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Kurdish PKK militants burn weapons in landmark step to end decades-long Turkey conflict
A ceremony in northern Iraq on Friday saw a handful of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants lay down their weapons, a small but hugely symbolic gesture that marks the beginning of an end to a ...
Kurdish PKK militants burn weapons in Iraq to start disarmament
By Ako Rasheed SULAYMANIYAH, Iraq (Reuters) -Thirty Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants burned their weapons at the mouth of a cave in northern Iraq on Friday, marking a symbolic but significant ...
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Kurdish Insurgent Group Says It Is Ending Conflict With Turkish State. The Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or P.K.K., said that it would lay down its arms and disband, a decision that could ...
Kurdish separatist fighters in Iraq begin laying down weapons as part of peace process with Turkey
The Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, announced in May that it would disband and renounce armed conflict, ending four decades of hostilities. The move came after PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan, who has ...
For Iraq's Kurdistan area, Kurdish-Turkey deal provides hope for new era in region
The decision by the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to lay down its arms and apparently disband has reverberated across the ...
Turkish president hails the start of disarmament by militant Kurdish separatists
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has hailed the disarmament of militant Kurdish separatists as the end of a “painful ...
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Kurdish farmers return to mountains in peace as PKK tensions calm
Deep in the mountains of Turkey's southeastern Hakkari province, bordering Iran and Iraq, Kurdish livestock owners and ...
Jailed Kurdish militant leader urges PKK fighters to disarm before a symbolic peace ceremony
ANKARA, Turkey — The jailed leader of a Kurdish militant group renewed Wednesday a call for his fighters to lay down their arms, days before a symbolic disarmament ceremony is expected to take place ...
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DEM Party rebukes call by Erdogan’s ally to dissolve
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) on Tuesday condemned a call ...
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Kurdistan Workers Party | PBS NewsHour
Kurdistan Workers Party. Full Episodes; Podcasts; Newsletters; Live; World Jan 13. Turkey strikes at Kurdish militants in Iraq and Syria after deadly military base attack. By Andrew Wilks ...
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Iraqi Kurds ask Kurdistan Workers Party to ‘withdraw’
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's Kurdish regional government called on the Kurdistan Worker's Party to "withdraw" from Iraq's Kurdish territory Saturday to prevent civilian deaths amid a campaign of ...
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Kurdish Insurgent Group Says It Is Ending Conflict With Turkish State. The Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or P.K.K., said that it would lay down its arms and disband, a decision that could ...