Kurdish militia declares ceasefire following leader’s call to end five-decade insurgency with Turkey
The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militia on Saturday declared an immediate ceasefire, two days after its jailed leader ...
Kurdish Fighters Called a Truce, but Turkey Kept Up Lethal Strikes
Turkey is still bombing armed Kurdish insurgents in Iraq and Syria, even after their leader urged them to lay down their arms ...
Syrian Kurds celebrate deal with Damascus as coastal residents remain wary after violence
In northeast Syria, revelers took to the streets after the announcement of a breakthrough deal between the central government ...
VOA Kurdish: In Kobani, people protest Alevi massacres, Turkish bombings
In Kobani, Syria, people protested the massacres of Alevi on the Syrian coast, coinciding with Turkish bombings of the ...
Kurdish PKK militants declare a ceasefire in 40-year insurgency in Turkey
The announcement by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, comes against the backdrop of fundamental changes in the region, ...
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Kurdish Women Journalists Who Work Under Constant Threat Have Lessons to Share
This January, a Turkish court sentenced Sofya Alağaş, a Kurdish journalist and elected co-mayor of Siirt municipality, to six ...
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Turkey’s Kurds wary of path to peace after PKK declares ceasefire
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey — A momentous ceasefire declaration on Saturday stirred a mix of emotions in southeast Turkey and northern ...
VOA Kurdish: 34 Years after Kurdistan's uprising, people divided on its outcome
On the 34th anniversary of the Kurdistan Regional Government's uprising against the Ba'ath regime. Opinions in the Kurdistan ...