Turkey's pro-Kurdish DEM Party said it will send a delegation to meet Abdullah Ocalan, head of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), in jail on Wednesday for a second time as part of a political effort to end a decades-long conflict.

The YPG spearheads the U.S.-allied Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). Turkey considers them terrorists that are an extension of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), against which Ankara carries out regular cross-border military operations in northern Iraq's mountainous regions.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan called for combined regional efforts to combat outlawed Kurdish fighters in Iraq and neighbouring Syria during a visit to Baghdad on Sunday.

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Turkey is looking forward to Iraq designating the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) as a terrorist organization, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Sunday in Baghdad, days after two Iraqi border guards were killed near the Turkish border.

Turkey’s foreign ministry on Saturday condemned the deaths of two Iraqi border guards in Duhok province the day before and joined Baghdad in blaming the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).

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Turkey vowed on Saturday to work closely with Iraq to secure their common frontier after two Iraqi border guards were killed in a shooting blamed on outlawed PKK […]

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will visit Iraq on Sunday for talks with officials on the fight against Kurdish militants, security issues and bilateral ties, a Turkish diplomatic source said on Saturday.

Turkish President Erdogan has stated that if the PKK disregards a potential call from their jailed leader, Abdullah Ocalan, to lay down arms, Turkey will achieve a terror-free state through alternative strategies.

A border guard official told AFP that the guards were patrolling a village near the Turkish border when "shooting and clashes" with the PKK broke out.

“As of this week, Syria has decided to reduce customs duties on 269 products, including key Turkish exports such as chicken, eggs, flour, corn, milk, cream, iron and steel products, and hygiene goods,” Bolat announced during an event in Ankara.

According to Kurdistan24 correspondent Ari Hussein, the airstrike targeted the village of "Shahe," leading to the deaths of a man and a woman who were herding livestock.