Some even suggest that the Turkish President will likely use Ocalan’s call as a way to persuade Kurdish voters to support a ...

It is essential for all armed elements involved in terror acts in Syria to be excluded from equation,' says Hakan Fidan ...

Peace was a central theme in this year’s celebrations in the Kurdish city, where Women's Day was marked for the first time in ...

Ocalan’s call comes as value of armed fight diminishes, and Kurdish political participation grew – will this continue?

The leader of a Turkish nationalist party has said he was arrested and detained on political grounds as part of an opposition ...

The outlawed Kurdish PKK said it was currently “impossible” for its leadership to safely meet to formally dissolve the group ...

Following the call by Abdullah Ocalan to disband the Kurdistan Workers' Party, PKK, and to lay down arms, Syrian affiliates and the PKK headquarters in Iraq remain ambivalent. Kurds in the Middle East ...

Turkey and Iran have recalled their ambassadors amid growing diplomatic friction, marking a new phase in regional power struggles since late 2024. This latest dispute follows Iranian criticism of ...

The US' troop deployment in northern Syria has come into renewed focus since President Donald Trump returned to power. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Lots of clouds, but some silver linings and even rays of sun are on the horizon as we take stock of developments across the region in our selection of Premium stories this week.

Barzani’s office said in a statement that they discussed “the peace process in Turkey” and that the Turkish delegation conveyed a message from Abdullah ... Ocalan. Ocalan, 75, founded the ...

The first shot has been fired in a transatlantic trade war that opens up yet another front between the European Union and the United States after their increasingly diverging views on Russia's war ...