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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Qassim Abdul-Zahra

Iraq's foreign minister calls for disarmament of 'PKK elements' in the north

Iraq Turkey - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Iraq's Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein on Sunday called on Kurdish separatist fighters who have withdrawn to the country's north after waging a decades-long insurgency in Turkey to disarm.

Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, began laying down its arms in July in a symbolic ceremony in northern Iraq after withdrawing its fighters from Turkey to Iraq as part of a peace effort with Ankara.

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