhyr you can be smart and down and out at the same time.

  • @kanaric
    @kanaric 11 лет назад +48

    kurds really need their own nation, they are mostly secularists and have a more western attitude and outlook. They have no business being ruled by Arabs.
    They have actually lived in that territory for 1000s of years, meanwhile most of Israel jews are immigrants at any time after or before independence aside from 1000s of years ago. Be fair and give them their nation.

    • @Cottam89
      @Cottam89 11 лет назад +4

      love to the kurds from the uk

    • @ProudKurdistani
      @ProudKurdistani 11 лет назад +1

      *****
      This isn't about how Kurds can be of help to religious minorities in the region, it's about 45 million (STATELESS) people having been denied the right to live in freedom.
      Oh by the way, prepare for an Islamic Syria, because those FSA bastards are not the tolerant kind of people.

    • @ProudKurdistani
      @ProudKurdistani 11 лет назад

      *****
      Ah I see, you don't really care about the security of religious minorities in this region, you just don't want us Kurds to rule over our own homeland, busted ;) I want to ask your fanatic mind a single and simple question: How do you know Kurdistan won't be independent? Wait I know - Because you say so, right? Grow up mate, unless you can get your hands on a time machine, step 50 years into the future and confirm that there's no independent Kurdistan, then you can't prove your claims. As said, this is just your opinion, It's not FACTS! So this "like it or not" is tough words with no value. You're acting like freaking god by your claims of being able to look into the future, which is what you're indirectly saying.

    • @Lexman00
      @Lexman00 11 лет назад +1

      Why are stupid people like you so prevailant in the Internet, but not in real life?Because in real life someone would put you and your ignorance in your place. Kurds have people in Syria, Iraq, Turkey, and Iran. Not only is it not your place to have an opinion on that issues, but you clearly showed you did not listen very well to the video. The Syrian Kurds said they don't want independence, they want a united Syria, because to them Syria is a land of many ethnicities and religions. Imbecile...
      Oh, yeah, the West is great... Shut the fuck up...

    • @ProudKurdistani
      @ProudKurdistani 11 лет назад

      *****
      "people like you screwing up their lives with pathetic ideas of rebellion"
      I understand you're one of those people that really don't give a sh*t about the fate of people like us, you value the Christians more because you share the same religion. You people make me sick.
      "because no major power in the region wants the kurds to have their own land that's why, and they don't have 1/100 the power of turkey syria etc."
      Do you honestly believe Syria is an issue for us now? Na, what are issues however are Turkey and Iran, and frankly Iran is the only country we still don't have a plan against. There are many ways to liberate Kurdistan from Turkey, the most obvious is of course an armed rebellion, Kurds are roughly 1/3 of Turkey's population, 1/3 of Istanbul, millions in Central Anatolia, 14 million in Kurdistan. Do you know what would happen if the PKK decides to declare a civil war? Give them the order and they will be able to guide all 23 million Kurds to an uprising.
      Or something you might find more realistic: The Kurdish birthrate as of now is around 7-9 children, while the Turkish birthrate is 1-3 children. If this keeps going then Kurds will be the majority population in Turkey around 2052.
      All ideas really, we'll see which one works out ;)
      "which in turn makes turkey iraq syria etc step on you from time to time"
      Yeah, because they occupy our homeland, and we resist, ALL FREEDOM FIGHTERS are "stepped" upon by the regimes they're trying to resist. But we must never forget the wise Words of a certain Nelson Mandela: "It always seems impossible until it's done"

  • @xx_olivie_xx9316
    @xx_olivie_xx9316 Год назад +21

    ❤️‍🩹 Brave people who fought for their country❤ rest in peace

  • @NabazNawzad
    @NabazNawzad 11 лет назад +24

    I wish the best for my people in Rojava Kurdistan..... R.I.P Hayat Dirki

  • @melleigh
    @melleigh 10 лет назад +12

    7:56 "I'm sorry -illegible-"(about that man? idk)
    "I'm sorry, too."
    gave me chills..

  • @nooza9628
    @nooza9628 4 года назад +30

    Wow...reading the articles in newspaper and watching is whole another feeling..i was a teen at that time and im from India🇮🇳i always used to read all these in newspaper...and felt very bad....but watching these videos one thing i can say is these people they are some really strong willed, optimistic people.

