PKK withdrawing its fighters from Turkey to Iraq as part of a peace process with Turkey

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(26 Oct 2025) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ++AUDIO AS INCOMING++ ASSOCIATED PRESS Qandil Mountains, Iraq - 26 October 2025 1. Various of PKK fighters during news conference 2. PKK official Sabri Ok announcing the withdrawal process 3. Tilt of PKK fighters at the news conference 4. PKK fighters guarding the site 5. SOUNDBITE (Kurdish) Zagros Hiwa, spokesperson of PKK: “Today’s step is a response to leader (Abdullah) Ocalan’s request for peace and democracy and the decisions of the 12th PKK congress