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Parliamentary Session to Disarm Hezbollah - Lebanon

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun speaks during a government meeting at the Presidential Palace in Beirut, Lebanon, on September 5, 2025. The session, also attended by Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, focused on an American proposal to disarm Hezbollah. Photo by Courtney Bonneau/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Parliamentary Session to Disarm Hezbollah - Lebanon

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun speaks during a government meeting at the Presidential Palace in Beirut, Lebanon, on September 5, 2025. The session, also attended by Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, focused on an American proposal to disarm Hezbollah. Photo by Courtney Bonneau/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Parliamentary Session to Disarm Hezbollah - Lebanon

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun walks with officials inside the Presidential Palace in Beirut, Lebanon, on September 5, 2025. He held a government talk about the American proposal to disarm Hezbollah, with Prime Minister Nawaf Salam also in attendance. Photo by Courtney Bonneau/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Parliamentary Session to Disarm Hezbollah - Lebanon

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun speaks during a government meeting at the Presidential Palace in Beirut, Lebanon, on September 5, 2025. The session, also attended by Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, focused on an American proposal to disarm Hezbollah. Photo by Courtney Bonneau/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Parliamentary Session to Disarm Hezbollah - Lebanon

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun stands with cabinet members during a government meeting at the Presidential Palace in Beirut, Lebanon, on September 5, 2025. The session, also attended by Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, focused on an American proposal to disarm Hezbollah. Photo by Courtney Bonneau/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Parliamentary Session to Disarm Hezbollah - Lebanon

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun leads a government meeting at the Presidential Palace in Beirut, Lebanon, on September 5, 2025. The session, also attended by Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, focused on an American proposal to disarm Hezbollah. Photo by Courtney Bonneau/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Parliamentary Session to Disarm Hezbollah - Lebanon

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun speaks during a government meeting at the Presidential Palace in Beirut, Lebanon, on September 5, 2025. The session, also attended by Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, focused on an American proposal to disarm Hezbollah. Photo by Courtney Bonneau/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Parliamentary Session to Disarm Hezbollah - Lebanon

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun stands with cabinet members during a government meeting at the Presidential Palace in Beirut, Lebanon, on September 5, 2025. The session, also attended by Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, focused on an American proposal to disarm Hezbollah. Photo by Courtney Bonneau/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Parliamentary Session to Disarm Hezbollah - Lebanon

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun stands with cabinet members during a government meeting at the Presidential Palace in Beirut, Lebanon, on September 5, 2025. The session, also attended by Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, focused on an American proposal to disarm Hezbollah. Photo by Courtney Bonneau/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest March to the American Consulate - Naples

March with flags of Potere al Popolo, Palestine, Usb, Collettivo Autorganizzato Universitario, Opg Je so pazzo, Rete dei Comunisti, who from Piazza Sannazaro, wanted to reach the American consulate, with a giant poster with the photo of Giorgia Meloni and Donald Trump, both with the thumbs up, accompanied by the words "Let's burn the war agreements". "Lower the weapons, raise the wages. Let's disarm them": is the text of a banner displayed by Usb. "After the bombings of Sunday by the United States against Iran, which are illegal bombings, outside of international law, at the end of the march the giant poster was set on fire as a sign of protest because they were stopped before arriving outside the American consulate Naples, Italy on June 23, 2025. Photo by Salvatore Laporta/Kontrolab/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest March to the American Consulate - Naples

March with flags of Potere al Popolo, Palestine, Usb, Collettivo Autorganizzato Universitario, Opg Je so pazzo, Rete dei Comunisti, who from Piazza Sannazaro, wanted to reach the American consulate, with a giant poster with the photo of Giorgia Meloni and Donald Trump, both with the thumbs up, accompanied by the words "Let's burn the war agreements". "Lower the weapons, raise the wages. Let's disarm them": is the text of a banner displayed by Usb. "After the bombings of Sunday by the United States against Iran, which are illegal bombings, outside of international law, at the end of the march the giant poster was set on fire as a sign of protest because they were stopped before arriving outside the American consulate Naples, Italy on June 23, 2025. Photo by Salvatore Laporta/Kontrolab/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest March to the American Consulate - Naples

