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Netanyahu’s reshaped Middle East aligns neatly with Trump’s new world order
In 2023, Mr. Netanyahu outlined elements of his vision in an address to the United Nations General Assembly. The prime minister held up a map that erased Palestine and showed the Golan Heights, ...
Turkey’s old trick: Keeping Kurds off the new Mideast map - opinion
Strengthening ties between the Kurds and Israel could counterbalance Turkish and Iranian ambitions, promote regional ...
Syria/Iraq: What would an end of the PKK mean for the Kurds in the Middle East?
Following the call by Abdullah Ocalan to disband the Kurdistan Workers' Party, PKK, and to lay down arms, Syrian affiliates ...
The Economist3d
Kurdish rebels in Turkey declare a ceasefire
Even from the island prison where he has spent the past 26 years, Abdullah Ocalan still wields power over the Kurdistan ...
What’s behind Erdoğan’s calculated shift on Kurds and its potential consequences
Erdoğan’s outreach to Kurdish forces may signal peace — or a bid to secure support for extending his presidency by fracturing ...
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Arab leaders endorse Egypt’s plan to rebuild Gaza as alternative to Trump proposal
CAIRO — Arab leaders on Tuesday endorsed Egypt’s postwar plan for the Gaza Strip that would allow its roughly 2 million ...
A Fragile Peace for Turkey and the Kurds
Ankara wants a success story without Western oversight.
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NC university’s first response to DEI ban? Striking use of ‘race,’ ‘equality,’ ‘white’
Like all educational institutions receiving federal dollars, High Point University in North Carolina had two weeks to respond to a Trump administration edict last month that it cease diversity, equali ...
PKK accepts Öcalan’s call to end armed struggle
The bitter experiences of the past century have proved that a progressive solution to the Kurdish question, which is ...
PKK leader’s call to disarm fuels hope for end to Kurdish conflict – but peace is not imminent
The PKK leader’s calls for the group to disarm and dissolve is a step towards ending a 40-year conflict with the Turkish ...
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Trump administration dramatically cuts staff at water agency in California
The Trump administration has ordered firings and buyouts at the federal agency that operates water infrastructure in California, potentially jeopardizing the agency’s ability to manage dams and ...