Stateless Kurdish people in Hasakah have started being able to apply for citizenship, but the process is already fraught.

"On April 6, the Syrian Ministry of Interior formally opened the process for receiving Kurds’ applications for Syrian citizenship within the framework of Presidential Decree No.13. Centers have opened in nine cities.

Field monitoring from the Network of Statelessness Victims in Hasakah (NSVH) has recorded recurring incidents in which Kurdish applicants are officially registered as “Syrian Arab”, warning that this practice undermines trust in the process, reinforces long-standing patterns of discrimination and erasure of Kurds, and “undermines the value of Decree 13 as a genuine measure of reform and justice”."

Article has a bunch of background info for those who don't know much about the situation. https://www.theamargi.com/posts/syrian-government-registers-kurdish-citizens-as-syrian-arabs

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