PKK, Iraq and Turkey
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Al-Monitor on MSNTurkey's Kurdish regions not yet ready to believe in peace processSoutheast Turkey, where the army has battled Kurdish militants for decades, is not yet convinced that lasting peace is at hand.In a slickly managed ceremony across the border in Iraq Friday, members of the Kurdish rebel group PKK destroyed their weapons as part of a peace process underway with the Turkish state.
A group of 30 Kurdish fighters have ceremonially burned their weapons in northern Iraq, marking a major step toward ending a decades-long insurgency. The members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party,
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday hailed start of a disarmament process by militant Kurdish separatists as the end of a "painful chapter" in Turkey's troubled history.
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Agence France-Presse on MSNIraq's Kurdistan enjoys all-day state electricityMore than 30 percent of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region now has 24-hour state electricity, authorities said Thursday, with plans to extend full coverage by the end of 2026.The northern region of Kurdistan has long promoted itself as a haven of relative stability in an otherwise volatile country.
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A U.S. envoy says that Syria’s central government and the Kurds remain at odds over plans on merging their forces after the latest round of talks
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraq’s National Security Advisor Qasim al-Araji continued his visit to Erbil on Thursday, meeting with Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani and Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) leader Masoud Barzani to discuss key security developments and
His visit focused on the terror-free Türkiye initiative and border security. Turkish intelligence oversees the disarmament of the terrorist group PKK, which is the backbone of the initiative launched by a government ally last year.