CIA director Bill Burns floated a deal for a 28-day Gaza ceasefire, the freeing of around eight hostages by Hamas and the release of dozens of Palestinian prisoners by Israel, Axios reported on Monday, citing three Israeli officials.
Burns discussed the idea during a meeting on Sunday with Israeli and Qatari counterparts, Axios said.
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CIA boss floats 28-day Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal, Axios reports
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CIA boss floats 28-day Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal, Axios reports
- CIA chief discussed the idea during a meeting on Sunday with Israeli and Qatari counterparts.
Jailed Kurdish militant boss says peace laws needed for democratic integration in Turkiye
- That landmark call fueled hopes for an end to a conflict that has killed more than 40,000 people, sowed deep divisions and stymied development in mainly Kurdish southeast Turkiye
ANKARA: Jailed militant leader Abdullah Ocalan said on Friday that peace-related laws were needed for a transition to democratic integration in Turkiye, in a statement read out a year after he called on his Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to end its decades-old insurgency and disband.
That landmark call fueled hopes for an end to a conflict that has killed more than 40,000 people, sowed deep divisions and stymied development in mainly Kurdish southeast Turkiye, but progress has been slow. Ocalan’s statement was read out at a press conference by the pro-Kurdish DEM Party.
That landmark call fueled hopes for an end to a conflict that has killed more than 40,000 people, sowed deep divisions and stymied development in mainly Kurdish southeast Turkiye, but progress has been slow. Ocalan’s statement was read out at a press conference by the pro-Kurdish DEM Party.
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