By Ako Rasheed SULAYMANIYAH, Iraq (Reuters) -Thirty Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants burned their weapons at the mouth of a cave in northern Iraq on Friday, marking a symbolic but significant step toward ending a decades-long insurgency against Turkey.

Thirty Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants burned their weapons at the mouth of a cave in northern Iraq on Friday, marking a symbolic but significant step toward ending a decades-long insurgency a...

Hozat noted, "Our people deserve to live in peace, in normal and dignified conditions."

Iraq’s foreign ministry also welcomed the development, calling it “a significant step” and a concrete sign of progress toward peace and disarmament.