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Kurdish PKK burns guns in cauldron in big step towards ending Turkey conflict

The ceremony took place under tight security at a cave in Iraqi Kurdistan - the disarmament process is expected to last all summer.

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Kurdish PKK militants burn weapons in landmark step to end decades-long Turkey conflict

A ceremony in northern Iraq on Friday saw a handful of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants lay down their weapons, a small but hugely symbolic gesture that marks the beginning of an end to a conflict with the Turkish state that’s lasted nearly five decades and cost tens of thousands of lives.

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Kurdish Fighters Burn Weapons in Step Toward Peace With Turkey

The disarmament of the P.K.K., a group that has battled since the 1980s for Kurdish independence, could end a conflict that has killed more than 40,000 people.

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For Iraq's Kurdistan area, Kurdish-Turkey deal provides hope for new era in region

The decision by the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to lay down its arms and apparently disband has reverberated across the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq.

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What to know about the latest effort to end Turkey's 40-year Kurdish conflict

A group of 30 Kurdish fighters have ceremonially burned their weapons in northern Iraq, marking a major step toward ending a ...

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Turkey's attack on Kurds in Syria betrays those doing the fighting ...

Turkey fighting the Kurds in Syria is a betrayal of everything the U.S. once stood for in the Middle East, from rebuilding Iraq to destroying ISIS. The U.S. save Kurds like me in Iraq.

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Turkey And The Kurds - CBS News

Turkey has made noises in the past about preventing Kurds from controlling Kirkuk (because the region's oil wealth could help fund the separatist movement), and on Saturday Iraqi Kurdish ...

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