When talks collapsed a decade ago, most of the PKK’s fighters in Turkey left to join the ranks of the YPG, a militia fighting for Syrian Kurdish autonomy.

Since the toppling of President Bashar al-Assad last month by rebels - some of which have been backed by Turkey for years - Ankara has repeatedly said the Kurdish YPG militia must disband, lay ...

It is a major backer of the post-Assad Syrian authority, with which the YPG will need to negotiate to determine if Kurdish Northern Syria can maintain its autonomy.

Turkey regards the YPG, which spearheads the U.S.-allied Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), as a terrorist group linked to Kurdish PKK militants who for 40 years have waged an insurgency against the ...

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan urges the Kurdish YPG militia to honor its agreement to integrate with the Syrian government. Turkey, viewing the YPG as a terrorist organization, calls for an end ...

"The YPG/SDF must stop its policy of playing for time," Fidan told a joint press conference with his Syrian counterpart Asaad ...

After 40 years of insurgency, the PKK announces it will disband, stating the Kurdish armed group has fulfilled its historic mission against Turkey.

Kurdish militants who have been fighting in Turkey for 40 years have announced a cease-fire, two days after their imprisoned leader said that the group should put down their weapons.

The Kurdish insurgent group PKK in Turkey says it will lay down its arms and disband after a decades-long fight that killed tens of thousands.

HASAKA — The Kurdish YPG militia launched a major assault on Monday to seize the last government-controlled parts of the northeastern Syrian city of Hasaka after calling on pro-government ...

(CNN) — Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan has asked his followers in the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to lay down arms and dissolve the group, potentially ending a decades-long ...