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Syrian Kurdistan

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Syrian Kurdistan, also called Western Kurdistan or Rojava (from Kurdish: Rojavayê Kurdistanê, lit. 'Kurdistan where the sun sets'), is a region in northern Syria where Kurds form the majority. It geographically surrounds three noncontiguous enclaves along the Turkish and Iraqi borders: Afrin in the northwest, Kobani in the north, and Jazira in the northeast. The term started to become more widely known as Kurdish nationalist groups and parties started to use it in 2013 to describe the political entity later known as "Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria". However, this usage was officially dropped in 2016 in favor of a more inclusive name to the heterogenous area under PYD control.