Syria's Kurds are taking the first of three steps that are needed to formalize a governing structure for Syrian Kurdistan, which according to one of the region's dominant political groups, the Rojava Federal Council, stretches across the Afrin, Jazira and Euphrates regions of Syria. On Sept. 22, Kurds in northern Syria, living in territory known as Rojava, are voting for communal representatives in 3,700 communes. The leaders elected will then be included in another vote in November to create local councils and one in January to create a parliament....
