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Kurdish PKK militants to hand over first weapons in ceremony in Iraq

SULAYMANIYAH, Iraq (Reuters) -Dozens of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants will hand over their weapons in a ceremony in northern Iraq on Friday, marking a symbolic but significant first step toward ending a decades-long insurgency with Turkey.

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Kurdish separatist fighters in Iraq begin laying down weapons as part of peace process with Turkey

Fighters with a Kurdish separatist militant group that has waged a decades-long insurgency in Turkey began laying down their weapons in a symbolic ceremony Friday in northern Iraq, the first concrete step toward a promised disarmament as part of a peace process.

LBCI Lebanon · 23m

Kurdish PKK fighters burn their weapons at Iraq ceremony: AFP

Thirty Kurdish PKK fighters destroyed their weapons at a ceremony in mountainous Iraqi Kurdistan on Friday, an AFP correspondent said. "Thirty PKK fighters, four of whom were commanders, burned their weapons,

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Explosive drone shot down near military base in N. Iraq

BAGHDAD, July 11 (Xinhua) -- The Directorate General of Counter Terrorism for Iraq's Kurdistan region said Friday that an explosive drone was shot down near the base of the Kurdish Peshmerga forces in ...

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Explosive drone downed near Kurdish Peshmerga forces in Iraq's Kirkuk province

Interior Ministry last Friday pointed the finger at Iranian-backed militias in Iraq as the culprits behind the recent drone attacks.

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Iraq's Kurdistan enjoys all-day state electricity

More than 30 percent of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region now has 24-hour state electricity, authorities said Thursday, with ...

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Turkey says gas exposure that killed 12 soldiers in Iraq's north was first of its kind

Nineteen soldiers were hospitalized after being exposed to methane gas during a cave search in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish ...

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Kurdish top leaders receive Iraq’s security advisor in Erbil

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraq’s National Security Advisor Qasim al-Araji continued his visit to Erbil on Thursday, meeting ...

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