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Kurdish fighters from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) congratulate each other after arriving in the Heror area, northeast of Dahuk, 260 miles (430 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, May 14, 2013. (AP Photo/ Ceerwan Aziz)

Second deployment of PKK fighters arrives in Iraq

by Sherzad Shekhani | May 17, 2013 | Middle East

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—The second deployment of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) fighters withdrawing from Turkish territory have arrived in Iraqi Kurdistan, Asharq Al-Awsat has learned. Bakhtiar Dogan, a spokesman for the People’s Defense Force (HPG)—the armed...

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PUK Deputy Secretary General Dr. Barham Saleh. (Asharq Al-Awsat file photo)

Barham Saleh downplays succession rumors

by Sherzad Shekhani | May 15, 2013 | Middle East

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—The post of president of Iraq has sparked a new crisis in country, with elements within the government calling for the need to name a replacement for President Jalal Talabani, currently recuperating in Germany from a stroke he suffered last...

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This photo taken on Tuesday May 7, 2013 and provided by Firat News Agency on Wednesday May 8, 2013 shows a rebel of the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, in Turkey close to the border with Iraq. (AP Photo/Firat News Agency)

PKK fighters begin withdrawal from Turkey

by Sherzad Shekhani | May 9, 2013 | Middle East

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) fighters began a phased withdrawal from Turkish territory yesterday, in what may prove to be a historic development in Turkish–Kurdish relations. PKK fighters began to withdraw from southeastern Turkey on Wednesday...

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Some thousands of supporters demonstrate waving various PKK flags and posters of jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, in southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir, Turkey, Thursday, March 21, 2013, as Ocalan called Thursday for an immediate cease-fire and for thousands of his fighters to withdraw from Turkish territory. (AP Photo)

Confusion Reigns over PKK Withdrawal from Turkey

by Sherzad Shekhani | Apr 25, 2013 | Middle East

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—The ceasefire agreement between Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan and Ankara is in doubt due to contradictory statements regarding the withdrawal of PKK fighters from Turkey. Diyar Qamishlu, a member of the PKK command’s...

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Some thousands of supporters demonstrate waving various PKK flags and images of jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, in southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir, Turkey, Thursday, March 21, 2013. (AP Photo)

Conflicting Reports of PKK Withdrawal from Turkey

by Sherzad Shekhani | Mar 27, 2013 | Middle East

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Turkish military yesterday denied reports that a first batch of PKK fighters had withdrawn from Turkish territory, thereby implementing part of the peace initiative that was launched last week by jailed party leader Abdullah Ocalan....