Can Turkey-PKK talks survive?
Turkey's ongoing talks with the PKK are blocked by the refusal of the group’s Syrian arm, the Syrian Democratic Forces, to bow to pressure from Damascus and the United States to hand over the oil-rich province of Deir ez-Zor.
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It was a big week for Syria and by extension for Turkey, where ongoing negotiations between Ankara and Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan are tied to progress in those between the Syrian Kurds and Damascus. Spoiler: It’s a mess.
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