    • @zahidkhan5733
      @zahidkhan5733 2 года назад +2

      Free Kashmir.

    • @eyupunal7190
      @eyupunal7190 2 года назад

      Optimistic? Dude, these are terrorists and they killed a lot of innocent people, I wonder which newspaper you are reading, what an ignorant newspaper.

    • @RiseAgainst786
      @RiseAgainst786 Год назад

      ​@@zahidkhan5733PoK will be free, don't worry.

    • @toast_cat2265
      @toast_cat2265 Год назад

      ​@@zahidkhan5733I agree with that but dude don't blame the civilian's

  • @dustinreynolds6452
    @dustinreynolds6452 11 лет назад +44

    I've only seen about 3 minutes but thank you Vice for showing this. May the Kurdish people win freedom

  • @travelingcouple3670
    @travelingcouple3670 8 лет назад +52

    I admired Genco the goat for his courage!...

  • @gram.
    @gram. 4 года назад +11

    Love and peace to the Kurds/Kurdish and Kurdistan state.
    We hear you and we support you.

  • @jonathanlee2099
    @jonathanlee2099 7 лет назад +131

    All power to the Rojava Revolution!

  • @karinasmith2214
    @karinasmith2214 8 лет назад +101

    Home made tanks...these fighters need help.

    • @nestorsdragon8057
      @nestorsdragon8057 8 лет назад +9

      Karina` Smith They're doing pretty well. They've actually called to stop people going to join their army. They need people for their economy now

  • @Fellajay96
    @Fellajay96 2 года назад +41

    10 years+ of resistance and still ongoing ✌
    #BijîRojava

    • @Inko624
      @Inko624 2 года назад

      this revolution starts and the world was proud of Kurds anarchists and communist rebels... but for the last 4 years Rojava leaders and the army of SDF is a puppets of the USA there is more than 5 years of occupied areas in Rojava by Turkish fascist state and SDF don't touch them ... hope YPG and SDF find his good self and kick out USA bases from Rojava and also the Turkish state ...

  • @Listopia10
    @Listopia10 8 лет назад +159

    love u kurds, god bless u...
    regards from india

  • @BumbleBeat21
    @BumbleBeat21 11 лет назад +74

    Religion has always been an excuse. War has always been for land, resources, or ethnic hostilities (which we see in this video).

