The Blogs | The Times of Israel11d
Why Öcalan’s Call Presents Historical Opportunities and Risks for Turkey’s Kurds
These meetings culminated in Öcalan’s February 27 statement, in which he urged his organization to lay down arms and abandon ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency3d
Their followers on the move, Lev Tahor sect leaders are convicted of child exploitation
(JTA) — Two leaders of Lev Tahor, a fundamentalist Jewish sect, were found guilty ... is spread out across several countries after Kurdish authorities in Iraq recently detained about 70 members ...
The New York Sun9d
Is This the End of Turkey’s 40-Year Conflict With the Kurds?
Kurdistan Workers Party, in a major development, declares a ceasefire following a call from its imprisoned founder, Abdullah ...
Rudaw1d
US sanctions Sweden-based Kurdish gang leader over Iran-linked attacks
The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on Rawa Majid, the Kurdish leader of Foxtrot Network, a transnational ...
CNN12d
Kurdish militia declares ceasefire following leader’s call to end five-decade insurgency with Turkey
For almost five decades, Turkey has been at war with the PKK, founded by Ocalan in 1978. Much of the fighting has focused on the group’s desire to establish an independent Kurdish state in the ...