Kurdistan

PKK Declares Ceasefire With Turkey After 40 Years of Armed Struggle

Outlawed Kurdish militants on Saturday declared a ceasefire with Turkey following a landmark call by jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan asking the group to disband and end more than four decades of armed struggle.

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Iraq Ministry Says Two Border Guards Killed by PKK Fire

A shooting which officials blamed on the Kurdistan Workers' Party killed two Iraqi border guards on Friday near the Turkish boundary in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, Iraq's interior ministry said.

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Syria Monitor Says Fighting Between Pro-Turkey, Kurdish Forces Kills 101

More than 100 combatants were killed over the last two days in northern Syria in fighting between Turkish-backed groups and Syrian Kurdish forces.

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24 Killed as Pro-Ankara Factions Clash With Syria’s Kurdish-Led SDF

At least 24 fighters, mostly from Turkish-backed groups, were killed in clashes with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces.

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White House on Guard Against Islamic State Resurgence in Syria

The White House said that US priorities in Syria now are to ensure the country's conflict does not encourage a resurgence of the Islamic State militant group or lead to a "humanitarian catastrophe."

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Turkey Claims to Have Killed Kurdish Commander in Syria

The Turkish secret service has killed a leader of the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party in Syria, the state news agency said Monday.

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Monitor Says Pro-Turkey Fighters Seize Syria Town From Kurdish Forces

A Syria war monitor said pro-Turkey fighters seized a strategic northern town from Kurdish forces on Sunday.

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Syria Blast Kills Senior Commander in Kurdish Security Forces: Monitor

A war monitor said a senior commander from the security forces in northeast Syria's semi-autonomous Kurdish-led administration was killed in a blast near a prison in Hasakeh province.

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Turkey Stages Artillery Strikes on Kurd Fighters in Iraq

Turkey staged new artillery strikes against Kurdish separatist positions in northern Iraq, the defense ministry and Iraqi sources said.

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Turkish Strike Kills 4 PKK Members in Northern Iraq: Officials

A Turkish drone strike killed at least four members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in northern Iraq.

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