    • @BumbleBeat21
      @BumbleBeat21 11 лет назад +6

      ***** What country? Kindly provide some examples than just vague statements.

    • @TheAtmosfear7
      @TheAtmosfear7 11 лет назад +7

      ***** What you just said is presumptuous and just _absolutely_ wrong

    • @ManInMostlyBlack
      @ManInMostlyBlack 11 лет назад +1

      BumbleBeat21
      What do you think of Sam Harris thoughts from the book Letters to a Christian nation?
      Religion, Violence, and the Future of Civilization
      Billions of people share your belief that the creator of the universe wrote (or dictated) one of our books. Unfortunately, there are many books that pretend to divine authorship, and they make incompatible claims about how we all must live. Competing religious doctrines have shattered our world into separate moral communities, and these divisions have become a continual source of human conflict.
      In response to this situation, many sensible people advocate something called religious tolerance. While religious tolerance is surely better than religious war, tolerance is not without
      its problems. Our fear of provoking religious hatred has rendered us unwilling to criticize ideas that are increasingly maladaptive and patently ridiculous. It has also obliged us to lie to ourselves-repeatedly and at the highest levels of discourse-about the compatibility between religious faith and scientific rationality. Our competing religious certainties are impeding the emergence of a viable, global civilization. Religious faith-faith that there is a God who cares what name He is called, faith that Jesus is coming back to earth, faith that Muslim martyrs go straight to Paradise-is on the wrong side of an escalating war of ideas.
      Religion raises the stakes of human conflict much higher than tribalism, racism, or politics ever can, as it is the only form of in-group/ out-group thinking that casts the differences between people in terms of eternal rewards and punishments. One of the enduring pathologies of human culture is the tendency to raise children to fear and demonize other human beings on the basis of religious faith. Consequently, faith inspires violence in at least two ways. First, people often kill other human beings because they believe that the creator of the universe wants them to do it. Islamist terrorism is a recent example of this sort of behavior. Second, far greater numbers of people fall into conflict with one another because they define their moral community on the basis of their religious affiliation: Muslims side with other Muslims, Protestants with Protestants, Catholics with Catholics. These conflicts are not always explicitly religious. But the bigotry and hatred that divide one community from another are often the products of their religious identities. Conflicts that seem driven entirely by terrestrial concerns, therefore, are often deeply rooted in religion. The fighting that has plagued Palestine (Jews vs. Muslims), the Balkans (Orthodox Serbians vs. Catholic Croatians; Orthodox Serbians vs. Bosnian and Albanian Muslims), Northern Ireland (Protestants vs. Catholics), Kashmir (Muslims vs. Hindus), Sudan (Muslims vs. Christians and animists),* Nigeria (Muslims vs. Christians), Ethiopia and Eritrea, (Muslims vs. Christians), Ivory Coast (Muslims vs. Christians), Sri Lanka (Sinhalese Buddhists vs. Tamil Hindus), Philippines (Muslims vs. Christians), Iran and Iraq (Shiite vs. Sunni Muslims), and the Caucasus (Orthodox Rus­sians vs. Chechen Muslims; Muslim Azerbaijanis vs. Catholic and Orthodox Armenians) are merely a few, recent cases in point.
      And yet, while the religious divisions in our world are self-evident, many people still imagine that religious conflict is always caused by a lack of education, by poverty, or by politics. Most nonbelievers, liberals, and moderates apparently think that no one ever really sacrifices his life, or the lives of others, on account of his religious beliefs. Such people simply do not know what it is like to be certain of Paradise. Consequently, they can't believe that anyone is certain of Paradise. It is worth remembering that the September 11 hijackers were college educated, middle class people who had no discernible experience of political oppression. They did, however, spend a remarkable amount of time at their local mosque talking about the depravity of infidels and about the pleasures that await martyrs in Paradise.
      How many more architects and engineers must hit the wall at four hundred miles an hour before we admit to ourselves that jihadist violence is not merely a matter of education, poverty, or politics? The truth, astonishingly enough, is this: in the year 2006, a person can have sufficient intellectual and material resources to build a nuclear bomb and still believe that he will get seventy two virgins in Paradise. Western secularists, liberals, and moderates have been very slow to understand this. The cause of their confusion is simple: they don't know what it is like to really believe in God.

    • @ManInMostlyBlack
      @ManInMostlyBlack 11 лет назад

      BumbleBeat21 And what do you think about what the women are saying at 30:35 ?

    • @tcpgblizzard
      @tcpgblizzard 11 лет назад +3

      Religion also. Please, don't brush aside religion as a cause for war and hatred.

  • @gadnukbreakerofworlds3460
    @gadnukbreakerofworlds3460 6 лет назад +29

    Much respect from an American to the brave Kurd Peshmerga soldiers. Some of the bravest men and women in the Middle East. Keep up the good fight!

    • @Edvarxha
      @Edvarxha 2 года назад

      😂

    • @eyupunal7190
      @eyupunal7190 2 года назад

      They are not soldiers, they are terrorists and they are not brave.

  • @mrrightnow101
    @mrrightnow101 11 лет назад +14

    It's about time someone focuses on this part of the war. The Kurds deserve independence

  • @spartacuscrixus9303
    @spartacuscrixus9303 10 лет назад +151

    Freedom for Kurdistan!

    • @OMGitsKrapti
      @OMGitsKrapti 5 лет назад +7

      Spartacus Crixus fck off there is no kurdistan

    • @dilsherkoramarky3989
      @dilsherkoramarky3989 5 лет назад +3

      Krapti u can go and fk ur self in fkin Country that you come

    • @allahlesboslu2_9
      @allahlesboslu2_9 4 года назад +3

      @@OMGitsKrapti freedom to Kurdistan ♥️♥️♥️✌️ there is Kurdistan

    • @allahlesboslu2_9
      @allahlesboslu2_9 4 года назад +1

      @@dilsherkoramarky3989 why you occupy others countries

    • @moreadrenalin7252
      @moreadrenalin7252 4 года назад

      @@OMGitsKrapti lang lebe die ypg!

