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

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

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For Iraq's Kurdistan area, Kurdish-Turkey deal provides hope for new era in region

The decision by the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to lay down its arms and apparently disband has reverberated across the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq.

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Turkish president expresses support for PKK disarmament

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US to accept Kurdish militant leaders in peace bid, Anadolu says

Kurdish PKK concludes handover, burning of weapons in northern Iraq

A group of fighters from the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) on Friday concluded a formal weapons handover ceremony in northern Iraq by burning their surrendered weapons, symbolically ending decades of conflict with the Turkish state.

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Erdoğan calls for “Turkish-Kurdish-Arab” alliance, as PKK holds disarmament ceremony in Iraq

Turkish President Erdogan has made it clear that the agreement between Ankara and the Kurdish Workers Party was motivated by reactionary aims related to the imperialist war in the Middle East.

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Jailed Kurdish militant leader urges PKK fighters to disarm before a symbolic peace ceremony

The imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party has renewed his call for fighters to disarm. Abdullah Ocalan emphasized in a video message on Wednesday the importance of abandoning armed conflict and embracing peace through politics.

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Kurdistan Workers’ Party begins disarmament in symbolic ceremony after four decades of conflict against Turkey

Fighters with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) line up to put their weapons into a pit during a ceremony in Sulaimaniyah, in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region | AFP The outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has begun laying down its arms,

PKK Disarmament Marks 'New Era' For Resolving Kurdish Question: Pro-Kurdish DEM Party

Turkey's pro-Kurdish DEM party on Friday hailed a "new era" following a historic disarmament ceremony at which PKK militants began destroying their weapons after ending decades of armed struggle.

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PKK no longer seeks independent Kurdistan, Ocalan says

The PKK's jailed leader says in video address that his movement no longer seeks a nation state ahead of ceremony to lay down arms