Kurdish Militants Begin Disarmament Amid Fragile Peace Talks—But What Does This Mean for America’s Security?
For the first time in decades, Kurdish separatists lay down arms as part of a peace plan in northern Iraq — but with past failures casting a long shadow, will Washington heed the warning signs and protect American interests on this volatile front?
In a ceremony shrouded from most media eyes, around 30 fighters from the Kurdish separatist group known as the PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) symbolically laid down their weapons in northern Iraq on Friday. This momentous step is touted as part of a broader peace initiative aimed at ending a bloody insurgency that has destabilized Turkey and its neighbors for over four decades. Is This Just Another False Dawn? The PKK’s pledge to renounce armed conflict and disband represents an apparent breakthrough after years of brutal fighting that has cost tens of thousands of lives and spilled into neighboring countries. Yet...
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