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PKK Fighters Destroy Weapons in Symbolic Iraqi Kurdistan Ceremony

Backed by DEM-brokered talks, the ceremony initiates a phased process overseen by a planned parliamentary commission that will verify weapons destruction, with legal reintegration measures to follow.

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Overview

  • Thirty PKK fighters, including four commanders, burned their weapons at the entrance of Jasana cave near Sulaymaniyah on July 11.
  • The disarmament event was attended by Turkish and Iraqi intelligence officials, Kurdistan Regional Government representatives and senior DEM party members.
  • The ceremony fulfills Abdullah Ocalan’s February appeal for disbandment and follows the PKK’s formal dissolution announcement in May.
  • The state-run Iraqi News Agency reports that the staged disarmament process will continue through September.
  • Turkish authorities have pledged to establish a parliamentary commission to oversee verification and support the legal and social reintegration of former PKK members.