Syria/Iraq: What would an end of the PKK mean for the Kurds in the Middle East?
Following the call by Abdullah Ocalan to disband the Kurdistan Workers' Party, PKK, and to lay down arms, Syrian affiliates ...
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Is This the End of Turkey’s 40-Year Conflict With the Kurds?
Kurdistan Workers Party, in a major development, declares a ceasefire following a call from its imprisoned founder, Abdullah ...
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Iran warns Kurds not to wear traditional clothing for Newroz
Iran’s intelligence service has summoned dozens of people and instructed them not to wear traditional Kurdish clothing during ...
Turkey's Kurds say PKK militants heeding jailed leader's peace call is the right move
Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the world’s largest multimedia news provider, reaching billions ...
VOA Kurdish: Experts say Kurds should remain cautiously hopeful in Turkey's new peace process
Following the declaration of Kurdistan Workers Party leader Abdullah Ocalan on Feb. 27 for the party to lay down arms and ...
Al-Monitor4d
Iran spooked by Turkey’s overtures to Kurds, rising role in Syria, Iraq
Iran and Turkey’s regional rivalry deepens as Ankara moves to make peace with the Kurds and expands its influence in Syria ...
Middle East Eye7d
Syrian Kurds say Ocalan’s message 'has nothing to do with us'
Syrian Kurds call for end to Turkish attacks on their region, saying there will be no need for arms if they cease ...
Cease-fire halts decades-old conflict between Turkey, Kurds
The militia wing of the Kurdistan Workers Party announced a cease-fire with immediate effect Saturday to halt decades of ...
Middle East Eye2d
UK launches ad campaign to dissuade Iraqi Kurds from migrating
NGO warns ads will be ineffective at stemming flow of migrants as Kurds 'do not listen' to government initiatives ...
Iraq’s displaced Kurds hope to return home after Turkey’s Kurdish militants declare a ceasefire
The mountains of northern Iraq have for years been a sanctuary for Kurdish militants fighting a decades-long insurgency ...
Turkey's Kurds wary of path to peace after PKK declares ceasefire
A momentous ceasefire declaration has stirred a mix of emotions in southeast Turkey and northern Iraq, where people bore the ...
Deal With Kurds May Benefit Erdogan at Home and Abroad
The gambit could give the Turkish president a chance to extend his power, while also calming a conflict that threatens to undermine the new Syrian government.