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Iraq votes amid shifting power balance
Iraq is heading to the polls amid deep divisions among its Shia political elite and shifting regional power dynamics.
![Kurdish security forces wait outside a polling station to vote during a special voting, two days before polls open to the public in a parliamentary election in Duhok, Iraq on Nov. 9, 2025. [Ari Jalal/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/image-1762800131.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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PKK’s jailed leader Ocalan says armed struggle against Turkiye over
President Erdogan says winners of peace process ‘will be the whole of Turkiye – Turks, Kurds and Arabs’.
![Supporters of Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed leader of the Kurdish PKK group, hold up a poster depicting his face, in Diyarbakir, Turkiye, on February 27, 2025 [Metin Yoksu/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/AP25184399456812-1752043510.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
US to reduce military presence in Syria, keeping only one base operational
US envoy says Syria strategy ‘will not be like the last 100 years’ as troops pull out.
![US military convoy travels across northeastern Syria during a joint exercise with the Syrian Democratic Forces on December 8, 2021 [File: Baderkhan Ahmad/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/AP21343483703410.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Kurdish leader Ocalan told the PKK to disband, it did: Here’s what to know
PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan is leading peace efforts to end a Kurdish armed rebellion against Turkiye after four decades.
ISIL group kills five Kurdish fighters in attack in eastern Syria
Syria’s Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces described the attack as ‘one of the deadliest’ against it in a while.
Analysis: Call to disband PKK reshapes Turkiye, Syria power dynamics
Ocalan’s call comes as value of armed fight diminishes, and Kurdish political participation grew – will this continue?
‘Someone’s listening’: Fear and longing in Syria’s al-Hol detention camp
Al-Hol’s children are forced to live in dire conditions and lack education and safety.
Turkiye’s Erdogan says PKK leader’s call to disband is historic opportunity
Turkish president’s comments come as his party urged PKK affiliates in Iraq and Syria to also dissolve and disarm.
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Will PKK leader Ocalan’s call for group to dissolve end Turkiye conflict?
Abdullah Ocalan urges the PKK to disarm and dissolve, signalling a possible end to decades of conflict with Turkiye.
Jailed PKK leader tells group to lay down arms, end conflict with Turkiye
In a historic move, Abdullah Ocalan has asked his party to ‘lay down arms’ and dissolve itself, according to statement.
Turkiye arrests 282 amid bid to reconcile with PKK
Turkiye’s arrests of people with alleged “terror” ties come despite a government effort to end Kurdish conflict.
