A fresh drive to bring an end to Turkey's 40-year Kurdish conflict has seen politicians from the pro-Kurdish party meet jailed leaders

These include the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, the weakening of the Hezbollah militant movement ... explain their discussions. The Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, has waged an armed ...

Illegal cigarette smuggling has become a significant contributor to funding terrorism and organized crime, both in the Philippines and around the globe, authorities and

Authorities and security experts noted the link between illicit cigarette smuggling and the funding of terrorism and organized crime in the Philippines.

In an interview with Saudi Arabia’s Asharq Al Awsat’s News channel on Tuesday, SDF commander Mazloum Abdi said the alliance’s “basic demand” is for decentralized administration – a potential challenge to Syria’s new leadership, which wants to bring all of the country back under the government’s authority after ousting Bashar al-Assad last month.

The leaders of two previously rival Kurdish groups have met in northern Iraq in an apparent step toward reconciliation at a time when the political upheaval in Syria has left Kurds in the region facing an uncertain future.

But as a new government takes shape in Damascus, Syrians and foreign observers alike worry about how inclusive, representative, and Islamist it may be. The country’s de facto leader, Ahmed al-Shara, is a former al Qaeda militant,

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stressed on Saturday that his country will soon take “radical” steps to eliminate forces linked to the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), the military backbone of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).

Please try again later. ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) must be dissolved “without any conditions,” Turkey’s Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet ...

Kurdistan Region - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) should lay down arms and make its “political wing” act like a “genuine ...

Jan 16 (Reuters) - An official with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) said on Thursday the militant group would agree to leave northeastern Syria if the U.S.-allied Kurdish Syrian Democratic ...

Ankara views the Kurdish group as an extension of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), designated as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and the European Union. Turkish officials have ...