The Syrian government and Kurdish-led forces on Monday ordered their fighters to cease fire following deadly clashes that ...

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Jailed Turkish Kurd leader Abdullah Ocalan on Tuesday implored the Turkish government to broker a "crucial" peace deal ...

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces in Syria appear to have no intention of honouring a commitment to integrate into the ...

ISTANBUL (AP) — Imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan called on his militant group Thursday to lay down its arms and dissolve as part of a new bid to end a four-decade long conflict with Turkey's ...

Turkey's top diplomat along with military and intelligence chiefs have visited Syria as a deadline for a deal between ...

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On July 11, 2025, following Abdullah Öcalan’s call to disarm and dissolve the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), 30 guerrillas symbolically burned their weapons in Jasana Cave, Slêmanî, a historic symbol ...

ANKARA, Turkey — A group of 30 Kurdish fighters clad in camouflage fatigues burned their weapons in a large cauldron in northern Iraq on Friday, in a symbolic gesture marking the first concrete step ...

For many years, the Kurdish tragedy was poignantly illustrated by the gifts and sweets stuffed through gaps in a barbed-wire fence, the babies held high and the news shared across the closed ...

Abdullah Ocalan says it is crucial for Turkey's government to broker a peace deal between the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces and the Damascus government.

Jailed Turkish Kurd leader Abdullah Ocalan said in a message published Tuesday that it was "crucial" for the Turkish ...