First group of Kurdish PKK members burns weapons as a symbol of peace with Turkey
Supporters of The Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM) hold pictures of Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan, and shout slogans next to…
Erasing Assyrians: The Kurdish Nationalist Project
The Assyrians, an indigenous people with over 6,775 years of history and one of the world’s earliest Christian communities, are vanishing from their ancestral homeland.…
Kurdish group PKK says it is laying down arms and disbanding
Outlawed Kurdish group the PKK, which has waged a 40-year insurgency against Turkey, has announced it is laying down its arms and disbanding.The move followed…
Kurdish PKK to disband, potentially ending decades of conflict in Turkiye | News
DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Move follows February call by jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan for group to lay down its arms.The Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, has…
ISIL group kills five Kurdish fighters in attack in eastern Syria | ISIL/ISIS News
Syria’s Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces described the attack as ‘one of the deadliest’ against it in a while.The ISIL (ISIS) group has killed five Kurdish…
PKK declares ceasefire in 40-year conflict with Turkiye: Kurdish media | PKK News
Kurdish group calls on Ankara to release jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan, who been held near total isolation since 1999.The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) has declared…
Syria’s al-Sharaa, Turkey’s Erdogan talk Kurdish fighters, defence pacts | Turkey-Syria Border News
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Syria’s newly appointed President Ahmed al-Sharaa discussed deepened security ties – including a response to Kurdish fighters in northeast…
Turkiye threatens military action against Kurdish forces in Syria | News
Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan threatens military action against PKK-linked YPG group if they fail to meet Ankara’s demands.Turkiye has threatened to launch a military operation…
Erdogan urges end of foreign support for Kurdish fighters in Syria | News
Turkish president compares Kurdish YPG fighters to ISIL and says neither group has a future in Syria.Turkiye expects foreign countries to withdraw support for Kurdish…
Turkiye refutes US claims of ceasefire with Syrian Kurdish fighters | Syria’s War News
Ankara vows to continue operations in northern Syria as fears grow over an assault on the Kurdish-held border town of Kobane.Turkiye has hit back at…
Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region votes for new parliament | Elections News
More than 1,000 candidates, including 368 women, are vying to get elected to the 100-seat regional parliament.Voters in Iraq’s semi-autonomous northern Kurdish region are casting…