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Kurdish PKK concludes handover, burning of weapons in northern Iraq

A man displays a flag with the image of imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Oecalan at the Kurdish Newroz celebration in Frankfurt. Oecalan, the jailed founder of the banned Kurdistan Workers’ ...
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Kurdish PKK militants burn weapons in landmark step to end decades-long Turkey conflict

(CNN) — A ceremony in northern Iraq on Friday saw a handful of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants lay down their weapons, a small but hugely symbolic gesture that marks the beginning of an end ...
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Kurdish PKK fighters destroy weapons at disarmament ceremony

Thirty PKK fighters destroyed their weapons at a symbolic ceremony in Iraqi Kurdistan on Friday, two months after the Kurdish rebels ended their decades-long armed struggle against the Turkish ...
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Jailed Kurdish militant leader urges PKK fighters to disarm before a symbolic peace ceremony

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The jailed leader of a Kurdish militant group renewed Wednesday a call for his fighters to lay down their arms, days before a symbolic disarmament ceremony is expected to take ...