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Baghaei Underscores Invaders’ Failure to Overcome Iran Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei shared a rock relief of Shapur the Great’s victory over a Roman emperor
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US Forces in Region Pose Threat, Not Security, Says Iran The Foreign Ministry spokesperson stated that past experience has proven that the presence of US military forces in the region poses a threat
Hezbollah Drones Inflict Heavy Damage on IOF in Southern Lebanon Hezbollah persists in engaging Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) in southern Lebanon, using drones to strike assemblies of soldiers and vehicles
Persian Gulf Conflict Raises Risk of Environmental Catastrophe The dangerous war jointly launched by the United States and Israel against Iran has significantly raised the risks of an environmental catastrophe
Iran Vows to Make Enemy Regret Any New Invasion Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has issued a warning, stating that Iran will force any adversary to regret repeating its aggression
26 Ships Cleared to Pass Through Strait of Hormuz, Says IRGC Navy According to the IRGC, ships are passing through the Strait of Hormuz following authorization and coordination with the IRGC Navy
Moscow: UN Shows Double Standards on Iran; US, Israel Behind UAE Plant Attack Russia has accused the UN and IAEA of employing double standards regarding nuclear facility attacks
Supreme Leader Commemorates Ayatollah Raeisi on Second Martyrdom Anniversary The Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei, has released a message
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Ansarullah
A Zaidi Shiite movement operating in Yemen. It seeks to establish a democratic government in Yemen.
Shiite
represents the second largest denomination of Islam. Shiites believe Ali (peace be upon him) to be prophet"s successor in the Caliphate.
Resistance
Axis of Resistances refers to countries and movements with common political goal, i.e., resisting against Zionist regime, America and other western powers. Iran, Syria, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Hamas in Palestine are considered as the Axis of Resistance.
Persian Gulf Cooperation Council
A regional political u n i o n consisting of Arab states of the Persian Gulf, except for Iraq.
Taliban
Taliban is a Sunni fundamentalist movement in Afghanistan. It was founded by Mohammed Omar in 1994.
Wahhabism & Extremism
Wahhabism is an extremist pseudo-Sunni movement, which labels non-Wahhabi Muslims as apostates thus paving the way for their bloodshed.
Kurds
Kurds are an ethnic group in the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region, which spans adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. They are an Iranian people and speak the Kurdish languages, which form a subgroup of the Northwestern Iranian branch of Iranian languages.
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949.
Islamic Awakening
Refers to a revival of the Islam throughout the world, that began in 1979 by Iranian Revolution that established an Islamic republic.
Al-Qaeda
A militant Sunni organization founded by Osama bin Laden at some point between 1988 and 1989
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Turkey Replaces Three Pro-Kurdish Party Mayors over Militant Links
Monday 19 August 2019
Diyarbakir, Mardin and Van, major cities in the mainly Kurdish southeast, were accused of various crimes including membership of a terrorist organization and spreading terrorist group propaganda, Reuters reported.
“For the health of the investigations, they have been temporarily removed from ...
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Turkey Replaces Four More Pro-Kurdish Mayors as Crackdown Widens
Tuesday 22 October 2019
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Diyarbakir province and the mayor of Ercis in the eastern province of Van were suspended and replaced by local administrators, the offices of the two regional governors said.
All four mayors are currently in custody on terrorism charges, they said.
The HDP said six other of its candidates who won ...
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Turkey Detains 5 Kurdish Mayors as Crackdown Continues
Monday 23 March 2020
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Diyarbakir.
Sancar condemned the move, saying the party had not received official notification from the central government.
We reject with hatred this vile attempt that does not shy away from showing enmity against Kurds even in these difficult days when the whole world is battling an epide ...
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How Will Mayors Arrest Influence Erdogan And His Party?
Wednesday 20 May 2020
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Diyarbakir Gultan Kisanak and Firat Anli, as well as the co-leaders of the HDP Selahattin Demirtas and Figen Yuksekdag along with 9 other lawmakers, were arrested and jailed under charges of colluding with the PKK against the Turkish government.
The wave of arrests continued beyond 2016, thou ...
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Turkey Issues Arrest Warrants for 275 Military Personnel
Tuesday 9 June 2020
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Diyarbakir over the weekend.
Istanbul’s police also reported they had court orders to arrest 44 military personnel, including a major and three lieutenants, as well as doctors and teachers.
It said 33 people had already been detained in the operation that spread over eight provinces.
A sepa ...
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Filling of Large Turkish Dams Source of Regional Dust Storms
Monday 16 May 2022
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Diyarbakir, Gaziantep, Kilis, Mardin, Siirt, Sanliurfa and Sirnak– covering an area of 75,358 square kilometers. Although Turkey has only 54,145 square kilometers, equal to 24.5 percent, of the Tigris River basin and 400 kilometers, equal to 22 percent, of its length, and supplies 25.240 bil ...
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Turkish Foreign Minister Thanks Iranian Government, Nation for Quake Aid
Sunday 19 February 2023
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Diyarbakir, Hatay, Gaziantep, Malatya, Kilis, Osmaniye, Elazig, and Sanliurfa. More than 13 million people have been affected by the devastating quake.
Thousands of international search and rescue personnel, including those from Iran, Pakistan and other Muslim countries, flew into Turkey after the ...
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Turkey Arrests 110 over Alleged Militant Ties ahead of Election
Tuesday 25 April 2023
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Diyarbakir and extended over 21 provinces, targeting people accused of links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group.
The operation came less than three weeks before presidential and parliamentary votes that represent the biggest electoral challenge President Tayyip Erdogan has ...
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Kurds Double-Edged Sword Determining Erdogan’s Win or Loss
Sunday 30 April 2023
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Diyarbakir, the province with the largest Kurdish population, have also said that their only goal is to take down Erdogan and they will fight for this aim. Freedom and equality is the main demand of the Kurds, and they emphasize that if the HDP supports Kilicdaroglu, they will vote for it.
Pa ...
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Disarming for Diplomacy? Implications of PKK Laying Down Arms
Sunday 13 July 2025
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Diyarbakir in Turkey, Qandil in Iraq, and Hasakah in Syria, which have been affected by continuous conflicts for decades, could benefit from a new space for economic development, infrastructure reconstruction, and attracting domestic and foreign investment. Also, the return of displaced persons and ...
