Jailed Kurdistan Workers Party leader Abdullah Ocalan urged a ceasefire yesterday and Prime Minister Erdogan said government forces would not initiate new operations against PKK forces if they heed Ocalan’s call to withdraw from Turkey and observe a truce. Mohamed Mahmoud, a wanted Austrian-born jihadist linked to al Qaeda, was arrested in Hatay province near the Syrian border. Germany seeks to extradite him to face charges of threatening attacks and distributing terrorist propaganda.
