STORY: Fighters from the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, burned their weapons on Friday.The event signified the beginning of a disarmament process meant to end a bloody, four-decade insurgency ...

SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq — Thirty PKK fighters destroyed their weapons at a symbolic ceremony in Iraqi Kurdistan Friday, two months after the Kurdish rebels ended their decades-long armed struggle against ...

Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), has appeared on a video urging his group to move toward peace. It is part of a larger process in which the PKK is moving ...

ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkey's parliament launched a commission on Tuesday to oversee the disarmament of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militant group following its jailed leader Abdullah ...

The disarmament ceremony marks a turning point in the transition of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) from armed insurgency to democratic politics, as part of a broader effort to draw a line under ...

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

The PKK decision is set to have far-reaching political and security consequences for the region, including in neighboring Iraq as well as in Syria.

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.

Founded by Ocalan in 1978, the PKK has waged a war against the Turkish state for decades. The group initially fought for an independent state in the Turkey’s predominantly Kurdish southeast.

The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militia on Saturday declared an immediate ceasefire, two days after its jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan called on fighters to lay down their arms and dissolve the ...

The PKK disarmament, despite the risks, is one of the few bright spots in today's Middle East. From Tehran to Tel Aviv, the region is encountering greater instability than ever before.

Thirty PKK fighters destroyed their weapons at a symbolic ceremony in Iraqi Kurdistan on Friday, two months after the Kurdish rebels ended their decades-long armed struggle against the Turkish ...