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The People's Defence Forces (Kurdish: Hêzên Parastina Gel, HPG) is the military wing of the group Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). During the 7th Congress of the PKK in January 2000, the HPG replaced the former military wing of the PKK, the People's Liberation Army of Kurdistan (Artêşa Rizgariya Gelê Kurdistan, ARGK).
The PKK has an armed wing, originally formed in 1984 as the Kurdistan Freedom Brigades (Kurdish: Hêzên Rizgariya Kurdistan, HRK), [97] renamed to the People's Liberation Army of Kurdistan (Kurdish: Arteşa Rizgariya Gelî Kurdistan, ARGK) in 1986, [94] and again renamed to the People's Defense Forces (Kurdish: Hêzên Parastina Gel, HPG) in ...
The Kurdish separatist group PKK has claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on a Turkish state-owned defense manufacturer near Ankara. U.S.-allied Kurds in Syria say 12 people killed in ...
The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) claimed responsibility for the attack. The attack was widely condemned and has been considered an act of terrorism by Turkish officials. [ 4 ] In retaliation, the Turkish military conducted airstrikes on positions in Iraq and Syria, which killed at least 12 civilians and wounded 25 more according to the Syrian ...
Members of the Kurdish-run autonomous administration in northeast Syria and of the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces did not receive invitations to a national dialogue set to take place in ...
The Kurdish-led administration in northeast Syria said it would begin trying thousands of suspected foreign Islamic State fighters who have been its custody for years, surprising diplomats working ...
The Kurdistan Workers' Party insurgency [note 2] is an armed conflict between the Republic of Turkey and the Kurdistan Workers' Party, as well as its allied insurgent groups, both Kurdish and non-Kurdish, [68] who have either demanded separation from Turkey to create an independent Kurdistan, [35] or attempted to secure autonomy, [69] and/or ...
Many of Turkey's Kurds are set to put aside party loyalty and back Tayyip Erdogan's major rival in Istanbul on Sunday, knocking the president's hopes of winning back the city he once ran ...