The United States had imposed layers of sanctions on Syria since deeming it a State Sponsor of Terrorism in 1979. The U.S.

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Driven by renewed dialogue between Kurdish lawmakers and jailed PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan, the act—led by senior female ...

As part of the democratic process to achieve a terror-free Türkiye, a parliamentary commission will work on following the PKK ...

Turkey is hoping the apparent end to a four decades-long conflict with a Kurdish separatist group will close a chapter of terrorist activity, with peace bringing with it a revitalisation of the ...

By Editorial Syria’s nascent transitional government has secured a crucial energy agreement with Azerbaijan, a move aimed at ...

The PKK disarmament ceremony also could mark a new era for the Kurds, one of the largest stateless groups in the world with over 30 million people living across Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria. The PKK ...

Turkish President Erdogan has made it clear that the agreement between Ankara and the Kurdish Workers Party was motivated by ...

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) began laying down its weapons in a symbolic ceremony in northern Iraq on Friday, marking ...

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday hailed the symbolic disarmament of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) fighters as a "new page" for Turkey, but fell short of any concrete reforms or amnesty ...

As most analysts and policymakers focus on the potential normalisation of relations between Israel and key Arab states (such as Saudi Arabia and even post-Assad Syria) another pair of candidates has ...

Kurdish militants burn their own guns In a symbolic ending to more than 40 years of rebellion against the Turkish government, ...