Kurdish militia declares ceasefire following leader’s call to end five-decade insurgency with Turkey
The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militia on Saturday declared an immediate ceasefire, two days after its jailed leader ...
A half-century insurgency in the Middle East may be ending. Here’s why
The jailed leader of the PKK called on its members to lay down arms and dissolve the group. If his followers heed that call, ...
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Is This the End of Turkey’s 40-Year Conflict With the Kurds?
Kurdistan Workers Party, in a major development, declares a ceasefire following a call from its imprisoned founder, Abdullah ...
Kurdish PKK Group Declares Ceasefire in War With Turkey
A separatist Kurdish group said it will implement a ceasefire from Saturday, in response to a call by its imprisoned leader ...
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Turkey's Kurds wary of path to peace after PKK declares ceasefire
“It is not like the previous experiments where the PKK stopped the war several times and demanded peace but (Turkish ...
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US Support for a Turkey-PKK Peace Process Would Advance US Interests, Costing Close to Nothing and Saving Billions | Opinion
If President Donald Trump truly wants peace in the Middle East, he should support the Turkey-PKK peace process.
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Turkey insists foreign fighters be expelled from Syria: source
Turkey's top diplomat travelled to Damascus on Thursday as Ankara said foreign fighters must be expelled from Syria, after an ...
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PKK declares ceasefire with Turkey, ending 40 years of armed struggle
The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) on Saturday declared a ceasefire with Turkey, bringing an end to more than 40 years of ...
Cease-fire halts decades-old conflict between Turkey, Kurds
The militia wing of the Kurdistan Workers Party announced a cease-fire with immediate effect Saturday to halt decades of ...
Turkey seeks dissolution of PKK-linked groups in Syria and Iraq, following leader’s peace plea
A senior Turkish official says groups affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, in Syria and Iraq should dissolve ...
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Kurdish militia declares ceasefire following leader’s call to end five-decade insurgency with Turkey
“All groups must lay their arms and the PKK must dissolve itself.” For almost five decades, Turkey has been at war with the PKK, founded by Ocalan in 1978. Much of the fighting has focused on ...
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PKK declares ceasefire with Turkey after 40 years of armed struggle
Analysts say establishing a truce with the PKK would be beneficial for Turkey and also for Syria, where strongman Bashar ...