The Kurdish militant group PKK announced Monday that it is disbanding and renouncing armed conflict as part of a new peace initiative with Turkey, ending four decades of hostilities.

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) is a Kurdish group that began an armed conflict with the Turkish government in 1984.

The decision by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, would put an end to one of the longest insurgencies in the Middle East and could have significant impact in Turkiye, Syria and Iraq.

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