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The decades-long conflict between Turkey and the PKK, which Ankara and its Western allies consider a terrorist organisation, has often spilled over into n. Iraq
Just as Sweden and Finland pledged to support Turkey's fight against PKK operatives as part of their bid to join NATO, Ankara announced on Tuesday that four Kurdish militants had been 'neutralised' in northern Iraq.
Comment: If the Kurds in northern Syria and Turkey want real stability on both sides of the border, they must explore opportunities for a permanent peace agreement, argues Bashdar Ismaeel
Turkey has accused Sweden of being a haven for the PKK, but Sweden needs Turkish support for its planned accession to NATO. Could this be Sweden's attempt to win Turkey around?
Swedish media said that the court reached the decision last week, which comes just as the two countries are due to discuss Sweden's stalled NATO application..
A Swedish appeals court on Wednesday upheld the guilty verdict of a man charged with attempting to finance the outlawed PKK.
The Turkish foreign ministry has issued a scathing statement condemning an 'attack' on a children's festival in Switzerland. The ministry accused the PKK of carrying out the assault and said perpetrators must be bought to justice.
The alleged PKK members are suspected of being part of a network that seeks a so-called revolutionary tax, or 'kampanya', from the Kurdish diaspora.
An aide to Turkish President Erdogan has blamed street unrest in Paris on outlawed PKK militants.
Ankara is leaning towards a rapprochement with the Kurds despite last week's deadly attack on a Turkish defence firm that was claimed by PKK operatives.