March with flags of Potere al Popolo, Palestine, Usb, Collettivo Autorganizzato Universitario, Opg Je so pazzo, Rete dei Comunisti, who from Piazza Sannazaro, wanted to reach the American consulate, with a giant poster with the photo of Giorgia Meloni and Donald Trump, both with the thumbs up, accompanied by the words "Let's burn the war agreements". "Lower the weapons, raise the wages. Let's disarm them": is the text of a banner displayed by Usb. "After the bombings of Sunday by the United States against Iran, which are illegal bombings, outside of international law, at the end of the march the giant poster was set on fire as a sign of protest because they were stopped before arriving outside the American consulate Naples, Italy on June 23, 2025. Photo by Salvatore Laporta/Kontrolab/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest March to the American Consulate - Naples

March with flags of Potere al Popolo, Palestine, Usb, Collettivo Autorganizzato Universitario, Opg Je so pazzo, Rete dei Comunisti, who from Piazza Sannazaro, wanted to reach the American consulate, with a giant poster with the photo of Giorgia Meloni and Donald Trump, both with the thumbs up, accompanied by the words "Let's burn the war agreements". "Lower the weapons, raise the wages. Let's disarm them": is the text of a banner displayed by Usb. "After the bombings of Sunday by the United States against Iran, which are illegal bombings, outside of international law, at the end of the march the giant poster was set on fire as a sign of protest because they were stopped before arriving outside the American consulate Naples, Italy on June 23, 2025. Photo by Salvatore Laporta/Kontrolab/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest March to the American Consulate - Naples

March with flags of Potere al Popolo, Palestine, Usb, Collettivo Autorganizzato Universitario, Opg Je so pazzo, Rete dei Comunisti, who from Piazza Sannazaro, wanted to reach the American consulate, with a giant poster with the photo of Giorgia Meloni and Donald Trump, both with the thumbs up, accompanied by the words "Let's burn the war agreements". "Lower the weapons, raise the wages. Let's disarm them": is the text of a banner displayed by Usb. "After the bombings of Sunday by the United States against Iran, which are illegal bombings, outside of international law, at the end of the march the giant poster was set on fire as a sign of protest because they were stopped before arriving outside the American consulate Naples, Italy on June 23, 2025. Photo by Salvatore Laporta/Kontrolab/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest March to the American Consulate - Naples

March with flags of Potere al Popolo, Palestine, Usb, Collettivo Autorganizzato Universitario, Opg Je so pazzo, Rete dei Comunisti, who from Piazza Sannazaro, wanted to reach the American consulate, with a giant poster with the photo of Giorgia Meloni and Donald Trump, both with the thumbs up, accompanied by the words "Let's burn the war agreements". "Lower the weapons, raise the wages. Let's disarm them": is the text of a banner displayed by Usb. "After the bombings of Sunday by the United States against Iran, which are illegal bombings, outside of international law, at the end of the march the giant poster was set on fire as a sign of protest because they were stopped before arriving outside the American consulate Naples, Italy on June 23, 2025. Photo by Salvatore Laporta/Kontrolab/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest March to the American Consulate - Naples

March with flags of Potere al Popolo, Palestine, Usb, Collettivo Autorganizzato Universitario, Opg Je so pazzo, Rete dei Comunisti, who from Piazza Sannazaro, wanted to reach the American consulate, with a giant poster with the photo of Giorgia Meloni and Donald Trump, both with the thumbs up, accompanied by the words "Let's burn the war agreements". "Lower the weapons, raise the wages. Let's disarm them": is the text of a banner displayed by Usb. "After the bombings of Sunday by the United States against Iran, which are illegal bombings, outside of international law, at the end of the march the giant poster was set on fire as a sign of protest because they were stopped before arriving outside the American consulate Naples, Italy on June 23, 2025. Photo by Salvatore Laporta/Kontrolab/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest March to the American Consulate - Naples

March with flags of Potere al Popolo, Palestine, Usb, Collettivo Autorganizzato Universitario, Opg Je so pazzo, Rete dei Comunisti, who from Piazza Sannazaro, wanted to reach the American consulate, with a giant poster with the photo of Giorgia Meloni and Donald Trump, both with the thumbs up, accompanied by the words "Let's burn the war agreements". "Lower the weapons, raise the wages. Let's disarm them": is the text of a banner displayed by Usb. "After the bombings of Sunday by the United States against Iran, which are illegal bombings, outside of international law, at the end of the march the giant poster was set on fire as a sign of protest because they were stopped before arriving outside the American consulate Naples, Italy on June 23, 2025. Photo by Salvatore Laporta/Kontrolab/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest March to the American Consulate - Naples

