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Jailed Kurdish militant leader calls on PKK to dissolve, pro-Kurdish party says
- The leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party , Abdullah Ocalan, called for the PKK to dissolve at a press conference, potentially ending a conflict with Turkey that has claimed over 40,000 lives.
- Mazloum Abdi, commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces , welcomed Abdullah Ocalan's call but clarified it applies only to the PKK, stating, 'This is not related to us in Syria.'
- Abdi emphasized that while he supports Ocalan's call for peace, it will not affect the SDF's operations in Syria as the group is distinct from the PKK.
- The Turkish government views the People's Protection Units , part of the SDF, as equivalent to the PKK, complicating relations in the region.
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The Munich Higher Regional Court sentenced a functionary of the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) to two years in prison. On Friday, the 51-year-old was guilty of membership in a terrorist association abroad, as a spokesman of the court subsequently reported.The defendant was therefore working as a so-called space manager of the PKK in Munich from 2021 to 2023.In this function, he was supposed to have collected and administered donations for…
·Germany
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At best, imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan's decision to disband the terrorist organization means an end to a bloody, long-running war.
·Stockholm, Sweden
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Leaning Left52Leaning Right33Center42Last UpdatedBias Distribution41% Left
Bias Distribution
- 41% of the sources lean Left
41% Left
L 41%
C 33%
R 26%
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