Leaders of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) welcomed the symbolic disarmament of a group of Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) fighters in Sulaimani on Friday.

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

A ceremony in northern Iraq on Friday saw a handful of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants lay down their weapons, a ...

The PKK's original aim was to establish a Kurdish state in the southeast of Turkey, but over time its goals evolved into a ...

In a historic move, the Kurdish separatist group PKK has initiated disarmament, marking a vital phase in the peace process ...

Turkey must push through legal reforms to allow PKK militants to return home without fear of being jailed or killed, a top commander told AFP after the Kurdish militant group began disarming Friday.

Kurdish PKK militants want to return to Turkey and enter democratic political life, one of the group's joint leaders told AFP on Friday after the fighters began destroying their arms.

Kurdish fighters from the PKK ceremonially burn their weapons in a disarming process:: The PKK decided in May to disarm and ...

According to Turkish officials, this weapon-burning ceremony is part of the third phase of a five-step plan of comprehensive settlement ...

The PKK’s transition away from armed struggle is expected to culminate in the establishment of a new political party in ...

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK( announced in May it would disband and renounce armed conflict, ending four decades of hostilities.

In a historic move, thirty PKK militants disarmed and destroyed their weapons in northern Iraq, symbolizing an important step towards ending a long-standing insurgency against Turkey. The disarmament, ...