The first of an estimated 2,000 Kurdish militants withdrawing from Turkey have arrived in Iraq as part of a peace process aimed at ending one of the world’s bloodiest insurgencies.

The group of at least 13 men and women from the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, crossed into the Heror area of northern Iraq early Tuesday.

The militants began leaving their bases in Turkey last week, with the full withdrawal expected to take three to four months.

The move is one step in a peace deal between … [Read More]

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Source: VOA News: War and Conflict