Iraq, Turkey and PKK
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After the war with Israel, a wounded Iran opens new doors for Turkey from Iraq to the Caucasus, but advancing its agenda could rekindle their rivalry.
SULAYMANIYAH, Iraq - Dozens of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants began handing over weapons in a ceremony in a cave in northern Iraq on Friday, officials said, marking a symbolic but significant step toward ending a decades-long insurgency against Turkey.
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The Trump administration's May 2025 announcement in Riyadh, and subsequent executive order in June, lifting all sanctions on Syria and praising al-Sharaa as a "young, attractive guy. Tough guy. Strong past.
Nineteen soldiers were hospitalized after being exposed to methane gas during a cave search in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region.
The Iraqi prime minister received on Tuesday the director of Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization to discuss security issues.
Turkey’s Defense Ministry says seven more soldiers have died from methane gas poisoning in northern Iraq, raising the death toll to 12.