Following the call by Abdullah Ocalan to disband the Kurdistan Workers' Party, PKK, and to lay down arms, Syrian affiliates and the PKK headquarters in Iraq remain ambivalent. What are their options?
Iraq’s Development Road aims to reduce dependence on oil by turning the country into a key trade corridor between Asia and Europe.
The mountains of northern Iraq have for years been a sanctuary for Kurdish militants fighting a decades-long insurgency against the government in neighboring Turkey.
Turkey on Thursday insisted the PKK and all groups allied with it must disarm and disband “immediately”, a week after a historic call by the Kurdish militant group’s […]
Kurdistan Workers Party, in a major development, declares a ceasefire following a call from its imprisoned founder, Abdullah Ocalan.
Iraq’s National Security Adviser on Wednesday urged Turkish forces and PKK fighters to withdraw from the country’s north if a peace plan between Ankara and the outlawed group is successfully […]
Iran and Turkey’s regional rivalry deepens as Ankara moves to make peace with the Kurds and expands its influence in Syria and Iraq at Tehran’s expense.
A senior Turkish official says groups affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, in Syria and Iraq should dissolve themselves.
Iraq’s top energy official says pipeline could re-open today, but operators in Iraqi Kurdistan will not export oil until payment issues resolved