  • @sovikmisra3523
    @sovikmisra3523 3 года назад +64

    Free Kurdistan....Love from India...:-)

    • @FeryatKzltas-zj7yp
      @FeryatKzltas-zj7yp 7 месяцев назад

      ​@@medeniylmaz4418boş yapma cahil

    • @Musababa6
      @Musababa6 6 месяцев назад

      ​@@medeniylmaz4418kure kehpe me kurda pareze tu xebera dıdi wi

    • @medeniylmaz4418
      @medeniylmaz4418 6 месяцев назад

      @@Musababa6 kuri kehpe tuyi

    • @medeniylmaz4418
      @medeniylmaz4418 6 месяцев назад

      Ez bikeme şerefa de babi abdullah öcalan

    • @medeniylmaz4418
      @medeniylmaz4418 6 месяцев назад

      @@Musababa6ez bikeme şerefa de babi binyamin netenyahu

  • @mediankurdishari7645
    @mediankurdishari7645 10 лет назад +39

    turkey He's helping terrorists.
    ypg has been fighting against them.
    ypg has been formed from the civilian population and fighting to remain in life.
    Our aim is, like the entire world civilization
    having a State
    long live free Kurdistan.

    • @thebdgirl
      @thebdgirl 10 лет назад +3

      God bless you guys and allow you to keep your freedom, give you victory over your enemies and help you form a democratic country in Syria by crushing all jihadist groups once and for all! May God keep your people safe and may more good people join you in your fight for freedom. In Jesus mighty and powerful name! Amen and Amen!

    • @mediankurdishari7645
      @mediankurdishari7645 10 лет назад +1

      Jesus Christ is Lord thank you king :)

    • @thebdgirl
      @thebdgirl 10 лет назад

      Umut şahin All glory be to God! Glory to Jesus! Hallelujah!

    • @laetrille
      @laetrille 10 лет назад

      Same here in the States, Long live a free Kurdish state!!

    • @turkishempire1071
      @turkishempire1071 4 года назад +1

      Kurds Attacking Turkey, Pkk is Attacking Turkey like 40 years every week explode an Suicide bomber from Pkk in cities of Turkey ever week died over 100 Civilians! And if we Attack back you say Turkey is supporting Terrorists? The only Terrorists are Pkk/ypg.

  • @Rojava
    @Rojava Год назад +5

    روجافا ينتظرها مستقبل مشرق رغم الصعوبات، نحن الكورد لدينا أرادة قوية

  • @phillipbrewster6058
    @phillipbrewster6058 4 года назад +6

    You could see the pain in the mans face talking about his friends decapitations I send him my condolences and hooe that he can find forgiveness not for the terrorists but for himself sometimes we blame ourselves for stuff we had no control over and we need to find forgiveness within ourselves... god bless him

  • @MatteV2
    @MatteV2 11 лет назад +57

    I really enjoyed watching this, simply because it gives a more nuanced picture of the conflict.
    I'd love to see more videos on the Syrian Civil War. Information should be the basis of all opinions, and I don't have enough to form one on this conflict just yet.

    • @andataris1
      @andataris1 11 лет назад +3

      Definitely. I've been following this is closely as possible from the beginning and still the picture is muddled, at best. For the powers that be, I suspect, this is ideal.

    • @MatteV2
      @MatteV2 11 лет назад

      Well, after watching VICEs absolutely fantastic Ground Zero Syria, I've been able to form a bit more of an informed opinion, and I would recomend you watch it as well if you haven't.

    • @Antaquelas
      @Antaquelas 11 лет назад

      if you want to learn more and you have a strong stomach then you should visit liveleak.com there you can select Syria section and find lots of videos from both sides(Assad regime and Terrorists).

    • @andataris1
      @andataris1 11 лет назад

      It is fantastic, agreed. This is only from one perspective though. I don't think it's possible to form a thorough/accurate picture of the conflict. Complicated geopolitics.

  • @rickali9885
    @rickali9885 10 лет назад +61

    i a muslim love and respect the kurds looking forward a kurd homeland may allah be with the kurds and all the muslim who beings peace

    • @zarokenroje3022
      @zarokenroje3022 5 лет назад +3

      We Are Kurds
      We Love Every People Everyone

    • @abrahmicsupremacist38
      @abrahmicsupremacist38 4 года назад

      @@someoneelsenone822 bruh these are fake account their is no way you can debate with them with fact or respect they will always bring in something just look at his words

    • @valentinao1
      @valentinao1 4 года назад

      @@zarokenroje3022 north syria is for syrians , not for kurds from turkey

    • @nagihangot6133
      @nagihangot6133 4 года назад

      @@zarokenroje3022 Not everyone. Zarathustra and Christ didn't love everyone, and neither do I.

