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Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq to hand over weapons in first step toward disarmament
IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — A Kurdish militant group that has waged a long-running insurgency in Turkey announced Thursday its ...
Turkey says PKK disarmament could start within days, says AK Party spokesman
The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) could start handing over its weapons "within days", a spokesman for Turkey's ruling AK ...
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Pro-Kurdish MPs visit Ocalan as PKK to destroy arms
A delegation from the pro-Kurdish DEM party went to meet jailed PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan on Sunday as his Kurdish militants prepared to begin destroying their weapons, the party said.
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Kurdish PKK fighters to destroy weapons in 'goodwill' act: commanders
Fighters from the Kurdistan Workers' Party will soon destroy their weapons as a "goodwill gesture" to signal their commitment ...
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AKP lawmaker labels Kurdistan Region’s role in PKK disarmament ‘very important’
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A lawmaker from Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) on Wednesday called the ...
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UPDATE: Kurdish PKK announces plans to surrender fighters' weapons in northern Iraq
By bnm Baghdad bureau The Kurdistan Workers' Party announced on July 3 that its fighters in northern Iraq will begin ...
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Kurdish PKK fighters to start laying down arms 'in coming days'
A group of Kurdish fighters are set to lay down their weapons “in the coming few days” in the next stage of a long-awaited ...
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Turkish intel chief discusses PKK with Kurdish leaders in Erbil
Turkish intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin met with the Kurdistan Region’s top officials in Erbil on Tuesday to discuss the ...