Category Archives: Guerilla war

Colombia Farc rebels ask for ‘more time’ for peace deal

Editorial (source external link )

Colombia’s left-wing Farc rebels have rejected criticism that efforts to end almost fifty years of conflict are moving too slowly. Farc’s lead negotiator said peace talks should not be seen as a cycle race Farc lead negotiator Ivan Marquez said achieving lasting peace in Colombia would take “more time”. He spoke as the rebels and the Colombian government marked six months since peace talks began. … Continue reading →

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Eta ‘top commander’ gets life sentence in France

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A suspected military leader of the Basque separatist group Eta has been sentenced to life in jail for the 2007 murder of two policemen in France. Mikel Sarobe was also on a Spanish police most-wanted list A court in Paris ruled that Mikel Kabikoitz Karrera Sarobe must spend at least 22 years behind the bars for the shooting of the Spanish officers. Saioa Sanchez Iturregui, … Continue reading →

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Land for Peace in Colombia

Oliver Kaplan and Michael Albertus (source external link )

Even as Colombian troops face off against rebels from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in the jungle, negotiators from both sides have been making headway in peace talks in Havana. A FARC rebel monitors the delivery of released hostages from a cocoa plantation. (Jaime Saldarriaga / Courtesy Reuters) Article Summary and Author Biography The issues on the agenda include the FARC’s participation in … Continue reading →

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Rebel Keeps Kurds’ Guns Close at Hand in Peace Talks With Turkey

TIM ARANGO (source external link )

ZARGALI, Iraq — In a safe house made of cinder blocks and surrounded by grazing goats and sheep, nestled high in the remote mountains of northern Iraq, a Kurdish fighter who has waged a guerrilla war against Turkey for nearly three decades remains defiant in the face of peace. Adam Ferguson for The New York Times – Kurdish rebels are negotiating with Turkey, but so … Continue reading →

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U.S. Involvement in Syrian War Becoming More Apparent

Raven Clabough (source external link )

America’s involvement in covert warfare in Syria is becoming more well known as the Associated Press, among other mainstream media, has begun reporting about U.S. training and arming of Syrian rebel fighters, other than the leading Free Syrian Army rebel group. Photo of Syrian rebel fighter: AP Images Raven Clabough Officials who spoke on conditions of anonymity have indicated that the training of Syrian rebels … Continue reading →

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Turkey responds with caution to Kurdish rebels’ call for truce

Mucahit Ceylan And Suzan Fraser (source external link )

ANKARA, Turkey — In a major step toward ending one of the world’s longest, bloodiest insurgencies, the Kurds’ jailed rebel leader called Thursday for a “new era” of peace that includes an immediate cease-fire and the withdrawal of thousands of his fighters from Turkey. Some thousands of supporters demonstrate waving various PKK flags and images of jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, in southeastern Turkish … Continue reading →

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Öcalan Announcement Raises Hopes for Turkey Peace Process

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As a new peace process is under way between the Turkish state and the armed Kurdish insurgency, the jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), Abdullah Öcalan, sent a much-anticipated message to Turkey’s Kurds. Demonstrators hold Kurdish flags and portraits of jailed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan during a gathering to celebrate Nowroz in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir March 21, 2013. … Continue reading →

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Is Turkey Ready for a Kurdish Peace?

Gonul Tol (source external link )

Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which has waged a 28-year war against the Turkish state, is an unlikely candidate for peacemaker. Yet recently he has become Ankara’s key ally in its efforts to end the three-decade-old armed struggle. On December 28, Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MIT) had been holding talks with … Continue reading →

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Is There a Turkish Kurdistan?

Mustafa Akyol for Al-Monitor Turkey Pulse (source external link )

If you follow the Turkish media, and especially focus on news related to Turkey’s southeastern neighbors, you will notice an interesting nuance: The autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government(KRG) of Iraq is almost never referred to with its official name. Turkish-Kurdish women flash victory signs during a demonstration in support of Syrian Kurds, in the southeastern Turkish town of Nusaybin, near the Turkish-Syrian border, Jan. 26, 2013. … Continue reading →

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