It fought for Kurdish autonomy for years, a fight that has been declared over now. This is all you need to know about why Ocalan and the PKK have given up their armed struggle. Ocalan was born to ...

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) announced on Monday that it will disband and disarm following its more than four-decade insurgency against the Turkish state that has resulted in the deaths of ...

The Kurdish group PKK announced on Monday that it will fully disarm and disband, ending its decades-long insurgency against the Turkish state, according to the Firat News Agency, an outlet linked ...

By Erika Solomon and Ben Hubbard A Kurdish militia group that has waged a bloody insurgency against the Turkish state for four decades said on Monday that it would lay down its arms and disband ...

Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan has asked his followers in the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to lay down arms and dissolve the group, potentially ending a decades-long conflict with ...

ANKARA, Turkey — The Kurdish militant group PKK announced Monday that it is disbanding and renouncing armed conflict as part of a new peace initiative with Turkey, ending four decades of ...

Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdish group, in February called for it to lay down arms and dissolve. Ocalan helped found the group in 1978 and was arrested just over two decades ...

A demonstrator holds a picture of jailed Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan at a rally in Diyarbakir, Turkey, in February Outlawed Kurdish group the PKK, which has waged a 40-year insurgency ...

Kurdish political parties came together in eastern Syria on Saturday in a historic meeting that represents a major shift for the region. This is because the Kurdish groups are also preparing for ...

The Kurdish-led force that runs northeast Syria has agreed to integrate into a new national army, but some of its supporters remain wary. The Kurdish-led force that runs northeast Syria has agreed ...

Six Kurdish groups released a joint statement urging people to stage a strike on Wednesday to prevent the executions of Pakhshan Azizi and Warisha Moradi. Click here for the full story in Kurdish ...

In Syria, many Kurds celebrated Nowruz in secret under Assad. With him gone, Kurdish people are throwing their biggest spring equinox party in decades. But some still fear for their safety.