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Analysis: Call to disband PKK reshapes Turkiye, Syria power dynamics

Ocalan’s call comes as value of armed fight diminishes, and Kurdish political participation grew – will this continue?

Al Jazeera · Mar 12, 2025

PKK leader’s call to disarm fuels hope for end to Kurdish conflict – but peace is not imminent

Abdullah Öcalan, the imprisoned leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ party (PKK), has called on the group to disarm and dissolve itself. In a letter read out by his political allies in Istanbul, Turkey, on February 27, he wrote: “I take on the historical responsibility for this call … All…

The Conversation · Mar 4, 2025

Who are Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and the Syrian groups that took Aleppo?

HTS is the largest of the armed opposition groups that routed regime forces from Aleppo. Here’s an overview.

Al Jazeera · Dec 2, 2024

Turkey says Kurdish armed groups in Syria ‘legitimate targets’

Tukey’s presidential spokesman says Ankara will target the PKK, YPG and PYD forces to protect its borders.

Al Jazeera · Dec 3, 2022

Turkey Blames Kurdish militant PKK for Istanbul bomb attack

Turkey said Kurdish militant group PKK and its U.S.-backed affiliates in Syria were behind a Sunday bomb attack in Istanbul’s popular tourist district that left at least six people dead and 81 wounded, identifying the captured bomber suspect as a Syrian national.

Tribune News Service · Nov 14, 2022

Kurdish militants deny Turkish claims they carried out Istanbul attack

Armed wing of PKK party says it would not target civilians after bomb leaves six dead and 81 injured

The Guardian - UK · Nov 14, 2022

Factbox-What is the Syrian Kurdish YPG?

Turkey has said the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia were responsible for a blast on the historic Istiklal Avenue in Istanbul on Sunday that killed six people, an incident that recalled similar attacks in years past.

Reuters · Nov 14, 2022

Sweden's leader goes on charm offensive to win Turkish support for NATO membership bid

Sweden still has “many steps to take” to win Turkey's approval for its NATO membership bid, a top Turkish official said Tuesday as Sweden's new prime minister visited Ankara in hopes of eliminating the hurdle to his country joining the military alliance.

France 24 · Nov 8, 2022

Sweden's leader courts Turkey's support for NATO membership

A top Turkish official says Sweden has “many steps to take” before winning Turkey's approval for its NATO membership bid

The Independent UK · Nov 8, 2022

Salih Muslim: Divorce Is Inevitable Between the Syrian Regime, Türkiye

Salih Muslim, the co-chairman of the Democratic Union Party, the main party of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, has rejected the PYD having any links to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). Muslim, however, admitted that the PYD and PKK, which is blacklisted as a terrorist organization in…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 2, 2022