Friday, July 22, 2005

Xinhua - Syria considers PKK as terrorist organization

"Syria considers PKK as terrorist organization
www.chinaview.cn 2005-07-23 04:37:22

ANKARA, July 22 (Xinhuanet) -- Visiting Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Walid Al Muallim said here Friday that the Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) is outlawed in Syria and Damascus considers PKK as a terrorist organization.

The PKK, which is branded a terrorist group by Ankara, took up arms for Kurdish independence in southeast Turkey in 1984. Since then the conflict has claimed some 37,000 lives. "

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