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Syria govt forces take control of Aleppo's Kurdish neighbourhoods
AFP, Published on 11/01/2026
» ALEPPO (SYRIA) - Syria's government was in full control of Aleppo on Sunday after taking over the city's Kurdish neighbourhoods and evacuating fighters there to Kurdish autonomous areas following days of deadly clashes.
US urges fresh talks between Syria govt, Kurds after deadly clashes
AFP, Published on 11/01/2026
» ALEPPO (SYRIA) - The United States on Saturday urged the Syrian government and Kurdish authorities to return to negotiations after days of deadly clashes in the northern city of Aleppo.
'We chose it': PKK fighters cherish life in Iraq's mountains
AFP, Published on 02/12/2025
» QANDIL MOUNTAINS — A Kurdish militant picks his way along a switchback road in Iraq's mountains before pulling over to alert his comrades in a nearby hidden bunker that they are about to have company.
PKK withdrawal ends first peace process phase: Turkey's DEM
AFP, Published on 27/10/2025
» ANKARA - Turkey's pro-Kurdish DEM party on Monday hailed the withdrawal of PKK fighters from Turkish soil as a "critical" step that completed the first phase of Ankara's peace process with the Kurdish militants.
Kurdish PKK says withdrawing all forces from Turkey to north Iraq
AFP, Published on 26/10/2025
» QANDIL MOUTAINS (IRAQ) - The Kurdish militant PKK said Sunday it was withdrawing all its forces from Turkey to northern Iraq, urging Ankara to take legal steps to protect the peace process.
Kurdish PKK fighters to begin disarming at key ceremony
AFP, Published on 11/07/2025
» SULAIMANIYAH (IRAQ) - 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.
Ocalan: founder of the Kurdish militant PKK who authored its end
AFP, Published on 12/05/2025
» ISTANBUL - 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.
Turkish police detain Erdogan’s main rival
Published on 19/03/2025
» ISTANBUL - Turkish police raided the home of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on Wednesday, detaining him over a corruption probe in a move denounced by the main opposition CHP party as a “coup”.
Kurdish militants declare ceasefire with Turkey after 40 years
AFP, Published on 01/03/2025
» ISTANBUL - Outlawed Kurdish militants on Saturday declared a ceasefire with Turkey following a landmark call by their jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan asking the group to disband.
Jailed PKK leader expected to make 'historic' call for peace with Turkey
AFP, Published on 27/02/2025
» ISTANBUL - Jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan was expected to make a "historic declaration" on Thursday on ending the decades-long conflict between Kurdish groups and the Turkish state.