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Turkey Moves to Advance Peace Process With P.K.K.

10 août 2026 à 19:12
The government adopted a law that might prove a significant step toward ending an outlawed group’s decades-long battle with the Turkish state.

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Fighters with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party at a disarmament ceremony in the Qandil Mountains in Iraq last year.

Whirling Like Dervishes in Turkey, but Open to Everyone

8 août 2026 à 00:01
Hundreds of people attended a seven-day retreat in the Turkish countryside seeking transcendence through sema, the spiritual practice of whirling.

Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan Sign Joint Defense Pact

7 août 2026 à 12:29
The agreement treats an attack on any of the countries as an attack on all, but in a region of volatile rivalries, it was unclear how it would work in practice.

© Murat Cetinmuhurdar/Turkish Presidential Press Office, via Reuters

A photo released by the Turkish presidential office shows the country’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, being welcomed by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Friday.

Migrant Crisis Reveals Vast Differences Between Ceuta and Its Moroccan Neighbor

Ceuta, Spain, and Fnideq, Morocco, are physically separated by only a mile, but they are intertwined by family and trade. A recent border crisis is the latest chapter in their story.

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A border fence divides Morocco from the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, seen from Fnideq.

Ceuta Migration Crisis Exposes Despair Among Morocco’s Young People

3 août 2026 à 03:28
Moroccan migrants described their despair at their economic future, explaining what propelled them across the border with Spain.

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Migrants returning back to Morocco. Last week, between 50,000 and 60,000 people entered Ceuta, a small Spanish exclave in North Africa that shares a border with Morocco.
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