{"id":122587,"date":"2025-02-28T14:06:17","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T14:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=122587"},"modified":"2025-02-28T14:06:22","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T14:06:22","slug":"un-envoy-backs-diplomacy-after-ocalans-disarmament-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/122587\/","title":{"rendered":"UN envoy backs diplomacy after \u00d6calan\u2019s disarmament call"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013<\/strong> The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria reiterated on Friday support for a peaceful resolution to longstanding regional conflicts following Abdullah \u00d6calan\u2019s call for the Kurdistan Workers\u2019 Party (PKK) to lay down arms and dissolve itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spokeswoman for the U.N. 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