Kurdish Separatist Group PKK Ends 40-Year War Against Turkey

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A Kurdish militant group announced a historic decision on Monday to disband and disarm as part of a new peace initiative with Turkey, after four decades of armed conflict.
The Independent
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The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK, according to the Kurdish acronym) announced its dissolution in a statement released in the morning by the Firat news agency (ANF), which has close ties to the armed group.
Le Monde
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The PKK's announcement to dissolve itself heeds a call by its founder Abdullah Ocalan, jailed on an island off Istanbul since 1999, who urged his fighters in February to disarm and disband.
The News International
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The decision by the Kurdistan Workers' Party promises to put an end to one of the most prolonged insurgencies in the Middle East and could have a significant impact in Turkey, Syria and Iraq
Haaretz

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