The PKK’s decision follows talks between the Turkish government and the group’s leader, Abdullah Ocalan, who has been in ...

The PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party, a Stalinoid party long strong in the fight for Kurdish rights in Turkey and in Syria) has ...

Both announcements mark a big shift in Kurdish strategy. Kurds hope that relinquishing their arms will help them negotiate ...

I was opportunistically kidnapped by supporters of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). In light of the PKK declaring last ...

A former senior figure in the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) on Wednesday said Turkey’s renewed push for peace with the group hinges on developments in the Kurdish-held northeast Syria (Rojava), as ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Marking the occasion of the Muslim holiday Eid al-Adha, Turkey’s nationalist politicians visited a ...

Something remarkable happened last week, though it didn’t get the attention it deserved: A long and brutal war came to an end ...

Scenario 3: Military Escalation If Ankara concludes the PKK's dissolution is a smokescreen, it could greenlight a major ...

Disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration following the dissolution of the PKK will be a process with no recent comparison, leaving peacemakers to forge a new path.

Kurdish demands for regional autonomy have emerged as one of the main fault lines in the new Syria, opposed by interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa and Turkey.