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Breakthrough deal with Kurds shifts regional alliances

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Syria: Breakthrough deal with Kurds shifts regional alliances

A ceasefire between Syria's Kurds and the government in Damascus ends hostilities and grants first-time rights to the marginalized minority. Does the deal also mean an end of the Kurdish quest for independence?

Turkish top officials make sudden trip to Damascus after Syria's deal with Kurdish-led group

ISTANBUL — Turkey’s top diplomat, defense minister and intelligence chief paid a sudden visit to Damascus on Thursday, days after Syria’s interim government reached a deal to integrate a U.S backed Kurdish-led armed group into the country’s army.

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Syrian Kurds celebrate deal with Damascus

Residents in northeastern Syria danced in the streets to celebrate a breakthrough pact between local Kurdish-led authorities and the new central government, while thousands of people continued to flee other areas where sectarian violence has targeted Alawites.

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Kurdish Fighters Called a Truce, but Turkey Kept Up Lethal Strikes

Turkey is still bombing armed Kurdish insurgents in Iraq and Syria, even after their leader urged them to lay down their arms ...

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Syrian Kurds celebrate deal with Damascus as coastal residents remain wary after violence

In northeast Syria, revelers took to the streets after the announcement of a breakthrough deal between the central government ...

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Kurdish PKK militants declare a ceasefire in 40-year insurgency in Turkey

The announcement by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, comes against the backdrop of fundamental changes in the region, ...

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VOA Kurdish: In Kobani, people protest Alevi massacres, Turkish bombings

In Kobani, Syria, people protested the massacres of Alevi on the Syrian coast, coinciding with Turkish bombings of the ...

Kurdish Women Journalists Who Work Under Constant Threat Have Lessons to Share

This January, a Turkish court sentenced Sofya Alağaş, a Kurdish journalist and elected co-mayor of Siirt municipality, to six ...

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Turkey’s Kurds wary of path to peace after PKK declares ceasefire

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey — A momentous ceasefire declaration on Saturday stirred a mix of emotions in southeast Turkey and northern ...

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VOA Kurdish: 34 Years after Kurdistan's uprising, people divided on its outcome

On the 34th anniversary of the Kurdistan Regional Government's uprising against the Ba'ath regime. Opinions in the Kurdistan ...

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