Middle East Eye19d
Turkey cautiously optimistic about Syria’s deal with the Kurds
Ankara has long viewed the SDF as an extension of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), whose imprisoned leader Abdullah Ocalan last month called for the group he founded to disarm and disband.
The Times of Israel21d
Ocalan’s Call is a Golden Opportunity for Turks
Abdullah Ocalan, founder leader of The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) made a historic call from İmralı prison where he is being held in near total isolation since 1999 to his party to lay down ...
AI Alarabiya21d
Erdogan ally warns PKK ‘affiliated groups’ must disarm as well
Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), had last month called on his group to disband and end more than four decades of armed struggle against Turkey.
The Hindu22d
Abdullah Öcalan: Rebel without arms
While growing up, Abdullah Öcalan’s hero was Mustafa Kemal Atatürk ... Intelligence Organization (MIT), with help from the CIA and Mossad, in Nairobi, Kenya, and was jailed on İmralı ...
The Jerusalem Post Blogs22d
PKK ceasefire declaration: What it means for Turkey, Syria and the Kurds
A demonstrator holds a picture of jailed Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan during a rally in Diyarbakir, Turkey, February 27, 2025 (photo credit: REUTERS/SERTAC KAYAR/FILE PHOTO) The ...
Chatham House24d
PKK leader Ocalan’s historic call to disarm could go to waste without external guarantors
Abdullah Ocalan, leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) – designated a terrorist organization by Turkey and its Western allies – has called on the group to lay down arms and dissolve. His ...
The Straits Times24d
Turkey continues operations on PKK in Iraq, Syria despite Ocalan call
ANKARA - Turkey's armed forces have killed 26 Kurdish militants in Iraq and Syria in the week since jailed militant leader Abdullah Ocalan's disarmament call, the defence ministry said on Thursday.
Wired24d
A Sensitive Complex Housing a CIA Facility Was on GSA's List of US Properties for Sale
Even a widely supported plan to relocate FBI headquarters to Springfield foundered due in part to the CIA presence. While the FBI would not have raised security concerns, its relocation to the ...
CNN24d
CIA fires some recently hired employees
The CIA has fired some probationary employees as part of the Trump administration’s broad efforts to shrink the federal government, according to a spokeswoman for the agency. The agency has been ...
Newsweek24d
US Support for a Turkey-PKK Peace Process Would Advance US Interests, Costing Close to Nothing and Saving Billions | Opinion
Last Thursday, Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), called his supporters to lay down their weapons. A historic opportunity has thus emerged to finally bring ...
Al-Monitor25d
End of an era? PKK leader Ocalan orders militants to end war with Turkey, 'dissolve'
A protester waves a flag bearing a portrait of Abdullah Ocalan, the leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party jailed in Turkey since 1999, during a demonstration calling for his release in the ...