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Kurdish PKK to lay down arms in big step towards ending Turkey conflict
The disarmament process will start under tight security in Iraqi Kurdistan and is expected to take all summer.
From bullets to ballots: Kurdish fighters lay down arms, 5 key things about Turkey-PKK peace deal
The move comes in response to a historic call by jailed PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan in February, urging them to end their ...
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Turkey says gas exposure that killed 12 soldiers in Iraq's north was first of its kind
Nineteen soldiers were hospitalized after being exposed to methane gas during a cave search in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish ...
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 ...
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Iraqi PM receives Turkey’s intelligence chief in Baghdad
The Iraqi prime minister received on Tuesday the director of Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization to discuss security ...
Kurdish PKK militants to begin handing over arms in Iraq on Friday, NTV says
Militant fighters of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) will begin handing over weapons in groups in the northern Iraqi city of Sulaymaniyah on Friday as part of a peace process with Turkey, Turkish ...
Syria 2025 Is Iraq All Over Again | Opinion
The Trump administration's May 2025 announcement in Riyadh, and subsequent executive order in June, lifting all sanctions on ...
Turkey says 5 soldiers killed by methane gas during cave search in northern Iraq
Turkey's Defense Ministry said five soldiers have been killed by methane gas in northern Iraq. They were searching a cave Sunday for the remains of a fellow soldier killed by Kurdish militants three ...
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Opinion | Turkey's Iraq Problem - The Washington Post
Turkey's Iraq Problem. ... Turkey is determined to prevent a repetition of the 1984-99 guerrilla war with the separatist PKK, in which it suffered more than 30,000 deaths.
Methane gas kills 12 Turkish soldiers in Iraq operation
Twelve Turkish soldiers have died after being exposed to methane gas while searching a cave in northern Iraq, the Turkish ...
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US urges calm as Turkey-Iraq tensions risk ISIS fight
US officials are urging calm between Turkey and Iraq to keep the flaring tensions between the two key American allies from jeopardizing the fight against ISIS. CNN values your feedback 1.
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Shorter route linking Turkey to Kuwait through Iraq now operational
A new roadway corridor connecting Turkey to Kuwait across Iraq is now operating, significantly lowering transit times.