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Kurdish PKK militants burn weapons in Iraq to start disarmament

By Ako Rasheed SULAYMANIYAH, Iraq (Reuters) -Thirty Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants burned their weapons at the mouth of a cave in northern Iraq on Friday, marking a symbolic but significant step toward ending a decades-long insurgency against Turkey.

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Kurdish separatist fighters in Iraq begin laying down weapons as part of peace process with Turkey

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Kurdish PKK militants burn weapons in landmark step to end decades-long Turkey conflict

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Kurdish PKK militants burn weapons in Iraq to launch disarmament

Dozens of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants will hand over their weapons in a ceremony in northern Iraq on Friday, marking a symbolic but significant first step toward ending a decades-long ins...

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Kurdish PKK burns guns in cauldron in big step towards ending Turkey conflict

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Kurdish Fighters Burn Weapons in Step Toward Peace With Turkey

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Kurdish PKK fighters destroy weapons at disarmament ceremony

Analysts say the PKK's military weakness makes disarmament a face-saving move, while allowing Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to claim victory over a decades-long insurgency.

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Key dates in PKK Kurdish militant group's decades-long armed struggle against Turkey

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Kurdish PKK concludes handover, burning of weapons in northern Iraq

Kurdish militants begin disarming for peace process

Fighters with a Kurdish separatist militant group that has waged a decades-long insurgency in Turkey began laying down their weapons in a symbolic ceremony Friday in northern Iraq, the first concrete step toward a promised disarmament as part of a peace process.

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PKK fighters destroy weapons at key ceremony in Iraqi Kurdistan

Some 30 PKK fighters destroyed their weapons at a ceremony in Iraqi Kurdistan on Friday in a move to end long-term conflict in the region that has cost more than 40,000 lives. Tensions rose ahead

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Explosive drone downed near Kurdish Peshmerga forces in Iraq's Kirkuk province

Interior Ministry last Friday pointed the finger at Iranian-backed militias in Iraq as the culprits behind the recent drone attacks.

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Iraq's Kurdistan enjoys all-day state electricity

More than 30 percent of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region now has 24-hour state electricity, authorities said Thursday, with plans to extend full coverage by the end of 2026.The northern region of Kurdistan has long promoted itself as a haven of relative stability in an otherwise volatile country.

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Iraqi ministerial committee on Erbil-Baghdad budget issues holds first meeting

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraq’s newly formed ministerial committee tasked with resolving outstanding disputes between Erbil and Baghdad held its first meeting on Wednesday, focusing on key financial and energy issues,

In Rare Video, Jailed Kurdish Leader Declares an End to Armed Struggle

In the first footage of him to be released publicly in 25 years, Abdullah Ocalan said the P.K.K. insurgency against Turkey would be replaced by politics.