(Reuters) - An official with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) said on Thursday the militant group would agree to leave northeastern Syria if the U.S.-allied Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) maintains a significant joint leadership role there.
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) should lay down arms and make its “political wing” act like a “genuine Turkish party,
The PKK’s U.S.-backed Syrian offshoot, the YPG, is courting Iraqi Kurds in an apparent push to garner support at a time when the political upheaval
The leaders of two previously rival Kurdish groups have met in northern Iraq in an apparent step toward reconciliation at a time when the political upheaval in Syria has left Kurds in the region facing an uncertain future.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's key nationalist ally urged jailed PKK militant group leader Abdullah Ocalan to explicitly announce the group's disbandment after his next expected meeting with the country's pro-Kurdish political party.
A fresh drive to bring an end to Turkey’s 40-year Kurdish conflict has seen politicians from the pro-Kurdish party meet jailed leaders
The terrorist groups continue to pose a threat to Türkiye and Syria’s national security and territorial integrity, the Defense Ministry
The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) is considering leaving northeastern Syria on the condition that U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) maintain a leadership role there. This comes amidst tensions with Turkey,
Turkish security forces "neutralized" 29 PKK/YPG terrorists in northern Syria, near the Turkish border, Türkiye's National Defense Ministry said on Friday. The terrorists were attempting an attack, the ministry said on X. "Wherever they may be, our fight against terrorist groups will continue until the last is neutralized!" the ministry vowed.
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) must be dissolved “without any conditions,” Turkey’s Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahceli said on Tuesday, with the country’s main pro-Kurdish party set for an expected second meeting with the jailed PKK leader.
PKK terrorists targeted in northern Iraq, while 6 others in northern Syria, says Turkish National Defense Ministry - Anadolu Ajansı
Turkish nationalist leader Devlet Bahceli has urged Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed PKK leader, to declare the group's disbandment. This follows a rare meeting with pro-Kurdish DEM Party officials, hinting at Ocalan's willingness to broker peace.