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 themselves.
Factbox-What Is the PKK, the Militant Group Urged by Its Leader to Disband and Make Peace With Turkey?
The jailed founder of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), Abdullah Ocalan, appealed on Thursday to his militant group to disarm and to dissolve itself. His call, if heeded by the PKK fighters, opens the door to ending a conflict that has ravaged southeastern Turkey for four decades and will also have significant implications for the wider region,
Kurdish PKK militia says it will heed jailed leader's peace call and declare ceasefire
The outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militia will heed its jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan's call for disarmament and declare an immediate ceasefire, a news agency close to the group cited it as saying on Saturday,
Why Kurdish PKK Leader’s Ceasefire Call Matters for Turkey
Tens of thousands of people have been killed in the four decades since Kurdish separatist group the PKK took up arms against the Turkish government.
Imprisoned Kurdish leader urges PKK militant group to disarm and make peace with Turkey
Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned Kurdish leader, has called on his militant group to lay down its arms and dissolve as part of a new bid to end a four-decade long conflict that has claimed tens of thousands of lives.
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Trump’s funding freeze strains Syria’s IS-linked camp al-Hol
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