What to know about the latest effort to bring an end to Turkey’s 40-year Kurdish conflict
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Talks between politicians from Turkey’s pro-Kurdish party and jailed Kurdish leaders have been gathering steam as
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Bashar Assad
Conflict between Turkey and Kurdish groups rises around key dam in northern Syria
TISHRIN DAM, Syria (AP) — A key dam in northern Syria has become a flash point in the conflict between
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Survivor of Assad’s brutal prisons optimistic for Syria’s future
– Syrians have to fight to ensure that what they went through is documented in history and ‘never happens again,’
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Erdoğan says Turkey ready to intervene if Syria splits
Security in the region that the Kurds dominate is overseen by the armed Syrian Democratic Forces, which include the People’s
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New Orleans attack highlights rising threat of homegrown US extremism
ISTANBUL Following months of warnings about escalating global threats, the deadly New Year’s attack in New Orleans has raised alarms
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Kurdish rebel leader reportedly suggests he’s open to ending insurgency
Kurdish rebel leader reportedly suggests he’s open to ending insurgency POLITICO Europe Turkey’s jailed PKK leader is reported to suggest he
Read MoreKurdish-led forces push back Turkish-backed Syrian rebels in a tense offensive
QAMISHLI, Syria (AP) — The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said Tuesday they have launched a counter-offensive against the Ankara-backed Syrian
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Syrian economy suffering under sanctions
BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON Syria’s economy continues to suffer under sanctions, with the removal of US and European Union-imposed restrictions being crucial for
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UN calls for peace, sovereignty in occupied Syrian Golan in face of Israeli incursions
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stresses demilitarization and restoration of Syria’s territorial integrity Source link
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