It is part of a larger process in which the PKK is moving to lay down its arms.The PKK had said it would lay down its arms ...

Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), appeared in a rare online video on ...

The negotiations are seen as key to resolving a long-running political and budgetary dispute that has strained ties between ...

ANKARA, Turkey — The jailed leader of a Kurdish militant group renewed Wednesday a call for his fighters to lay down their ...

The number of Turkish soldiers who died in Iraq after being exposed to methane gas inside a cave has risen to 12, ...

Militant fighters of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) will begin handing over weapons in groups in the northern Iraqi city of Sulaymaniyah on Friday as part of a peace process with Turkey, Turkish ...

The toll of soldiers dead after being exposed to methane during a search operation in northern Iraq has increased to 12.

ANKARA — At least 12 Turkish soldiers died from methane gas poisoning in northern Iraq, the Turkish Defense Ministry said ...

Turkey's pro-Kurdish DEM party said a delegation had met President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday to discuss the disarmament process of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants and had conveyed its ...

The troops were searching a mountain cave when 19 of them were exposed to the gas, according to Turkey's Defense Ministry.

JAMES JEFFREY served as a Foreign Service Officer in seven U.S. administrations, including, during the first Trump ...

Turkey says 12 soldiers have died after exposure to methane gas during a cave search operation in northern Iraq. It did not explain the presence of the gas in the cave.