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Kurdish fighters in Iraq to hand over weapons in first step toward disarmament
IRBIL, Iraq -- A Kurdish militant group that has waged a long-running insurgency in Turkey announced Thursday its fighters in ...
Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq to hand over weapons in first step toward disarmament
IRBIL, Iraq — A Kurdish militant group that has waged a long-running insurgency in Turkey announced Thursday its fighters in ...
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We must distinguish between civilians and combatants
The Israeli public has recently learned a great deal about Iran. Firstly, most of us now realize that the majority of ...
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Assad Is Gone, But Syria’s Troubles Remain - by Will Selber
It’s anyone’s guess who will wind up controlling Syria. As of Sunday, the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army, which has extensive links to the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas, was fighting U.S.-backed ...
Turkey says PKK disarmament could start within days, says AK Party spokesman
The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) could start handing over its weapons within days, a spokesman for Turkey's ruling AK Party ...
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PKK Begins Handing Over Weapons as ‘Goodwill Gesture’
Sources in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region have confirmed that several members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) have begun ...
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Responsible Statecraft on MSN3dOpinion
First it was regime change, now they want to break Iran apart
Reckless fantasies of balkanizing the country misunderstands Iranian nationalism and risks catastrophic blowback ...
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PKK's Abdullah Ocalan: 'No Israeli dominance through Kurds'
Ocalan’s anti-Israel stance is well-known, as his group was based in the Bekaa Valley in the 1980s, cooperating wit h the ...
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Syria’s Kurds After Assad
Months after dictator Bashar al-Assad fled Syria, the country’s Kurdish population faces continued uncertainty — and Turkish ...