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A momentous ceasefire declaration has stirred a mix of emotions in southeast Turkey and northern Iraq, where people bore the brunt of the 40-year conflict between Kurdish militants and the Turkish sta ...

Turkey's crackdown on President Tayyip Erdogan's main rival and silence on what reforms might follow the end of a 40-year ...

Iraq will be setting up new base zones on its borderline with Türkiye in order to boost security, the Iraqi Armed Forces has ...

Türkiye and Iraq have come a long way to agree upon the security risk posed by the PKK terrorist group to the two neighbors, ...

The PKK does not lack militants and underground infrastructure in Turkey itself, and in Qandil. Ankara is 950 km. from the Syrian border. Abdi called the claims “baseless,” saying that the SDF ...

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The PKK leadership – from its longstanding command centre in Iraq’s Qandil Mountains – responded to Ocalan’s call by declaring a unilateral ceasefire with final disbandment as well as ...

Turkiye's peace process with Kurdish militants faces uncertainty, with potential to boost stability or fuel conflict.

Meanwhile from their base in northern Iraq's Qandil mountain region, the PKK, who are designated a terrorist group by Turkey and its Western allies, also voiced distrust of Ankara. "Since Ocalan ...