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Kurdish PKK fighters in Iraq burn their weapons

July 12, 2025

After a long insurgency against the Turkish state with more than 40,000 dead, the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) is laying down its arms. In Iraq's Kurdistan region, PKK fighters destroyed their weapons at a symbolic ceremony.

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Gasia Ohanes
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