PKK

Turkish lawmakers applaud after the bill is passed [Getty]
Turkey
MENA
Live Story

Turkey MPs back historic law on reintegrating Kurdish militants

A bill offering limited amnesty to Kurdish PKK fighters has passed through the Turkish parliament and has been hailed as a key step towards peace

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
10 August, 2026
PKK- jasana
Turkey
MENA
Live Story

Turkey's parliament opens debate on a pardon-like bill for PKK

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
10 August, 2026
PKK [Getty]
Turkey
MENA
Live Story

Turkey unveils draft law to re-integrate PKK militants

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
05 August, 2026
Syrian refugees walk to cross into Turkey at Akcakale border gate in Sanliurfa province
Turkey
MENA
Live Story

Turkey-Syria border gate to reopen after 12-year closure

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
12 May, 2026
Peace process stalls amid Turkey-PKK tensions
Turkey-PKK
MENA
Live Story

Turkey-PKK peace process stalls amid disarmament dispute

Zaid Salim
07 May, 2026
GettyImages-2243063772-2.jpg
PKK
Analysis
Live Story

What is the future of the PKK?

Natacha Danon
07 May, 2026
PKK [Getty]
Turkey
MENA
Live Story

Turkish lawmakers back plan advancing PKK peace process

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
18 February, 2026
GettyImages-859726308.jpg
Turkey
Analysis
Live Story

No exit in sight: Why Turkey is keeping troops in Syria and Iraq

Paul Iddon
16 February, 2026
GettyImages-2256686851.jpg
Syrian Kurds
Analysis
Live Story

A Kurdish reset? Why Damascus is engaging the KNC in Syria

Shelly Kittleson
10 February, 2026
Iraqi Kurdistan closes opposition TV channel
Kurdistan
MENA
Live Story

Iraqi Kurdistan closes opposition TV channel

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
04 February, 2026
GettyImages-633757308.jpg
Post-Assad Syria
Analysis
Live Story

What SDF integration means for the future of Syria's army

Francesco Salesio Schiavi 
04 February, 2026
GettyImages-862299422.jpg
Post-Assad Syria
Analysis
Live Story

Could Syria's stalled SDF-Damascus deal trigger a new conflict?

Shelly Kittleson
16 December, 2025
Amed Malazgirt, a senior commander of the PKK, sits under a portrait of jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan, as he speaks during an interview with AFP in a cave network located in the Qandil Mountains on 29 November 2025.
PKK
MENA
Live Story

PKK urges Turkey to free Ocalan to advance peace process

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
30 November, 2025
Kurds protest of Abdullah Ocalan (Getty)
PKK
MENA
Live Story

Turkish MPs meet with jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
25 November, 2025
Abdullah Ocalan has called for the PKK to end its armed struggle against Turkey
Turkey
MENA
Live Story

Turkish MPs to visit jailed PKK leader to further disarmament process

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
21 November, 2025
GettyImages-516833358.jpg
PKK
Analysis
Live Story

What the PKK's exit from Turkey means for the Middle East

Natacha Danon
13 November, 2025
Newroz Celebrated In Turkey
Turkey
MENA
Live Story

Turkey preparing law to let PKK fighters return under peace plan

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
07 November, 2025
Abdullah Ocalan [Getty]
PKK
MENA
Live Story

PKK leader Ocalan urges progress in Turkish peace process

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
04 November, 2025
A protester is seen showing off his t-shirt with the photo of Selahattin Demirtas, the co-chair of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), who has been imprisoned in Turkey for nine years.
Turkey
MENA
Live Story

Erdogan ally floats releasing jailed pro-Kurdish leader Demirtas

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
04 November, 2025
pkk
Iraq
MENA
Live Story

Did Baghdad and Erbil approve the PKK's withdrawal to Iraq?

Dana Taib Menmy
28 October, 2025
portrait of jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) Abdullah Ocalan during a ceremony in the Qandil area of northern Iraq, where the militant group announced its complete withdrawal of forces from Turkey, on October 26, 2025.
PKK
MENA
Live Story

PKK withdrawal ended first phase of peace process: Turkey's DEM

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
27 October, 2025