The World from PRX on MSN7h
‘The times are changing’: Kurds cautiously optimistic about PKK’s ceasefire with Turkey
For more than 40 years, the Turkish government has fought the PKK in eastern Turkey, northern Iraq and Syria. Recent efforts ...
The World from PRX11h
PKK ceasefire could stabilize the region
The ceasefire between the Kurdistan Workers Party, or the PKK, and Turkey doesn’t just affect that country. It could have widespread effects also on Iraq and Syria. Kurdish Leaders and Kurds in those ...
PKK ceasefire declaration: What it means for Turkey, Syria and the Kurds
If Ocalan's declaration does not by itself signal the conclusion of the PKK-Ankara war, what is it nevertheless likely to ...
PKK leader’s call to disarm fuels hope for end to Kurdish conflict – but peace is not imminent
The PKK leader’s calls for the group to disarm and dissolve is a step towards ending a 40-year conflict with the Turkish ...
FDD's Long War Journal9d
Analysis: How will the US-backed SDF be affected by PKK leader’s disarmament call?
Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan called for his group to disarm and end its conflict with Turkey. The ...
Al-Monitor2d
Turkey’s Erdogan says he's ready to meet with Kurds brokering peace with PKK
Erdogan's willingness to engage with Kurdish leaders signals a potential shift in Turkey's stalled peace process with the PKK ...
Kurdish PKK militants declare immediate ceasefire
Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the world’s largest multimedia news provider, reaching billions ...
PKK accepts Öcalan’s call to end armed struggle
The bitter experiences of the past century have proved that a progressive solution to the Kurdish question, which is ...
KPBS13d
Kurdish militant group PKK declares ceasefire after decades of conflict with Turkey
The announcement came just two days after the leader of the militant PKK group, Abdullah Ocalan, whom Turkey has held in ...
The Associated Press on MSN13d
Turkey's Kurds wary of path to peace after PKK declares ceasefire
On the streets of Diyarbakir, the largest city in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority southeast, some of those who had lost relatives ...
Kurdish PKK Group Declares Ceasefire in War With Turkey
A separatist Kurdish group said it will implement a ceasefire from Saturday, in response to a call by its imprisoned leader ...
PBS13d
Kurdish PKK insurgents declare ceasefire in 40-year conflict with Turkey
The announcement by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, comes against the backdrop of fundamental changes in the region, including the reconfiguration of power in neighboring Syria after ...