March with flags of Potere al Popolo, Palestine, Usb, Collettivo Autorganizzato Universitario, Opg Je so pazzo, Rete dei Comunisti, who from Piazza Sannazaro, wanted to reach the American consulate, with a giant poster with the photo of Giorgia Meloni and Donald Trump, both with the thumbs up, accompanied by the words "Let's burn the war agreements". "Lower the weapons, raise the wages. Let's disarm them": is the text of a banner displayed by Usb. "After the bombings of Sunday by the United States against Iran, which are illegal bombings, outside of international law, at the end of the march the giant poster was set on fire as a sign of protest because they were stopped before arriving outside the American consulate Naples, Italy on June 23, 2025. Photo by Salvatore Laporta/Kontrolab/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest March to the American Consulate - Naples

March with flags of Potere al Popolo, Palestine, Usb, Collettivo Autorganizzato Universitario, Opg Je so pazzo, Rete dei Comunisti, who from Piazza Sannazaro, wanted to reach the American consulate, with a giant poster with the photo of Giorgia Meloni and Donald Trump, both with the thumbs up, accompanied by the words "Let's burn the war agreements". "Lower the weapons, raise the wages. Let's disarm them": is the text of a banner displayed by Usb. "After the bombings of Sunday by the United States against Iran, which are illegal bombings, outside of international law, at the end of the march the giant poster was set on fire as a sign of protest because they were stopped before arriving outside the American consulate Naples, Italy on June 23, 2025. Photo by Salvatore Laporta/Kontrolab/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest March to the American Consulate - Naples

March with flags of Potere al Popolo, Palestine, Usb, Collettivo Autorganizzato Universitario, Opg Je so pazzo, Rete dei Comunisti, who from Piazza Sannazaro, wanted to reach the American consulate, with a giant poster with the photo of Giorgia Meloni and Donald Trump, both with the thumbs up, accompanied by the words "Let's burn the war agreements". "Lower the weapons, raise the wages. Let's disarm them": is the text of a banner displayed by Usb. "After the bombings of Sunday by the United States against Iran, which are illegal bombings, outside of international law, at the end of the march the giant poster was set on fire as a sign of protest because they were stopped before arriving outside the American consulate Naples, Italy on June 23, 2025. Photo by Salvatore Laporta/Kontrolab/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Colombia's Armed Group 'Comuneros del Sur' First to Disarm in Total Peace Process

Colombian president Gustavo Petro takes part during an event in the city of Pasto, announcing the destruction of war materials and incorporation in crop sustitution programs of the 'Comunueros del Sur' an ELN dissident group based in Narino, Colombia, on April 5, 2025. Photo by: Camilo Erasso/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Colombia's Armed Group 'Comuneros del Sur' First to Disarm in Total Peace Process

Royer Garzon a representative of the Comuneros del Sur group during an event in the city of Pasto, announcing the destruction of war materials and incorporation in crop sustitution programs of the 'Comunueros del Sur' an ELN dissident group based in Narino, Colombia, on April 5, 2025. Photo by: Camilo Erasso/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Colombia's Armed Group 'Comuneros del Sur' First to Disarm in Total Peace Process

Colombian president Gustavo Petro takes part during an event in the city of Pasto, announcing the destruction of war materials and incorporation in crop sustitution programs of the 'Comunueros del Sur' an ELN dissident group based in Narino, Colombia, on April 5, 2025. Photo by: Camilo Erasso/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Colombia's Armed Group 'Comuneros del Sur' First to Disarm in Total Peace Process

Colombian president Gustavo Petro takes part during an event in the city of Pasto, announcing the destruction of war materials and incorporation in crop sustitution programs of the 'Comunueros del Sur' an ELN dissident group based in Narino, Colombia, on April 5, 2025. Photo by: Camilo Erasso/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Colombia's Armed Group 'Comuneros del Sur' First to Disarm in Total Peace Process

Colombian president Gustavo Petro takes part during an event in the city of Pasto, announcing the destruction of war materials and incorporation in crop sustitution programs of the 'Comunueros del Sur' an ELN dissident group based in Narino, Colombia, on April 5, 2025. Photo by: Camilo Erasso/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Colombia's Armed Group 'Comuneros del Sur' First to Disarm in Total Peace Process

Colombian president Gustavo Petro (L) hugs comissionate for peace Otty Patino (R) during an event in the city of Pasto, announcing the destruction of war materials and incorporation in crop sustitution programs of the 'Comunueros del Sur' an ELN dissident group based in Narino, Colombia, on April 5, 2025. Photo by: Camilo Erasso/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Colombia's Armed Group 'Comuneros del Sur' First to Disarm in Total Peace Process

