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Kurdish militant leader Abdallah Ocalan has asked his followers in the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to lay down arms and dissolve the group, potentially ending a decades-long conflict with Turkey ...

Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...

His forces rode into the capital pledging to rule for all of Syria’s communities — Sunnis, Alawis, Druze, Christians, Shias, Kurds and Armenians — while trying to assuage domestic and foreign concern ...