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PKK celebrates its 40th anniversary in Medya Defense Zones
! Dec /ANF News – The PKK has celebrated its 40th anniversary with a grandiose ceremony attended by PKK Executive Committee Member Duran Kalkan, PAJK Coordination Member Jiyan Lawa and hundreds of guerrillas.
https://anfenglish.com/kurdistan/pkk-celebrates-its-40th-anniversary-in-medya-defense-zones-23279
How Turkey, Iran, Russia and India are playing the New Silk Road
1 Dec /Asia Times
Vladimir Putin, Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Hassan Rouhani will hold a summit this Wednesday in Sochi to discuss Syria. Russia, Turkey and Iran are the three power players at the Astana negotiations – where multiple cease-fires, as hard to implement as they are, at least evolve, slowly but surely, towards the ultimate target – a political settlement.
http://www.atimes.com/article/turkey-iran-russia-india-playing-new-silk-roads/