Kurdish militant group PKK to disband
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The Kurdish militant group has announced the end of its armed insurgency against Turkey. But the move will also have significant impacts in Iraq and Syria, among others states.
While the dark shadow of a chain reaction of wars and conflicts continues to dominate humanity and geographies, the rise of peace and stability in the Turkish Century represents a tremendous historical shift,
The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group, which has been locked in bloody conflict with Turkey for more than four decades, has decided to disband and end its armed struggle, group members and Turkish leaders said on Monday.
A military coup in Turkey forces much of the PKK to flee to neighboring countries such as Syria and Lebanon, where the fighters train in the Bekaa Valley. Ocalan leaves a year earlier, in 1979. The PKK carries out its first armed attack against Turkish security posts, marking the start of its armed insurgency.
We reaffirm today our commitment to strengthening military and security coordination between Syria, Türkiye, and Jordan,' says Asaad al-Shaibani
Turkey is monitoring efforts to destabilize its peace initiative with the PKK, which announced its dissolution. This historic move follows a call from its leader to negotiate Kurdish rights rather than continue armed conflict.
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Agence France-Presse on MSNSyria congratulated Turkey on Monday after the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) announced it was disbanding, calling the development a "pivotal moment" for regional ...Syria congratulated Turkey on Monday after the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) announced it was disbanding, calling the development a "pivotal moment" for regional stability. "On behalf of the Syrian Arab Republic,