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Kurdish PKK fighters to begin disarming at key ceremony


Friday, 11 July, 2025 , 03:26 AFP PKK fighters were to begin laying down their weapons at a ceremony in Iraqi Kurdistan Friday, two months after the Kurdish rebels ended their decades-long armed struggle against the Turkish state.

Five key dates in the Turkey-PKK conflict


Thursday, 10 July, 2025 , 15:18 AFP Fighters from the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) will start laying down their arms at a ceremony in northern Iraq on Friday, two months after the militant group ended its armed struggle against the Turkish state.

Ocalan: founder of the Kurdish militant PKK who authored its end


Thursday, 10 July, 2025 , 15:04 AFP Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed founder of the militant Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), is an icon to many Kurds but a "terrorist" to many within wider Turkish society.

Syria rejects federalism, calls on Kurds to join army ranks


Wednesday, 9 July, 2025 , 20:03 AFP Syria reiterated its rejection of federalism on Wednesday following a meeting with a Kurdish military official, calling on Kurdish forces to join the ranks of government forces.

PKK founder says disarmament to happen fast in Turkey peace process


Wednesday, 9 July, 2025 , 15:46 AFP The disarmament of the Kurdish militant group PKK will happen quickly but establishing a Turkish political framework to ensure the switch to democratic politics will be crucial to its success, its jailed founder said Wednesday.

Kurdish military chief meets with Syrian leader, US envoy


Wednesday, 9 July, 2025 , 10:47 AFP A Kurdish military commander met with Syria's leader in Damascus on Wednesday in the presence of a US envoy to discuss stalled efforts to integrate the country's autonomous Kurdish administration into the Syrian state.

Iraq's Kurdistan enjoys all-day state electricity


Wednesday, 9 July, 2025 , 08:41 AFP More than 30 percent of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region now has 24-hour state electricity, authorities said Thursday, with plans to extend full coverage by the end of 2026.

PKK founder says disarmament to happen fast in Turkey peace process


Wednesday, 9 July, 2025 , 08:12 AFP The Kurdish militant PKK group's disarmament process will happen quickly but establishing a Turkish political framework to ensure the switch to democratic politics will be crucial, its jailed founder said Wednesday.

PKK leader says political framework key for peace with Turkey


Wednesday, 9 July, 2025 , 07:14 AFP Both the disarmament of Kurdish PKK militants and the creation of a Turkish parliamentary committee to oversee the peace process will be "crucial", the group's jailed founder said Wednesday.

PKK disarmament to happen 'swiftly': Ocalan


Wednesday, 9 July, 2025 , 06:57 AFP The process of PKK militants disarming will happen quickly, the group's founder Abdullah Ocalan who is jailed in Turkey, said two days before a first ceremony to lay down weapons.