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Veteran Kurdish politician Ahmet Turk on Friday said the symbolic disarmament of a group of Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) ...
The disarmament of the P.K.K., a group that has battled since the 1980s for Kurdish independence, could end a conflict that ...
The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) on Friday began its historic disarmament with a ceremony in Jasana Cave, a location deeply ...
A ceremony is scheduled today in Iraqi Kurdistan to mark the movement's farewell to arms. Its leader Öcalan recently praised ...
Iran and Turkey are opposed to Kurdish independence, fearing that their own restive Kurdish populations may be inspired by the Iraqi Kurds’ example. These two regional superpowers can ...
Iraqi Kurdish leaders plan to hold a controversial independence referendum on Monday. Kurds are expected to overwhelmingly vote in favor of separating from Iraq. The United States and other allies ...
Kurdistan will, at best, find itself in an unstable region and, at worst, will be surrounded by hostile powers resentful of its independence and disputing both its borders and claim to resources.
In the face of enormous opposition, on Monday Iraqi Kurdistan went ahead with a referendum on independence. Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States were among the major international powers ...
Voices Kurdistan has voted overwhelmingly for independence – so what happens next? The most pressing problem is funding. Much of Kurdistan’s domestic economy is dependent on Turkey, which has ...
Kurdish independence, or even autonomy, would allow it to open up to world markets (dependant on what Turkey has to say.) This, for a West overly reliant on Russian energy exports, ...
Despite controlling Iraqi Kurdistan's oil sector post-2017 independence vote, Russia prefers to work with Baghdad's central government.