  • @sunnerboys
    @sunnerboys Год назад +10

    Brave Kurdish Women's proud of them

  • @iBAS11
    @iBAS11 9 лет назад +30

    Bye the way beautiful video and powerful messages to everyone who are the Kurds.
    Thank you

  • @DClean
    @DClean 8 лет назад +86

    Aris is the most ballsiest, down to earth, straight shooting reporter that Vice has ever had. I dislike Vice and avoid most of their content but i always come back to watch Aris footage.

    • @snaakie
      @snaakie 8 лет назад +2

      Why exactly do you dislike Vice?

    • @dmb8690
      @dmb8690 5 лет назад +6

      @@snaakie when it comes to politics vice is super liberal and that shit gets old

  • @endemicsound9674
    @endemicsound9674 Год назад +3

    RIP Heyat. even a decade after you passed people are still learning your name, and for the cause you gave your life for

  • @NONO-iz7js
    @NONO-iz7js 9 лет назад +101

    LOVE TO KURDS FROM MARATHA. (INDIAN)

  • @kuurdio
    @kuurdio 10 лет назад +11

    Biji Rojava, Biji YPG, Biji Kurd u Kurdistan! We are the children of Salahuddin Ayubi and one day we will defeat our enemies, One day we will rise the Kurdish flag over Kurdistan In sha Allah

  • @realfaceaustralia813
    @realfaceaustralia813 Год назад +6

    To all the Kurds & Arabs who fight against the radical groups, keep moving. You are the winner. SDF YPJ YPG, ✌🏿✌🏿✌🏿 LOVE FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD IN AUSTRALIA.

  • @MrGA555
    @MrGA555 11 лет назад +46

    Hey vice! Love this and I feel like the Kurdish problem is something largely ignored in the world. Can you guys make more videos avout the Kurds?? Not just the ones in Syria but the ones in Turkey and Iraq. Or maybe a whole documentary about the Kurdish areas! And again, great video!!

    • @giganotosaurus5826
      @giganotosaurus5826 2 года назад

      @@mir78728 ulan ne salladın 8000 yıl önce hint-Avrupa ırkı yoktu ve kürtler doğu Anadolu'daki Ermeni sürgünü'nden sonra çoğunluk oldular.

  • @prettielove2435
    @prettielove2435 4 года назад +18

    "One of them lost his leg and told his friends his leg has gone to paradise"😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @bearman6588
    @bearman6588 6 лет назад +20

    These are real heroes. Take notes.

  • @ForeverRepublic
    @ForeverRepublic 9 лет назад +298

    Long live Kurdistan.

    • @Rambo17401
      @Rambo17401 9 лет назад +19

      I'm a Christian and full on support the Kurdish government and wish them all the best

    • @ForeverRepublic
      @ForeverRepublic 9 лет назад +12

      DarthRambo Me too. I'm Jewish (from Israel). We love and support the Kurds.

    • @319SURYA319
      @319SURYA319 9 лет назад +4

      +Hacire Azlağ i am from india and all my blessings for you people you will win the war against isis

    • @Cokaine_d
      @Cokaine_d 9 лет назад +1

      +Hacire Azlağ what is the difference between Kurds and Arabs ? aren't Kurds Muslim ?

    • @ForeverRepublic
      @ForeverRepublic 9 лет назад +4

      Kaustubh Dhondarkar Most Kurds are Muslim, although they're (generally) far more secular than Arabs. A minority of Kurds practice Yazidism, which is the ancient religion of the Kurdish people. Many are converting to or practice Zoroastrianism, which is associated with Kurdish history and nationalism.
      Of the Kurds I talk to, most care quite a lot more about being Kurdish then being Muslim. The difference between Arabs and Kurds is ethnic/cultural differences. Like the difference between Slavs and Germans.

  • @Alan-mz3sc
    @Alan-mz3sc 5 лет назад +62

    Thank you everyone for the support, we have been in a such situation and even worse for a hundred years.
    35 millions without a country and under discrimination and hate all the time by the other ethnic and religios groups (the islamic groups represnted mostly by Turkey are committing genocid and displacement), but we will never lose hope or give up.
    The people of sun will sooner or later get their freedom and own country.
    The thing that really hurts is that, we thought that the democratic, free countries and the UN are now able to help other nations and people to take their rights and live normaly like everyone else, but unfortunatly it seems like the human rights thing is just idea and rubrics without real implementation.

