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Turkish security forces enter the buffer zone to disperse pro-Syrian Kurdish protesters during a demonstration near the Nusaybin border gate in Mardin, on the Turkey-Syria border on January 20, 2026. (Bilal Seckin/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty)
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Turkey has banned all gatherings in a southeastern province for six days following an outpouring of anger over an offensive against Syrian Kurdish fighters

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
27 January, 2026
Abdullah Ocalan has called for the PKK to end its armed struggle against Turkey
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