The disarmament of the P.K.K., a group that has battled since the 1980s for Kurdish independence, could end a conflict that ...

Veteran Kurdish politician Ahmet Turk on Friday said the symbolic disarmament of a group of Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) ...

A group of 30 Kurdish fighters have ceremonially burned their weapons in northern Iraq, marking a major step toward ending a ...

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 ...

About 30 Kurdish PKK fighters have symbolically laid down arms in Iraqi Kurdistan, marking the start of a historic disarmament.

War crimes are likely being committed in Sudan, with rape and sexual violence being used as weapons, the International ...

Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed founder of the militant Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), is an icon to many Kurds but a "terrorist ...

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.

Due to sensitivities over the abandonment of the insurgency, the fighters will destroy rather than surrender their weapons.

As the president’s traditional support wanes, he is seeking a risky deal with the Kurds to buy a political lifeline. But is ...

Russia eyes new oil deals in southern Iraq to expand its influence beyond Kurdistan and replicate Iran-style long-term energy pacts.