ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A senior Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) commander has said that the group will not surrender arms unless the group's jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan is physically freed ...

The PKK then announced a unilateral ceasefire on March 1 and declared its dissolution, and willingness to lay down its arms after its 12th Party Congress on May 5 to 7.

The Kurdistan Workers Party, the PKK, has announced the end to its more than forty-year fight against Turkey, a conflict that claimed more than 40,000 lives. But the declaration, called historic ...

A spokesman for the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) said its members should not be forced into exile as a result of any future peace deal with the Turkish government. Imprisoned PKK leader ...

The PKK, the Kurdish separatist group that has waged a decades-long secessionist movement inside Turkey, recently announced its decision to lay down its weapons and likely abandon its cause. However, ...

There are clear reasons for both the Turkish state and the PKK to come to the negotiating table now.

ISTANBUL - Turkey is embarking on a hazardous path to ensure the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group implements its decision to disband after 40 years of conflict, facing obstacles that ...

The Kurdish militant group has announced the end of its armed insurgency against Turkey. But the move will also have significant impacts in Iraq and Syria, among others states.

Since the PKK launched its insurgency in 1984 – originally with the aim of creating an independent Kurdish state – the conflict has killed more than 40,000 people, exerted a huge economic ...

The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group on Monday announced the historic decision to dissolve itself, ending 40 years of armed conflict with the Turkish state, the Firat news agency ...

Middle East News: The PKK Kurdish militant group has declared its intention to disband and disarm, marking a pivotal moment in a new peace initiative with Turkey that could bring an end to decades ...

After 40 years of insurgency, the PKK announces it will disband, stating the Kurdish armed group has fulfilled its historic mission against Turkey.