Possible Kurdish-Turkish peace could be bad news for Islamic State

Syrian Kurds hold flags as they gather in Hasakah, Syria, after Turkey's jailed militant leader Abdullah Ocalan called on his Kurdistan Workers' Party to lay down its arms, Feb. 27, 2025.

There is hope in Washington that the decision by the leader of a Turkey-based, U.S.-designated terror group to ask its factions to lay down their arms could ease tensions with Ankara and facilitate efforts to counter remnants of the Islamic State terror group.