There's a lot of history between the Kurds and the Russians - over two centuries. This article covers in a number of pages, the bulk of that history, with a bit of analysis of how the relationship is with also USA, Turkey and Iran. A lot of information... After reading this article, I am not so hopeful about "Rojava", although I do still think it would be an excellent experiment, if the power players (Russia, USA) can agree to it, to experiment with a mini state with a political anarchist foundation. If an 'independent' Kurdistan is carved up out of the mid east, perhaps "Rojava the political anarchist micro state" will yet be allowed to exist within that mini state. As a social species, we owe it to ourselves to at least see what might come out of such an experiment... : http://russia-insider.com/en/politics/history-lesson-russia-kurds-oldest-gre... Idea of Vladimir Putin as the 'Godfather' of Kurdistan Isn't Half as Crazy as You Think This article is quite short, pasted below. I suspect "the USA thinks" it will get more influence/ control/ money in the middle east with a separate Kurdistan... at this point in history I can only see America's actions in a highly cynical light. Or as the article suggests, this may also be payment for past support. : http://russia-insider.com/en/turks-arent-going-it-us-building-two-airstrips-... " Turks Aren't Going to Like This: US Building Two Airstrips in Syrian Kurdistan Which can mean only one thing: more US hardware for the Kurdish militias Joshua Grimes 2016-03-08 According to Kurdish reports US is building two airstrips in north-eastern Syria under the control of the Kurdish YPG militia. Asked for a comment Americans neither denied nor confirmed the reports saying they were not "in control" of any airfields in Syria but were "consistently looking for ways to increase efficiency for logistics". – Obviously it's possible to have airstrips built or expanded (or ask to have them expanded) to enhance their 'efficiency for logistics' without taking formal control of them. The airstrips are clearly not intended to serve as US airbases (as Kurds also claim), but that's going to do little to comfort Ankara. US is already delivering supplies to the Kurdish YPG, particularly in the Syrian north-east. If airstrips are being expanded that can only mean that such deliveries are to be increased – possibly to be delivered by larger aircraft. Indeed, in recent days the Kurds have been making progress against ISIS, and have been doing so in the southern direction towards Raqqa and along the Syrian-Iraqi border favored by the US. (Rather than in the Kurdish-favored western direction that would see them link up with the Kurdish Afrin corridor and seal off Syria's northern border from Turkey completely.) Are Kurds getting their reward for playing along? "