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A Kurdish Cease-fire Could Shift Syria's Power Dynamics – and Challenge Israel's Presence

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Kurdish separatist leader Abdullah Ocalan calls on PKK to lay down its arms and disband.

Turkey and the Kurds are in the vital interest of both sides, the Kurds and Turkey , to end the protracted conflict.

Turkey has positioned itself as Syria 's patron state after the fall of Assad .

Reaping the fruits of diplomatic and military gains in Syria will require Turkey to help al-Shara establish a united country, with a national army replacing militias.

The cease-fire announced by the PKK and conciliation, if it proceeds, will affect the fighting between Turkey and Kurdish forces in Syria , Frida Ghitis says.

Ghitis: Turkey bases its right to control northern Syria and its war against Syrian Kurds is based on its claim that the Kurdish forces are an inseparable part of the PKK .

She says the Kurds depend militarily and financially on American support and the presence of 2,000 American troops and instructors in northern Syria , which could lead to a military confrontation with Turkey and Syria , without the backing of the Americans .

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