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Kurdish rebels may free kidnapped Turks in 10 days: report


Saturday, 2 March, 2013 , 15:57 AFP — The outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) may release Turkish state officials it is holding within 10 days as part of a renewed push for peace with Turkey, the co-chair of the pro-Kurdish party said on Saturday.

Jailed PKK chief Ocalan 'to declare ceasefire on March 21'


Wednesday, 27 February, 2013 , 17:59 AFP — The jailed leader of Kurdish rebels is set to call for a long-sought ceasefire on March 21, the day of the Kurdish new year, as part of a renewed push for peace with Ankara, officials said on Wednesday.

Jailed PKK chief Ocalan 'to declare ceasefire on March 21'


Wednesday, 27 February, 2013 , 16:47 AFP — The jailed leader of Kurdish rebels is set to call for a long-sought ceasefire on March 21, the day of the Kurdish new year, as part of a renewed push for peace with Ankara, officials said on Wednesday.

Turks protest at peace talks with Kurd rebels


Sunday, 24 February, 2013 , 15:42 AFP — Hundreds of Turks staged a demonstration in Istanbul on Sunday in protest at the resumption of peace talks with Kurd rebels, saying they sullied the memory of soldiers killed in the near three-decade conflict.

Kurdish lawmakers visit jailed leader on Turkish island


Saturday, 23 February, 2013 , 15:04 AFP — Three Kurdish lawmakers on Saturday visited Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan at his island prison as part of new peace efforts, the Anatolia news agency reported.

Syria Kurd women set up battalion: NGO


Saturday, 23 February, 2013 , 13:25 AFP — Around 150 Kurdish women in the war-wracked northern Syrian province of Aleppo have set up a fighting battalion, a monitoring group said on Saturday.

Turkish jets strike Kurd rebels in Iraq: military source


Thursday, 21 February, 2013 , 14:40 AFP — Turkey sent jets across its border with Iraq to strike separatists from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), a local military source said Thursday.

Turkey allows Kurdish lawmakers to visit jailed leader


Thursday, 21 February, 2013 , 13:40 AFP — The Turkish government has given permission for a group of Kurdish lawmakers to visit jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan as part of renewed peace talks, their party said Thursday.

Syria Islamist-Kurd warring ends as dissident mediates


Wednesday, 20 February, 2013 , 13:41 AFP — Arab anti-regime rebels and Kurdish militias in northern Syria have ended three months of hostilities following a fragile agreement brokered by prominent dissident Michel Kilo, a Christian.

Islamists and Kurds end hostilities, to fight Syria regime


Tuesday, 19 February, 2013 , 19:16 AFP — Islamist rebels and Kurdish militias have ceased hostilities in the northern Syrian city of Ras al-Ain after sealing an accord that will see them fight together against the regime, activists said Tuesday.