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Daily Sabah
April 22, 2018
At least 16 PKK terrorists, including a senior member sought by security forces, were killed in a counter-terrorism operation in eastern Turkey, security sources said Saturday. According to a statement released by the Ağrı Governorship, three of the killed terrorists were senior terrorists from the InteriorÃâà...
Anadolu Agency
April 20, 2018
“We are aware of ideological and organizational links between the PKK and PYD. The PKK and PYD/YPG share similar ideological goals and inspirations” [and …they] “are both influenced by” the ideas of the PKK's imprisoned leader Abdullah Ocalan, the FCO said. “We have concerns about governance inÃâà...
Daily Sabah
April 15, 2018
A senior PKK terrorist who was on Turkey's most wanted list was killed last month in an airstrike in northern Iraq, the Turkish Armed Forces said. According to the statement released on Sunday, Birdal Burhanlı, code-named Agiri Mazlum Pirdoğan, was the terrorist group's leader in northern Iraq's HakurkÃâà...
Daily Sabah
April 12, 2018
A high-rank PKK terrorist leader, listed with a red notice on Turkey's most wanted list, has been killed by Turkish forces, the Interior Ministry announced Thursday. According to the statement by Turkey's Ministry of Interior, Seyithan Sinet, code-named Wedat-Amed, was among six terrorists neutralized in anÃâà...
Middle East Eye
April 10, 2018
In Syria, the PYD has in recent years assassinated, imprisoned or banished leaders and activists affiliated with the Kurdish National Council. ... thousands of Kurds gathered in the main square of Diyarbakir to celebrate Nowruz and listen to a message from Abdullah Ocalan, the PKK's imprisoned leader.
Kurdistan24
April 4, 2018
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region (Kurdistan 24) – Turkish forces raided the house of imprisoned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan's brother, Mehmet Ocalan, in the Kurdish province of Sanliurfa late Tuesday and arrested nine people. Opposition Democratic Regions' Party (DBP) Sanliurfa Co-chair BekirÃâà...
TRT World
March 26, 2018
The Syrian wing of the outlawed PKK, the YPG, crushed Kurdish dissent, feeding the US air force with coordinates that not only targeted Daesh but .... Internally, PKK leadership suppressed Kurdish aspirations against the Syrian regime, with Ocalan advising Syrian Kurds to stay loyal to the Assad family.
Rudaw
March 26, 2018
DUHOK, Kurdistan Region — The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) reached an agreement with the Iraqi government and the Hashd al-Shaabi to withdraw their ... Murat Karayilan, a PKK leader, told radio close to the group (Denge Welat), that their withdrawal from Shingal began six months ago and the IraqiÃâà...
Kurdistan24
March 24, 2018
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region (Kurdistan 24) – A representative in Turkey of a leading party from the Kurdistan Region warned his leadership over ties with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) by highlighting a Turkish official's recent remarks accusing the party of supporting the armed group. Bahroz Galalayi, the representative ofÃâà...
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