One Kurdish Peace Deal Could Ignite Another Middle Eastern Conflict
In October 2025, the PKK (Partiya Karkerên Kurdistanê, Kurdistan Workers' Party) announced it was withdrawing its fighters from Türkiye to northern Iraq as part of a peace effort with Ankara after four decades of hostilities. The statement said all PKK forces in Türkiye were being pulled back to northern Iraq "to avoid clashes or provocations." This followed the group's May 2025 decision to dissolve and a July ceremony where fighters burned their weapons.
In late 2025 the PKK also said it had pulled out of the Zap border…
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- james durso
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- Wednesday, 21 October 2026, 12:30 am IST
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