In a historic move, the leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party has called for the group to disarm, paving the way for a new ...
BEIRUT/WASHINGTON - Israel is lobbying the United States to keep Syria weak and decentralised, including by letting Russia ...
Syrian Kurds call for end to Turkish attacks on their region, saying there will be no need for arms if they cease ...
The jailed leader of the PKK called on its members to lay down arms and dissolve the group. If his followers heed that call, ...
Iran welcomes Abdullah Ocalan’s call for the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to lay down arms, Tehran’s foreign ministry said ...
According to the statement, Tehran hopes that Ocalan’s decision will have a favorable impact on security in the ...
Iraq's top energy official says pipeline could re-open today, but operators in Kurdistan will not export oil until payment ...
The PKK's decades-long Kurdish insurgency in Turkey has killed tens of thousands of people. Now its long-time leader says it's time to end the fight.
After announcing a "historic declaration," on Thursday, Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned head of the militant Kurdish Workers' Party, called on the PKK to lay down its arms and dissolve itself.
While Ocalan's call raises hopes for ending decades of conflict with Turkey, questions remain about the future of Kurdish ...