Lebanese Kurds during a protest on Jan. 26, 2018, near the Turkish embassy in Rabieh (Metn), against the Turkish military campaign at the time in the Syrian enclave of Afrin, controlled by the Kurds. (Credit: AFP)
After more than forty years of demands and struggle against Turkish authorities, Abdullah Öcalan, founder and historical leader of the PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party), made headlines Thursday by ordering his party to "lay down arms and ... dissolve," all the while "assuming the historical responsibility of this call." This decision was welcomed by many Lebanese Kurds who hoped for positive repercussions on the future of a community scattered across several countries in the region."We welcome the decision of the PKK leader. War leads nowhere," said Zakaria Fakhro, president of the Lebanese-Kurdish sports and cultural association al-Arz. "We need to live together and some villages in Turkey that we originate from are mixed. The solution lies in an international political decision" to resolve the...
After more than forty years of demands and struggle against Turkish authorities, Abdullah Öcalan, founder and historical leader of the PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party), made headlines Thursday by ordering his party to "lay down arms and ... dissolve," all the while "assuming the historical responsibility of this call." This decision was welcomed by many Lebanese Kurds who hoped for positive repercussions on the future of a community scattered across several countries in the region."We welcome the decision of the PKK leader. War leads nowhere," said Zakaria Fakhro, president of the Lebanese-Kurdish sports and cultural association al-Arz. "We need to live together and some villages in Turkey that we originate from are mixed. The solution lies in an international political decision" to resolve...
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