Colombian president Gustavo Petro takes part during an event in the city of Pasto, announcing the destruction of war materials and incorporation in crop sustitution programs of the 'Comunueros del Sur' an ELN dissident group based in Narino, Colombia, on April 5, 2025. Photo by: Camilo Erasso/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Colombia's Armed Group 'Comuneros del Sur' First to Disarm in Total Peace Process

Colombian president Gustavo Petro takes part during an event in the city of Pasto, announcing the destruction of war materials and incorporation in crop sustitution programs of the 'Comunueros del Sur' an ELN dissident group based in Narino, Colombia, on April 5, 2025. Photo by: Camilo Erasso/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Colombia's Armed Group 'Comuneros del Sur' First to Disarm in Total Peace Process

Colombian president Gustavo Petro takes part during an event in the city of Pasto, announcing the destruction of war materials and incorporation in crop sustitution programs of the 'Comunueros del Sur' an ELN dissident group based in Narino, Colombia, on April 5, 2025. Photo by: Camilo Erasso/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Colombia's Armed Group 'Comuneros del Sur' First to Disarm in Total Peace Process

Royer Garzon a representative of the Comuneros del Sur group during an event in the city of Pasto, announcing the destruction of war materials and incorporation in crop sustitution programs of the 'Comunueros del Sur' an ELN dissident group based in Narino, Colombia, on April 5, 2025. Photo by: Camilo Erasso/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Colombia's Armed Group 'Comuneros del Sur' First to Disarm in Total Peace Process

Colombian president Gustavo Petro takes part during an event in the city of Pasto, announcing the destruction of war materials and incorporation in crop sustitution programs of the 'Comunueros del Sur' an ELN dissident group based in Narino, Colombia, on April 5, 2025. Photo by: Camilo Erasso/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Colombia's Armed Group 'Comuneros del Sur' First to Disarm in Total Peace Process

Colombian president Gustavo Petro takes part during an event in the city of Pasto, announcing the destruction of war materials and incorporation in crop sustitution programs of the 'Comunueros del Sur' an ELN dissident group based in Narino, Colombia, on April 5, 2025. Photo by: Camilo Erasso/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Colombia's Armed Group 'Comuneros del Sur' First to Disarm in Total Peace Process

Colombian president Gustavo Petro holds the disarm agreement during an event in the city of Pasto, announcing the destruction of war materials and incorporation in crop sustitution programs of the 'Comunueros del Sur' an ELN dissident group based in Narino, Colombia, on April 5, 2025. Photo by: Camilo Erasso/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan calls for Kurdish militant group to lay down arms

Turkish pro-Kurdish DEM Party's Ahmet Turk reads a letter of jailed Kurdish PKK militant group’s leader Abdullah Ocalan (unseen) during a press conference shares a statement from jailed PKK militant group leader Abdullah Ocalan’s call on the PKK to disarm during the press conference held by DEM Party officials on February 27, 2025 in Istanbul, Turkey. DEM Party officials met with jailed PKK militant group leader Ocalan for the third time in his island prison early today. The visit is seen as part of a government bid to have Ocalan call on the PKK to disarm, potentially ending the insurgency which it launched against the Turkish state in 1984 and in which more than 40,000 people have been killed. PKK, which is designated as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and the European Union. Ocalan has been held in near-total isolation on Imrali Island since 1999, with only rare communication with the outside world. Ocalan calls on PKK to dissolve, pro-Kurdish party says, potentially ending 40-year co

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PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan calls for Kurdish militant group to lay down arms

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish DEM Party PM Sirri Sureyya Onder speaks during a press conference as they share the statement from jailed PKK militant group leader Abdullah Ocalan’s call on the PKK to disarm on February 27, 2025 in Istanbul, Turkey. DEM Party officials met with jailed PKK militant group leader Ocalan for the third time in his island prison early today. The visit is seen as part of a government bid to have Ocalan call on the PKK to disarm, potentially ending the insurgency which it launched against the Turkish state in 1984 and in which more than 40,000 people have been killed. PKK, which is designated as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and the European Union. Ocalan has been held in near-total isolation on Imrali Island since 1999, with only rare communication with the outside world. Ocalan calls on PKK to dissolve, pro-Kurdish party says, potentially ending 40-year conflict. Photo by Berkman Ulutin/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan calls for Kurdish militant group to lay down arms

