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Kurds cautiously optimistic about PKK’s ceasefire with Turkey

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For more than 40 years, the Turkish government has fought the PKK in eastern Turkey, northern Iraq and Syria. Recent efforts to establish a ceasefire between the Turkish government and the PKK raise new hopes for stability in the Middle East.

This photo provided by the Israel Defense Forces shows a tank with an Israel flag on it entering the Gazan side of the Rafah border crossing on Tuesday, May 7, 2024.

As Israel moves into Rafah, are ceasefire talks over? 

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A girl carries a bowl filled with water, in the rebel held besieged town of Douma, eastern Damascus.

Water is scarce in Damascus, and so is faith in a new ceasefire

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A girl walks near a damaged house in northern Syria, Tuesday. The civil war in Syria is almost six years old.

Syria’s new ceasefire will not mean peace

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After a US-Russia brokered ceasefire, a boy carries a placard during a demonstration against forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and calling for aid to reach Aleppo near Castello road in Aleppo, Syria, Sept. 14.

Here’s what Syrians themselves are saying about the US-Russian ceasefire

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People look through a hole caused by a Saudi-led air strike

Is the latest Yemen ‘ceasefire’ for real? Or just another red herring?

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People in Yemen are exhausted by a year of war. But the prospect of an April 10 ceasefire is inspiring less optimism, and more cynicism. There have been many ceasefires since March 26, 2015, but few real pauses in the fighting, which has taken more than 3,000 civilian lives.

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