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In northern Iraq, 30 fighters of the Kurdistan Workers\u2019 Party (PKK) symbolically burned their weapons to mark the end of their decades-long armed struggle against Turkey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Footage from the event shows male and female fighters standing in line, placing their weapons into a large cauldron-like container, which was then set on fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a foreign news agency, the PKK \u2014 which has been engaged in an armed struggle against the Turkish state since 1984 and is banned \u2014 announced in May this year that it would dissolve the group, lay down arms, and end the separatist movement, following an appeal from their imprisoned leader, Abdullah \u00d6calan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The ceremony took place near the entrance of a cave named Jasana, about 60 kilometers northwest of Sulaymaniyah, in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During the ceremony, the fighters, dressed in military uniforms, stood alongside their four senior commanders, including prominent female leader Bes\u00ea Hozat. She read a statement in Turkish announcing the group\u2019s decision to disarm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She declared, \u201cIn your presence, we are voluntarily destroying our weapons as a gesture of goodwill and commitment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Present at the event were Turkish and Iraqi intelligence officials, representatives of Iraq\u2019s Kurdish autonomous government, and senior members of Turkey\u2019s pro-Kurdish DEM Party.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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