PKK militants declare ceasefire after Ocalan calls for disarmament

Outlawed Kurdish militants declared a ceasefire with Turkey on Saturday, responding to a landmark appeal from imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan who called for the group to disband and end its decades-long armed struggle. The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) executive committee announced the immediate cessation of hostilities in its first official reaction to Ocalan’s peace … Continue reading PKK militants declare ceasefire after Ocalan calls for disarmament