"The announcement by the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, comes against the backdrop of fundamental changes in the region, including the reconfiguration of power in neighboring Syria after the toppling of President Bashar Assad, the weakening of the Hezbollah militant movement in Lebanon and the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza."

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Things a'shaken loose all over.... and Erdogan is also, for whatever reason, insisting to Europe that Turkish Troops be the first sent to Ukraine to provide a Peacekeeping Force.