Syria's new Islamist ruler signs 'historic' peace deal with Kurds - days after HTS gunmen slaughtered hundreds in clashes with Assad loyalists
Celebrations exploded in cities across Rojava today after Ahmed al-Sharaa signed the deal in Damascus alongside Mazloum Abdi, ...
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Ocalan’s Call is a Golden Opportunity for Turks
Some even suggest that the Turkish President will likely use Ocalan’s call as a way to persuade Kurdish voters to support a ...
1,000 dead in Syria in ‘revenge killing’: What led to one of ‘deadliest acts’
The death toll from recent clashes in Syria has surpassed 1,000, with significant casualties among civilians, security forces ...
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Analysis: How will the US-backed SDF be affected by PKK leader’s disarmament call?
Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan called for his group to disarm and end its conflict with Turkey. The ...
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Kurdish militia declares ceasefire following leader’s call to end five-decade insurgency with Turkey
The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militia on Saturday declared an immediate ceasefire, two days after its jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan called on fighters to lay down their arms and dissolve the ...
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Kurdish militia declares ceasefire following leader’s call to end five-decade insurgency with Turkey
For almost five decades, Turkey has been at war with the PKK, founded by Ocalan in 1978. Much of the fighting has focused on the group’s desire to establish an independent Kurdish state in the ...
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Kurdish PKK militants declare immediate ceasefire
(Reuters) -The outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group declared an immediate ceasefire on Saturday, a news agency close to it said, heeding jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan's ...
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Kurdish militants declare ceasefire in 40-year insurgency in Turkey
Kurdish militants who have waged a 40-year insurgency in Turkey have declared a ceasefire two days after their imprisoned leader called for the group to disarm. The announcement by the Kurdistan ...
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PKK founder calls on followers to disarm in conflict with Turkey
There has been a major development in an armed conflict that has raged for decades between Turkey and a Turkish Kurdish group. The group's founder has called for followers to disarm and dissolve.
5 worshippers killed, dozens wounded in bombing at Jamia Haqqania seminary in northwestern Pakistan
PESHAWAR. Pakistan (AP) — 5 worshippers killed, dozens wounded in bombing at Jamia Haqqania seminary in northwestern Pakistan. North Korea is refusing to repatriate the bodies of troops killed ...
Hindustan Times15d
What to know about the latest effort to bring an end to Turkey's 40-year Kurdish conflict
ANKARA, Turkey — The imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party has called on his organization to disarm and dissolve as part of a new effort to end 40 years of fighting between the state ...
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North-east Syria at crossroads following Assad’s fall and call to disarm PKK
The snaking tunnels beneath Kobani hold no mysteries for Commander Zanarin Kobani of the YPJ, the women’s unit of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which runs a semi-autonomous region in ...