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    Trump Touts ‘Very Important Signing,’ but Details Are Few

    The document from a summit in Egypt left many questions unanswered.
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    Strong-Armed by Trump, Netanyahu Embraces Gaza Deal as a Personal Win

    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel took credit for an emerging agreement, but it was clear that President Trump was calling the shots.
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    Kurdish PKK Fighters Burn Weapons in Step Toward Peace With Turkey

    The disarmament of the P.K.K., a group that has battled since the 1980s for Kurdish independence, could end a conflict that has killed more than 40,000 people.
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    Jailed Kurdish Leader Declares the End to PKK’s Armed Struggle In Turkey

    In the first footage of him to be released publicly in 25 years, Abdullah Ocalan said the P.K.K. insurgency against Turkey would be replaced by politics.
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    Trump’s Warming Toward Syria Complicates Israel’s Military Strategy

    Since Mr. Trump’s embrace of the new Syrian leader, Israeli airstrikes on the country have subsided.
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    Marco Rubio Meets Syria’s Foreign Minister, in Another Sign of Warming Ties

    The meeting came days after President Trump announced he would end sanctions against Syria and met with the country’s president, a former jihadist.
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    Trump Meets Ahmed al-Shara After Vowing to Lift Sanctions on Syria

    “The sanctions were really crippling,” President Trump said, before he traveled to Qatar, where he was given a lavish welcome.
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    Trump Meets Syria’s President a Day After Promise to Lift U.S. Sanctions

    President Trump’s conversation with President Ahmed al-Shara, who once led a branch of Al Qaeda, was the first time in 25 years that the leaders of the United States and Syria had met.
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    Kurdish P.K.K. Says It Will End Conflict with Turkish State

    The Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or P.K.K., said on Monday that it would lay down its arms, a decision that could reverberate across neighboring countries.