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Kurdish PKK militants burn weapons in Iraq to launch disarmament

SULAYMANIYAH, Iraq, July 11 (Reuters) - Thirty Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants burned their weapons at the mouth of a cave in northern Iraq on Friday, marking a symbolic but significant step toward ending a decades-long insurgency against Turkey.

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Turkish president hails the start of disarmament by militant Kurdish separatists

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has hailed the disarmament of militant Kurdish separatists as the end of a “painful chapter” in Turkey’s history.

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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 PKK fighters burn their weapons at disarmament ceremony in Iraq

Erdogan hails symbolic destruction of arms as step toward 'terror-free Turkey'; top PKK fighter says jailed leader Abdullah ...

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Turkish president expresses support for PKK disarmament

The Kurdish guerrilla group held a symbolic ceremony in which a portion of their weapons was set on fire, marking the start ...

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PKK begins disarmament process after 40 years of armed struggle in ...

PKK begins disarmament process after 40 years of armed struggle in Turkiye Fighters from PKK begin symbolic disarmament in Iraq’s northern Kurdish region, ending decades-long battle with ...

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Kurdish PKK fighters destroy weapons at disarmament ceremony

Thirty PKK fighters destroyed their weapons at a symbolic ceremony in Iraqi Kurdistan on Friday, two months after the Kurdish rebels ended their decades-long armed struggle against the Turkish ...

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PKK disarmament was ‘very emotional,’ says DEM Party MP

A member of Turkey’s pro-Kurdish party said the ceremonial disarmament of 30 Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) fighters in ...

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