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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 ...
Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq to hand over weapons in first step toward disarmament
IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — A Kurdish militant group that has waged a long-running insurgency in Turkey announced Thursday its ...
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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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Pro-Kurdish party in Turkey announces planned PKK disarmament in Iraq
Turkey’s pro-Kurdish DEM Party says the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) will take a first formal step toward disarmament on ...
In Rare Video, Jailed Kurdish Leader Declares an End to Armed Struggle
In the first footage of him to be released publicly in 25 years, Abdullah Ocalan said the P.K.K. insurgency against Turkey ...
Syria’s government and Kurds still at odds over merging forces after latest talks, US envoy says
A U.S. envoy says that Syria’s central government and the Kurds remain at odds over plans on merging forces after the latest ...
Jailed Kurdish militant leader urges PKK fighters to disarm before a symbolic peace ceremony
The jailed leader of a Kurdish militant group renewed Wednesday a call for his fighters to lay down their arms, days before a ...
Kurdish PKK militants to begin handing over arms in Iraq on Friday, NTV says
Militant fighters of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) will begin handing over weapons in groups in the northern Iraqi city of Sulaymaniyah on Friday as part of a peace process with Turkey, Turkish ...
Who is behind the mysterious drone attack targets Kurdish region in Iraq?
Over the past few weeks there have been a concerning pattern of attacks, though it is not clear who would have an agenda to ...