    • @eyupunal7190
      @eyupunal7190 2 года назад +2

      Turks are not committing genocide, my friend, don't show us how ignorant you are. Genocide is forbidden to Turks and Muslims.

    • @ertugrulgundogdu6111
      @ertugrulgundogdu6111 Год назад

      siktir git amk vatansız piçleri

    • @eyupunal7190
      @eyupunal7190 Год назад +1

      @@ertugrulgundogdu6111 Bana ne küfür edion

  • @hebunbakurazadi7062
    @hebunbakurazadi7062 3 года назад +19

    FREE KURDÎSTAN FREE KURDÎSTAN THANKS BROTHER

  • @MaxisMusicOfficial
    @MaxisMusicOfficial 11 лет назад +7

    this is one of THE BEST Vice docos i've seen in ages. more of this dude!! agreed!

  • @scorpiod5088
    @scorpiod5088 Год назад +8

    The music at the end.. her Biji Kurdistan ♥️

  • @mazlumdogan7097
    @mazlumdogan7097 4 года назад +11

    Her biji rojava kurdistan

  • @andrik1978
    @andrik1978 11 лет назад +9

    This reporter is informative and courageous. I was very impressed by how close up he gets to try and understand what is going on. And he shows the human side of the fighting too.
    Very good documentary...

  • @nathanhollywoodbrookshire1417
    @nathanhollywoodbrookshire1417 6 лет назад +35

    The Kurds are the hero’s of the war! #FreeKurdistan

  • @rabbithare381
    @rabbithare381 5 лет назад +10

    5:18 it's so sad to hear she was killed. That's how human life is made worthless by these marauding killer gangs.... RIP Heyat, you died performing a noble duty to your people & country.....

  • @theonetheonlydeganthevegan4392
    @theonetheonlydeganthevegan4392 11 лет назад +31

    I hope Kurds can gain freedom and their lands back, even SOME of the parts ın Turkey because I am Turkish I would like to see Kurds have their own country and be happy and have good ties with Turkey, but I don't want my beloved Turkey to lose to much land hope Turks and Kurds can work something peaceful out.
    From Turkey. Be safe Kurds.

    • @SwissMarksman
      @SwissMarksman 11 лет назад +2

      Moruk hadi git. Why should Kurds get a part of Turkey? They aren't even a part of the Turkish history pal.

    • @IamMclov1n25
      @IamMclov1n25 11 лет назад +1

      norwegiangangsta go back to mongolia Kurds were there way before you fucks came and stole our land. You know what the funny part is? If your turkish ancestry doesn't go back to mongolian blood then your probably a Kurd. We've lived in that area for thousands of years, we are your history.

    • @MercC23k
      @MercC23k 11 лет назад

      Unfortunately it is unlikely to happen because there weren't a group of British, French, German or Dutch explorers who drew an imaginary, arbitrary line to create a country for the Kurds. And we all know that if a bunch of white guys in the 1800's didn't say it was a country then the UN sure as hell wont recognize it as one.
      Isn't it wonderful that the whole world gets to be told what their nationality is and where their country begins and ends by a bunch pasty morons with bad teeth from a cold rock that isn't even really its own continent?

    • @SwissMarksman
      @SwissMarksman 11 лет назад +1

      Mustafa Layık
      Why should we give them a part of our country for "free", after all they bombed Istanbul, Izmir & Antalya? It's like forgive someone that killed your brother. And they aren't a part of the Turkish history, period.

    • @theonetheonlydeganthevegan4392
      @theonetheonlydeganthevegan4392 11 лет назад

      norwegiangangsta Yes I know they did bad stuff thats why I said in a Peace full manner. You can't punish millions for the faults of a few.

  • @EpicShangHaiguy
    @EpicShangHaiguy 4 года назад +20

    I pray for the Kurds god bless them

  • @karzankurdish2247
    @karzankurdish2247 4 года назад +8

    Long Live Kurdistan - Rojava✌
    ❤☀💚✌

  • @dwaonesun
    @dwaonesun 10 лет назад +12

    You all do such a great job of bring real news to the world. Thank you so much.

