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...
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...
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...
