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Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos (left) and FARC leader Timochenko attend a ceremony in Mesetas to mark the rebel group’s disarmament. (AFP)

Colombia’s FARC Rebels Lay down Arms, Ending Decades of Conflict

by Mohammed Fahmi | Jun 28, 2017 | World

London – Colombia officially celebrated on Tuesday the end of the country’s decades-long armed conflict after the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) laid down the last of their weapons. In a short, symbol-filled ceremony, United Nations observers shut and...

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A man looks at a destroyed area after heavy rains caused several rivers to overflow, pushing sediment and rocks into buildings and roads in Mocoa, Colombia April 1, 2017. (Reuters)

At Least 250 Killed in Mudslides in Colombia

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 2, 2017 | World

Over 200 people were killed in mudslides in southern Colombia that have also killed scores in Peru and Ecuador. Rescuers clawed through piles of mud and twisted debris Sunday in search of survivors after violent mudslides destroyed homes. Hundreds of people have also...

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Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos speaks during a Presidential address in Bogota, Colombia, October 2, 2016. Colombian Presidency/Handout via Reuters

Colombians Reject Peace Deal with Farc Rebels

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 4, 2016 | World

Bogotá- Voters in Colombia have rejected a landmark peace deal with Farc rebels in a shock referendum result. The distressed voters challenged the government’s attempt to put an end to 52 years of conflict, rejecting the deal, contrariwise the survey expectations....

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Cuba’s President Raul Castro, (C), Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos, (L), and FARC rebel leader Rodrigo Londono, better known by the nom de guerre Timochenko, pose for photos in Havana, September 23, 2015. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini – RTX1S5N5

Colombia: Fate of Peace Deal Depends on October’s Polls

by Jordan Dakamseh | Sep 27, 2016 | World

Colombia – Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and the left-wing FARC rebel Leader Timoleon Jimenez (Timochenko) signed on Monday an agreement ending a half-century war that killed a quarter of a million people and made their nation a byword for violence,...

Colombia and FARC reach ‘fundamental’ accord

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 6, 2013 | World

Havana/Bogota, Reuters—Colombia’s government and Marxist FARC rebels reached a “fundamental agreement” on the guerrillas’ future in politics, one of the thorniest issues addressed in peace talks in Cuba, according to a joint statement on...