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish DEM Party PM Sirri Sureyya Onder speaks during a press conference as they share the statement from jailed PKK militant group leader Abdullah Ocalan’s call on the PKK to disarm on February 27, 2025 in Istanbul, Turkey. DEM Party officials met with jailed PKK militant group leader Ocalan for the third time in his island prison early today. The visit is seen as part of a government bid to have Ocalan call on the PKK to disarm, potentially ending the insurgency which it launched against the Turkish state in 1984 and in which more than 40,000 people have been killed. PKK, which is designated as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and the European Union. Ocalan has been held in near-total isolation on Imrali Island since 1999, with only rare communication with the outside world. Ocalan calls on PKK to dissolve, pro-Kurdish party says, potentially ending 40-year conflict. Photo by Berkman Ulutin/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan calls for Kurdish militant group to lay down arms

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish DEM Party PM Pervin Buldan share the statement from jailed PKK militant group leader Abdullah Ocalan’s call on the PKK to disarm during the press conference hold by DEM Party officials on February 27, 2025 in Istanbul, Turkey. DEM Party officials met with jailed PKK militant group leader Ocalan for the third time in his island prison early today. The visit is seen as part of a government bid to have Ocalan call on the PKK to disarm, potentially ending the insurgency which it launched against the Turkish state in 1984 and in which more than 40,000 people have been killed. PKK, which is designated as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and the European Union. Ocalan has been held in near-total isolation on Imrali Island since 1999, with only rare communication with the outside world. Ocalan calls on PKK to dissolve, pro-Kurdish party says, potentially ending 40-year conflict. Photo by Berkman Ulutin/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan calls for Kurdish militant group to lay down arms

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish DEM Party PM Pervin Buldan share the statement from jailed PKK militant group leader Abdullah Ocalan’s call on the PKK to disarm during the press conference hold by DEM Party officials on February 27, 2025 in Istanbul, Turkey. DEM Party officials met with jailed PKK militant group leader Ocalan for the third time in his island prison early today. The visit is seen as part of a government bid to have Ocalan call on the PKK to disarm, potentially ending the insurgency which it launched against the Turkish state in 1984 and in which more than 40,000 people have been killed. PKK, which is designated as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and the European Union. Ocalan has been held in near-total isolation on Imrali Island since 1999, with only rare communication with the outside world. Ocalan calls on PKK to dissolve, pro-Kurdish party says, potentially ending 40-year conflict. Photo by Berkman Ulutin/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan calls for Kurdish militant group to lay down arms

Turkish pro-Kurdish DEM Party's Ahmet Turk reads a letter of jailed Kurdish PKK militant group’s leader Abdullah Ocalan (unseen) during a press conference shares a statement from jailed PKK militant group leader Abdullah Ocalan’s call on the PKK to disarm during the press conference held by DEM Party officials on February 27, 2025 in Istanbul, Turkey. DEM Party officials met with jailed PKK militant group leader Ocalan for the third time in his island prison early today. The visit is seen as part of a government bid to have Ocalan call on the PKK to disarm, potentially ending the insurgency which it launched against the Turkish state in 1984 and in which more than 40,000 people have been killed. PKK, which is designated as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and the European Union. Ocalan has been held in near-total isolation on Imrali Island since 1999, with only rare communication with the outside world. Ocalan calls on PKK to dissolve, pro-Kurdish party says, potentially ending 40-year co

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PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan calls for Kurdish militant group to lay down arms

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish DEM Party PM Sirri Sureyya Onder speaks during a press conference as they share the statement from jailed PKK militant group leader Abdullah Ocalan’s call on the PKK to disarm on February 27, 2025 in Istanbul, Turkey. DEM Party officials met with jailed PKK militant group leader Ocalan for the third time in his island prison early today. The visit is seen as part of a government bid to have Ocalan call on the PKK to disarm, potentially ending the insurgency which it launched against the Turkish state in 1984 and in which more than 40,000 people have been killed. PKK, which is designated as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and the European Union. Ocalan has been held in near-total isolation on Imrali Island since 1999, with only rare communication with the outside world. Ocalan calls on PKK to dissolve, pro-Kurdish party says, potentially ending 40-year conflict. Photo by Berkman Ulutin/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan calls for Kurdish militant group to lay down arms

