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Greek and Turkish negotiators have been meeting to lay the groundwork for talks aimed at ending the Cyprus’ decades old ethnic divisions.

Cyprus has been spilt between a Greek Cypriot south and a breakaway Turkish north, since Turkey invaded in 1974.

But as the politicians discuss how to break down the barriers, people in the village of Peyla are being hailed as a rare example of peaceful co-existence, as Al Jazeera’s Tim Friend reports.

PKK Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq say their organisation has survived a recent assault by Turkish forces.

Turkey claims its offensive has severely damaged the PKK.

Al Jazeera has met with one former PKK fighter who, despite having doubts about the group, believes the organization is far from defeated.

We talk to Cyprus’s foreign minister on why Cyprus remains divided.

The deputy prime minister of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus talks to Riz Khan.

We talk to Cyprus’s foreign minister on why Cyprus remains divided.