The conflict poses a challenge for the new interim president as he tries to unify Syria and extend his authority over the ...

Among the uncertainties facing Syria is the future of U.S. involvement in the country. Since 2014, Washington has backed a de ...

Kurdistan Workers Party, in a major development, declares a ceasefire following a call from its imprisoned founder, Abdullah ...

The jailed leader of the Kurdish militant PKK, Abdullah Ocalan, has called for the group to disarm and disband.

After the Kurdish PKK militant group’s founder Abdullah Ocalan urged it to disband, hopes of peace are rising – but the path to that goal will still be thorny, experts warn.

There has been a major development in an armed conflict that has raged for decades between Turkey and a Turkish Kurdish group. The group's founder has called for followers to disarm and dissolve.

In Diyarbakir, residents express optimism over the PKK’s ceasefire decision, following the call by jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan for disarmament. This development could potentially end a 40-year ...

Their hopes were raised after the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, on Saturday declared a ceasefire in the 40-year ...

Kurdish militants who have waged a 40-year insurgency in Turkey have declared a ceasefire, just two days after their ...

The militia wing of the Kurdistan Workers Party announced a cease-fire with immediate effect Saturday to halt decades of ...

A momentous ceasefire declaration has stirred a mix of emotions in southeast Turkey and northern Iraq, where people bore the ...

Militants from the Kurdistan Workers' Party have declared a ceasefire, in what may represent a significant political ...