Kurdish Insurgent Group Declares Cease-Fire in Conflict With Turkey
The Kurdish guerrilla group that has been fighting a long-running insurgency against Turkey declared a cease-fire on Saturday...
Turkey-PKK Deal May Benefit Erdogan at Home and Abroad
By seeking a peace deal with Kurdish militants, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey is attempting something momentous th...
What’s Next for the Gaza Truce? Look at the Border With Egypt.
As the first phase of the cease-fire between Israel and Hamas winds down this weekend, the future of the truce remains murky....
West Bank Operation Tests Palestinian Leaders’ Ability to Root Out Militants
The Palestinian Authority was carrying out one of the most extensive security operations in its history, pursuing armed mil...
Who Is the P.K.K. Leader Abdullah Ocalan?
Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned leader of a Kurdish guerrilla movement that has been waging a bloody insurgency against the T...
As Ramadan Nears, Syrians Feel the Pinch of a Cash Shortage
Days before the start of Ramadan, lines of people snaked down the stairs outside a bank in Syria’s capital, Damascus, waiting...
Israel’s Military Lays Out Its Oct. 7 Hamas Attack Failures
The Israeli military on Thursday released the first findings from its internal investigations into the colossal military and ...
What to Know About the Turkey-P.K.K. Conflict
For more than four decades, Turkey has been fighting an armed insurgency by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or P.K.K., a milita...
Ocalan Says PKK Fighters Should Disarm
The imprisoned leader of a Kurdish guerrilla movement that has been waging a bloody insurgency against the Turkish state for ...
Anxiety in Gaza and Israel as Cease-Fire Nears End of First Phase
Shamekh al-Dibs has not begun rebuilding his home in northern Gaza, which was destroyed last year. He is living in a nearby s...