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In Rare Video, Jailed Kurdish Leader Declares an End to Armed Struggle
In the first footage of him to be released publicly in 25 years, Abdullah Ocalan said the P.K.K. insurgency against Turkey ...
Jailed Kurdish militant leader urges PKK fighters to disarm before a symbolic peace ceremony
The imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party has renewed his call for fighters to disarm. Abdullah Ocalan emphasized ...
US envoy Barrack says Syrian and Kurdish leaders at odds how to merge forces
The US ambassador to Turkey and special envoy to Syria Tom Barrack told The Associated Press after meetings in Damascus ...
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Syrian president meets Kurdish forces, US envoy in Damascus
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa hosted Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) Commander Mazloum Abdi and US Special Envoy to Syria ...
Imprisoned Kurdish Leader Announces End to 40-Year Armed Struggle Against Turkey
Abdullah Öcalan, the jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, has announced an end to the group’s armed ...
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Pro-Kurdish party in Turkey announces planned PKK disarmament in Iraq
Turkey’s pro-Kurdish DEM Party says the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) will take a first formal step toward disarmament on ...
Kurdish fighters in Iraq to hand over weapons in first step toward disarmament
IRBIL, Iraq -- A Kurdish militant group that has waged a long-running insurgency in Turkey announced Thursday its fighters in ...
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Iraq’s displaced Kurds eye return after Kurdish group PKK declares ceasefire with Turkiye
PKK fighters to lay down arms in Iraqi Kurdistan after decades of conflict. Farming communities devastated by fighting hope ...
Turkey’s jailed Kurdish leader renews disarmament call in rare video
Video of Kurdistan Workers’ party leader Abdullah Ocalan marks his first public appearance in over two decades ...
Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq to hand over weapons in first step toward disarmament
IRBIL, Iraq — A Kurdish militant group that has waged a long-running insurgency in Turkey announced Thursday its fighters in ...
Kurdish PKK militants to begin handing over arms in Iraq on Friday, NTV says
Militant fighters of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) will begin handing over weapons in groups in the northern Iraqi city of Sulaymaniyah on Friday as part of a peace process with Turkey, Turkish ...