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The PKK has launched a terror campaign against Turkey for four decades, targeting both civilians and security forces. Here's how the terror group became a menacing force.
IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — A peace initiative to end a decades-long conflict with Kurdish militants has been effectively “frozen” by the Turkish government, a top militant commander said on Thursday. He and ...
Since then, Ankara and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) have dug in to watch the fallout of the war, each refusing to move next and stalling efforts to end ⁠the four-decade conflict, according ⁠to ...
QANDIL, Iraq (AP) — A militant Kurdish group announced on Sunday that it is withdrawing its fighters from Turkey to Iraq as part of a peace effort with the Turkish government. The statement delivered ...
For almost five decades, Turkey has been at war with the PKK, founded by Ocalan in 1978. Much of the fighting has focused on the group’s desire to establish an independent Kurdish state in the country ...
PKK members sit under a portrait of their jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan in a cave network in the Qandil mountains — Safin HAMID A senior Kurdistan Workers' Party commander told AFP the group will take ...
BAGHDAD — Iraq's Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein on Sunday called on Kurdish separatist fighters who have withdrawn to the country's north after waging a decades-long insurgency in Turkey to disarm.
Protesters demand the release of PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan during a march in the Kurdish-majority city of Diyarbakir — Ilyas AKENGIN Kurdish fighters who have laid down their arms should be ...
A militant Kurdish group announced on Sunday that it is withdrawing its fighters from Turkey to Iraq as part of a peace effort with Turkey. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ...