Abdullah Ocalan’s appeal raised the prospect of an end to a conflict between Turkey and the PKK that since the 1980s has ...

After decades of fighting, the Kurdish group’s imprisoned leader is now calling for its fighters to put down their arms.

Kurdish militant leader Abdallah Ocalan has asked his followers in the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to lay down arms and ...

Abdullah Ocalan called on his Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to disarm and disband, a move with far-reaching political and ...

Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that a disarmament call from the jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdistan ...

Outlawed Kurdish militants on Saturday declared a ceasefire with Turkey following a landmark call by jailed PKK leader ...

Militants from the Kurdistan Workers' Party have declared a ceasefire, in what may represent a significant political ...

Turkey has close ties with the rebel movement Hayat Tahrir al Sham that seized control of Syria in December after ousting the longtime dictator, Bashar al-Assad. Turkish officials have made it ...

NATO member Turkey has long backed Syria's armed and political opposition to ousted leader Bashar al-Assad, who was toppled in late December in a lightning offensive spearheaded by Sharaa's forces.

While Ocalan's call raises hopes for ending decades of conflict with Turkey, questions remain about the future of Kurdish ...

After living hand to mouth in Turkey for a few years ... “Going home was always my plan, but I never imagined that Bashar al-Assad would be gone,” he answered. “So, my plan was to write ...

Syrians return to their homes after the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad's government (Image credits ... including Arab nations, Turkey, Britain, France, Germany, Canada and Japan agreed at the ...