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BREAKING: The 60-day negotiation window under the US-Iran Islamabad MoU has expired with no final agreement reached. In Iraq reports of a large number of Iraqi Army forces withdrawing from the outskirts of Tuz Khurmatu and the Haliwa Military Airfield. 👀 @KurdishFrontNews

PKK commander Murat Karayılan’s August 15 statements: “The architect of this process, Leader Apo, is not included. The word ‘Kurd’ does not even appear in it. There is no mention of democratisation.” “I previously said, ‘If Leader Apo is in prison, I cannot tell anyone to lay down their weapon and go.’ I remain at the same point.” “If Leader Apo takes the lead, our friends will accept it, the meetings will take place and society will support it. We are ready to take this struggle from the ground of war and weapons to the ground of politics and law.” “The language being used has still not changed. The language of war, psychological warfare, is still there. They constantly say, ‘we struck and we won.’” “If you defeated us, why could you not remove us from Zap? Why are our guerrilla comrades still in Metîna? This means there is a force and a will there.” “We genuinely want to reach an agreement with Turkey and end the hostility. We want to open a new page. We are not the enemy; we will contribute to a democratic republic.” “But we see that the approach of the other side is still not like this. They continue to regard us as terrorists and criminals. A fair approach is necessary.” @KurdishFrontReports

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan: My struggle began with the Kurdish cause—which I supported—and I wasn't even aware of the existence of the Turkish cause. A commrade from the PKK told me, "The Turks have a cause too," and that was when I began to take an interest. @KurdishFrontMemes

A former governor of Salahuddin province, Ammar Jabr, has been sentenced to seven years in prison for charges of money laundering and illicit gains. @KurdishFrontNews

Colonel Engineer Azzat Al-Ta'ani, known as Abu Nashaat, from the town of Sahm al-Julan in the western countryside of Daraa and a member of the so-called Syrian Arab Army, has passed away due to a heart attack. @KurdishFrontNews

• Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmus says Turkey's new peace framework has three main guarantees: it applies only to those who actually surrender weapons, offers a six-month window for compliance, and excludes senior PKK leadership and prisoners on İmralı Island. • The legislation is framed as a controlled legal mechanism tied to the dissolution of armed activity, not a general amnesty. • Kurtulmus stresses the process is a Turkish initiative with no international third-party observers, overseen through Türkiye's own institutions and political representatives. • Turkey's Parliament passes the "Strengthening National Unity and Social Integration" bill on Aug. 10 with 467 votes in favor, backed by the AKP, MHP, DEM Party, and other opposition lawmakers. • DEM Party Co-Chair Tuncer Bakırhan estimates the law could affect around 125,000 case files and lead to the release of roughly 3,900 prisoners, though those serving life sentences for certain pre-2005 intentional killings would initially remain excluded. @KurdishFrontNews

US-based Assyrian Foundation for Justice president, Sam Darmo, praises Masoud Barzani's recognition of Assyrians as an indigenous people and his support for a Simele massacre memorial. Sam Darmo emphasized Barzani’s support for a memorial complex in Simele to commemorate the 1933 Simele massacre done by Iraq's government of that time, describing it as a tribute to historical memory, justice, and reconciliation. Sam Darmo praised Barzani’s recognition of Assyrians as an indigenous people of the land, not merely a minority, which the community deeply values. @KurdishFrontNews

Axios: In mid-May, U.S. negotiators trying to reach a deal with Iran to end the war ran into a problem: They couldn't tell if the people across the table actually spoke for the country's powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Trump administration…

Axios: In mid-May, U.S. negotiators trying to reach a deal with Iran to end the war ran into a problem: They couldn't tell if the people across the table actually spoke for the country's powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Trump administration officials went around Iran's negotiators and reached out directly to IRGC leadership. The person they tapped for the backchannel was Nechirvan Barzani, the president of the Kurdistan region, who had something very few others do: the trust of both U.S. and IRGC leaders. @KurdishFrontNews

Throwback to when Turkey's President Erdoğan wrote an article to praise himself. @KurdishFrontNews

📌 President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Devlet Bahçeli are great statesmen who have produced brilliant solutions and will go down in history.

There are fabricated statements circulating by the Turkish propaganda channel "Türkiye", falsely attributed to Mahmoud Barkhudan, a leader in the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). Mahmoud Barkhudan denied all of those statements, including statements attributed…

There are fabricated statements circulating by the Turkish propaganda channel "Türkiye", falsely attributed to Mahmoud Barkhudan, a leader in the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). Mahmoud Barkhudan denied all of those statements, including statements attributed to the Kurdish Channel 8 and other newspapers and channels. @KurdishFrontNews

Erdoğan's AKP branch in Amed hung a banner thanking Erdoğan in Kurdish. @KurdishFrontNews

Erdoğan's AKP branch in Amed hung a banner thanking Erdoğan in Kurdish. @KurdishFrontNews

Speaking to Al Jazeera, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said: "We will continue to strengthen our relations with the Kurds and protect the rights of Kurds living in different countries in the region." @KurdishFrontNews

DEM Party member Tuncer Bakırhan: "The Republic of Turkey is our common home. There are shortcomings, mistakes, and a denialist attitude. By working together to eliminate those mistakes, shortcomings, injustices, denials, and dismissals within our common home, we will live together in brotherhood and equality. That's all there is to it. This is not a process of division, conflict, or taking anything from anyone." @KurdishFrontNews

Iran has formally complained to the International Committee of the Red Cross that Qatar is holding three Iranian Air Force pilots whose Su-24 aircraft were shot down in early March 2026. According to a letter from Brig. Gen. Mohammad Bagherzadeh, commander…

The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) congratulated the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) on the 80th anniversary of its founding, stressing national unity and urging all sides to prioritize democratic goals to resolve current challenges. @KurdishFrontNews

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