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Colombia and FARC reach ‘fundamental’ accord
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...Caption:
Kurdish fighters from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) congratulate each other after arriving in the Heror area, northeast of Dahuk, 260 miles (430 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, May 14, 2013. (AP Photo/ Ceerwan Aziz)
Second deployment of PKK fighters arrives in Iraq
Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—The second deployment of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) fighters withdrawing from Turkish territory have arrived in Iraqi Kurdistan, Asharq Al-Awsat has learned. Bakhtiar Dogan, a spokesman for the People’s Defense Force (HPG)—the armed...Caption:
This photo taken on Tuesday May 7, 2013 and provided by Firat News Agency on Wednesday May 8, 2013 shows a rebel of the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, in Turkey close to the border with Iraq. (AP Photo/Firat News Agency)
PKK fighters begin withdrawal from Turkey
Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) fighters began a phased withdrawal from Turkish territory yesterday, in what may prove to be a historic development in Turkish–Kurdish relations. PKK fighters began to withdraw from southeastern Turkey on Wednesday...Caption:
Some thousands of supporters demonstrate waving various PKK flags and posters of jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, in southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir, Turkey, Thursday, March 21, 2013, as Ocalan called Thursday for an immediate cease-fire and for thousands of his fighters to withdraw from Turkish territory. (AP Photo)