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China to issue tourist visas in Kurdistan Region
China’s consul general to Erbil, Liu Jun, said on Monday that Beijing plans to start issuing tourist visas in the Kurdistan ...
Factbox-What is the PKK, the militant group urged by its leader to disband and make peace with Turkey?
The jailed founder of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), Abdullah Ocalan, appealed on Thursday to his militant group to disarm and to dissolve itself. His call, if heeded by the PKK fighters, opens ...
Syria/Iraq: What would an end of the PKK mean for the Kurds in the Middle East?
Following the call by Abdullah Ocalan to disband the Kurdistan Workers' Party, PKK, and to lay down arms, Syrian affiliates ...
Kurdish Fighters Called a Truce, but Turkey Kept Up Lethal Strikes
Turkey is still bombing armed Kurdish insurgents in Iraq and Syria, even after their leader urged them to lay down their arms ...
What to know about the latest effort to bring an end to Turkey's 40-year Kurdish conflict
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party has called on his organization to disarm and dissolve as part of a new effort to end 40 years of fighting between the state ...
What’s behind Erdoğan’s calculated shift on Kurds and its potential consequences
Erdoğan’s outreach to Kurdish forces may signal peace — or a bid to secure support for extending his presidency by fracturing ...
Ancient Kurdish tradition lives on in Nashville’s Newroz Market
Newroz Market sells made-to-order specialties — including shawarma — along with shelved delicacies shipped from across the globe. A bestseller is the store’s bread, made the same ...