  • @sappert1952
    @sappert1952 7 лет назад +24

    I love the Kurds! So sorry my government has betrayed you so many times. It is not our people who wanted this. I know this does little to heal this horrible wound of betrayal. But I swear to God I have never met an American who thinks the Kurds are bad. I am 40 years old and aside from the two years I have spent fighting in foreign wars including Iraq. I have lived here my whole life. My people love you. And when I was in Iraq all of my brothers expressed love, admiration, and appreciation for you. Thank you so much love.

    • @bakirbakir2113
      @bakirbakir2113 2 года назад

      Geberecekler iznillah ermeni kırıntıları

    • @ibger4859
      @ibger4859 Год назад +2

      You are the man, we love you

  • @RicardoMartinez-oh9sq
    @RicardoMartinez-oh9sq 3 года назад +13

    My neighbor next door in Ohio is from Iraqi Kurdistan, a very tolerant man, nice person.

  • @MarigotZoe13
    @MarigotZoe13 10 лет назад +33

    the kurds are a well united people there land is rich im surprised they werent able to build a country after the dissolution of the ottoman empire

    • @MarigotZoe13
      @MarigotZoe13 10 лет назад

      oh i understood but their unity could have helped in undoing the partition those powers did

    • @narimanmawati897
      @narimanmawati897 10 лет назад +4

      the kurds have been forced by the west to be part of these four countries Iraq Iran Syria and turkey and they have always supported the ruling nations not the kurds and Kurdistan is locked between these four countries how can kurds fight all these four countries and the entire west? the Kurdish revolutionaries has always been considered as terrorist by the west!
      simply because they want Arabs Turks and Persians to be the ruler how c the kurds can build a country in such a situation? but the kurds however never gave up. the biggest enemy the kurds have is the greedy west for sure look now the west via turkey they support al-Qaida they arm them they treat their wounded in turkey's hospital and they all go to Syria via turkey... what the kurds have done wrong to the west is no thing no a single thing, but the west don't care they need benefits, west mainly UK France and USA has always done best to sell some body to somebody els in order to secure their interest (mainly Oil). I beg you to read this link kurdistantribune.com/2013/taimoor-sole-survival-of-garmyan-anfal-campaign/
      read the full story please it is two part read both parts and think after all this genocide happened against the kurds why neither American nor Europeans not ready to say this is genocide why? if this is not a genocide then what genocide means??? or perhaps I am wrong genocide means, for the poor defendless Kurds the west don't care how money killed how brutally they were killed it does not matter and wont be called even a crime against humanity!!! the west since they have found oil in the middle east they have always wanted and supported family ruling and they have done their best to keep family ruling in these county, in order for them to get cheap oil deals. off course it is much easier and cheaper to deal with one family or one person rather than democratic elected people. and I hate when they say you guys are not ready for democracy what a F is that? with my respect to all who feel sorry for the Kurds but. however one thing is for sure in 1988 when Saddam carried out a genocide against the Kurds in Iraq by chemical attack and the Anfal campaign the whole world was silent just silent not only as a country but as an individual's there was no or no demonstration against it even In Muslim countries. but when America about to attack Saddam in all Muslim countries there was a demonstration against the war!! the only time the truth was asleep the only time when god was asleep was the year of Anfal of the poor Kurds 1988 kurdistantribune.com/2013/taimoor-sole-survival-of-garmyan-anfal-campaign/

    • @MarigotZoe13
      @MarigotZoe13 10 лет назад

      i get it now.well in the last ten years they have gotten a lot closer to achieving statehood then ever before hopefully with the peace negotiation in turkey and the autonomy they gain in iraq and syria can be enough to get iran to change its policy also

    • @narimanmawati897
      @narimanmawati897 10 лет назад

      yes only when you are fighting the way that I (USA) Can benefit it. and hey did not heavily supported Kurds they did lightly, because in the whole region at that time there were only Kurds who did not see the Americans as an enemy or infidels while the rest of other nations Aabs Turks Persian Shia Sunny see USA devil.... they supported Saddam kill kurds For so log. in return what do you think they have done for the kurds do you really know what we have lost under Saddam's regime ????

    • @MarigotZoe13
      @MarigotZoe13 10 лет назад

      its so sad people can play politics with the lifes of so many people.hopefully yours gain a homeland the kurds i believe have a lot to offer to the world when they attain statehood