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Iran speaks to Turkey about attacks on civilians in Syria

In a phone call on Thursday with his Turkish counterpart, Iran’s foreign minister raised concerns about recent news of attacks on civilians in Syria.

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Two suspected ISIS leaders detained by SDF on January 24, 2025. Photo: SDF

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SDF arrests two suspected ISIS leaders in east Syria

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Turkey

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Fire breaks out in Istanbul textile workshop

A large fire broke out in an industrial building in Istanbul on Friday, state media reported.

Pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) representatives including Pervin Buldan (center left) and Sirri Sureyya Onder (center right). Photo: AA

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Search and rescue teams work at the site of a fire that broke out in a hotel in the Kartalkaya Ski Resort in Bolu, northwestern Turkey, on January 21, 2025. Photo: Adem Altan/AFP

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Iraq condoles with Turkey over deadly resort fire

Kartalkaya ski resort hotel in Bolu province, northern Turkey caught fire on January 21, 2025. Photo: Anadolu Agency

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Over 76 dead in devastating fire at ski resort hotel in Turkey

Victory Party leader Umit Ozdag. Photo: Victory Party/X

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Turkish far-right leader detained over alleged Erdogan insults

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Erdogan tells PKK to lay down arms, start ‘genuine’ political struggle

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DEM Party says Turkish politicians positive about peace talks

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MHP leader calls for unconditional dissolution of PKK

The father of Zhina (Mahsa) Amini, whose death ignited the Woman Life Freedom revolution in Iran, was summoned to a court after expressing solidarity with a Kurdish political prisoner sentenced to death, he said on Friday.

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A market in the city of Saqqez in Iran's western Kurdistan province on strike following calls by Kurdish opposition groups protesting the death sentences of Pakhshan Azizi and Varisheh Moradi on January 22, 2024. Photo: Ali Javanmardi/X

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Iran threatens Kurds protesting political prisoners’ death sentences: Watchdog

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Kurdish groups in Iran call for general strike against looming executions

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Armed attacker kills 2 Tehran Supreme Court judges

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Syria

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SDF arrests two suspected ISIS leaders in east Syria

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said on Friday that they arrested two suspected Islamic State (ISIS) leaders in an operation in the east of the country.

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