In March 2011, in part to avoid further demonstrations and unrest from spreading across Syria, the Syrian government promised to tackle the issue and grant Syrian citizenship to approximately 300,000 Kurds who had been previously denied the right.
Delvis för att undvika ytterligare demonstrationer och oro att sprida sig i landet, lovade den syriska regeringen i mars 2011, att tackla detta problem och bevilja dessa cirka 300,000 kurder som förnekats detta, syriskt medborgarskap.