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The arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu brought rare unity among Turkey’s opposition — energy his party hopes will help it build an anti-Erdogan coalition.

Will the call for the PKK to disarm end in a new era of peace for the Kurds, or is this just another turn in a tortured history?

The U.S. will withdraw about 600 troops from Syria, leaving fewer than 1,000 to work with Kurdish allies to counter the ...