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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 ...
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How Can Azerbaijan Be Allies with Iran and Israel?
Caught between allies and neighbors, Azerbaijan is walking a diplomatic tightrope amid Israeli strikes on Iran, balancing security partnerships, ethnic ties, and regional interests to avoid conflict ...
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Why Is Japan’s Tiny Kurdish Community at the Center of a Political Storm?
Faced with right-wing attacks amid a growing national profile, Japan’s Kurds could benefit from simple, pragmatic ...
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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 ...