Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)
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Mar- 2025 -7 MarchPolitics
Turkey Presses PKK to Disarm ‘Immediately’
Turkey insisted the PKK and all groups allied with it must disarm and disband "immediately," a week after a historic ceasefire.
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1 MarchMiddle East
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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Feb- 2025 -28 FebruaryMiddle East
In Major Shift, Ocalan Calls for PKK to Drop Weapons, Disband
An emotional crowd broke into applause, while others wept in the main city of Turkey's Kurdish-majority southeast Thursday as jailed PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan urged his militant group to dissolve and his fighters to lay down their weapons.
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5 FebruaryMiddle East
Erdogan Hails Syria Leader’s ‘Strong Commitment’ to Fight Terror
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hailed Syria's Ahmed al-Sharaa for his "commitment" to fighting terror, first official visit to Turkey.
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4 FebruaryMiddle East
Syria Leader Heads to Turkey to Discuss Rebuilding, Kurds
Syria's interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa visits Ankara for talks on rebuilding efforts and the Kurdish fighters issue.
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Jan- 2025 -25 JanuaryMiddle East
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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9 JanuaryMiddle East
37 Killed in North Syria Clashes Between Pro-Turkey, Kurdish Forces: Monitor
Battles between Turkish-backed groups, supported by air strikes, and Kurdish-led forces killed 37 people in Syria's northern Manbij region.
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8 JanuaryMiddle East
Turkey Threatens Military Operation Against Syrian Kurdish Fighters
Turkey threatened to launch a military operation against Kurdish forces in Syria unless they accept its conditions for "bloodless" transition.
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6 JanuaryMiddle East
Turkey Says Syrian Kurdish Fighters Will Be ‘Eliminated’
Turkey said it's "a matter of time" before Syrian Kurdish fighters - seen by the West as crucial against the Islamic State - to be wiped out.
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5 JanuaryWar
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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