Turkish pro-Kurdish DEM Party's Ahmet Turk reads a letter of jailed Kurdish PKK militant group’s leader Abdullah Ocalan (unseen) during a press conference shares a statement from jailed PKK militant group leader Abdullah Ocalan’s call on the PKK to disarm during the press conference held by DEM Party officials on February 27, 2025 in Istanbul, Turkey. DEM Party officials met with jailed PKK militant group leader Ocalan for the third time in his island prison early today. The visit is seen as part of a government bid to have Ocalan call on the PKK to disarm, potentially ending the insurgency which it launched against the Turkish state in 1984 and in which more than 40,000 people have been killed. PKK, which is designated as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and the European Union. Ocalan has been held in near-total isolation on Imrali Island since 1999, with only rare communication with the outside world. Ocalan calls on PKK to dissolve, pro-Kurdish party says, potentially ending 40-year co

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PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan calls for Kurdish militant group to lay down arms

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish DEM Party PM Sirri Sureyya Onder speaks during a press conference as they share the statement from jailed PKK militant group leader Abdullah Ocalan’s call on the PKK to disarm on February 27, 2025 in Istanbul, Turkey. DEM Party officials met with jailed PKK militant group leader Ocalan for the third time in his island prison early today. The visit is seen as part of a government bid to have Ocalan call on the PKK to disarm, potentially ending the insurgency which it launched against the Turkish state in 1984 and in which more than 40,000 people have been killed. PKK, which is designated as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and the European Union. Ocalan has been held in near-total isolation on Imrali Island since 1999, with only rare communication with the outside world. Ocalan calls on PKK to dissolve, pro-Kurdish party says, potentially ending 40-year conflict. Photo by Berkman Ulutin/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan calls for Kurdish militant group to lay down arms

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish DEM Party PM Sirri Sureyya Onder gestures during a press conference as they share the statement from jailed PKK militant group leader Abdullah Ocalan’s call on the PKK to disarm on February 27, 2025 in Istanbul, Turkey. DEM Party officials met with jailed PKK militant group leader Ocalan for the third time in his island prison early today. The visit is seen as part of a government bid to have Ocalan call on the PKK to disarm, potentially ending the insurgency which it launched against the Turkish state in 1984 and in which more than 40,000 people have been killed. PKK, which is designated as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and the European Union. Ocalan has been held in near-total isolation on Imrali Island since 1999, with only rare communication with the outside world. Ocalan calls on PKK to dissolve, pro-Kurdish party says, potentially ending 40-year conflict. Photo by Berkman Ulutin/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Archives - Hezbollah Leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah

09/22/2006 Beirut, Lebanon. Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah speaks at a rally September 22, 2006 in Beirut, Lebanon. Nasrallah reportedly said that Hezbollah guerrillas would not disarm until a Lebanese government capable of protecting the country was in place. Photo by Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Archives - Hezbollah Leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah

Hezbollah supporters wave flags during a ''Victory over Israel'' rally in Beirut's suburbs on September 22, 2006 in Beirut, Lebanon. Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah reportedly said that Hezbollah would not disarm until a Lebanese government capable of protecting the country was in place during the rally. Photo by Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Archives - Hezbollah Leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah

Hezbollah supporters wave flags during a ''Victory over Israel'' rally in Beirut's suburbs on September 22, 2006 in Beirut, Lebanon. Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah reportedly said that Hezbollah would not disarm until a Lebanese government capable of protecting the country was in place during the rally. Photo by Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Archives - Hezbollah Leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah

Hezbollah supporters wave flags during a ''Victory over Israel'' rally in Beirut's suburbs on September 22, 2006 in Beirut, Lebanon. Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah reportedly said that Hezbollah would not disarm until a Lebanese government capable of protecting the country was in place during the rally. Photo by Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Archives - Hezbollah Leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah

09/22/2006 Beirut, Lebanon. Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah speaks at a rally September 22, 2006 in Beirut, Lebanon. Nasrallah reportedly said that Hezbollah guerrillas would not disarm until a Lebanese government capable of protecting the country was in place. Photo by Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Archives - Hezbollah Leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah

09/22/2006 Beirut, Lebanon. Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah speaks at a rally September 22, 2006 in Beirut, Lebanon. Nasrallah reportedly said that Hezbollah guerrillas would not disarm until a Lebanese government capable of protecting the country was in place. Photo by Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Archives - Hezbollah Leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah

09/22/2006 Beirut, Lebanon. Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah speaks at a rally September 22, 2006 in Beirut, Lebanon. Nasrallah reportedly said that Hezbollah guerrillas would not disarm until a Lebanese government capable of protecting the country was in place. Photo by Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM