While Calm Reigns in Damascus, Battles in Syria’s Northeast Rage On
The conflict poses a challenge for the new interim president as he tries to unify Syria and extend his authority over the ...
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Is This the End of Turkey’s 40-Year Conflict With the Kurds?
Kurdistan Workers Party, in a major development, declares a ceasefire following a call from its imprisoned founder, Abdullah ...
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Abdullah Öcalan’s appeal won’t end Türkiye’s long war with Kurdish minority
There’s a reason to be sceptical about Abdullah Öcalan's call for peace. Efforts to end the fighting in 1993, 1995-1996, and ...
'We are still at war': Syria's Kurds battle Turkey months after Assad's fall
Assad's regime never recognised it and, despite his fall from power, its future remains uncertain. As well as more than a ...
What to Know About Abdullah Ocalan and the Turkey-P.K.K. Conflict
After decades of fighting, the Kurdish group’s imprisoned leader is now calling for its fighters to put down their arms.
PKK accepts Öcalan’s call to end armed struggle
The bitter experiences of the past century have proved that a progressive solution to the Kurdish question, which is ...
Ankara must seize the outstretched hand of the Kurds
EDITORIAL. Following the call by the PKK's historic leader, Abdullah Öcalan, to dissolve his organization, Turkish President ...
A half-century insurgency in the Middle East may be ending. Here’s why
The jailed leader of the PKK called on its members to lay down arms and dissolve the group. If his followers heed that call, ...