The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has announced an immediate ceasefire, marking a significant step towards ending its four-decade-long insurgency against the Turkish state. The announcement came on Saturday, following a call by the group’s jailed leader, Abdullah Ocalan, for disarmament. Ocalan’s appeal, which was triggered by an unexpected proposal in ...
The Israeli occupation army has acknowledged its “complete failure” to prevent the October 7 attack by Hamas, admitting that it had, for years, underestimated the Palestinian group’s capabilities. The summary of an Israeli army investigation, published on Thursday, said it “failed in its mission to protect Israeli civilians”. “October 7 ...