Ankara,Turkey,Aug 16 The PKK terror group’s Syrian affiliate the People’s Protection Units (YPG) is recruiting children from displacement camps in the country’s northeast in violation of international law, Human Rights Watch said Friday. According to Daily Sabah news agency, Thousands of people live in camps scattered across parts of Syria …
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The Agent of the Assassination of the Governor of Ganja Has Been Trained in Iran and Syria
Baku, North Azerbaijan,July 5 The man who shot the mayor of Ganja had fought in Syria and wanted to turn North Azerbaijan into an Islamic state, according to an official press release. On 3 July, the mayor of Ganja, Elmar Valiyev, and his bodyguard, Gasim Ashbazov, were shot in the …
Read More »YPG/PKK Terrorists Use Civilians as Human Shields in Syria’s Afrin
Ankara,Turkey,Feb 23 According to GAMAC from local media of Turkey(yenisafak), four elder villagers were found in a barn with hands tied and surrounded with mines and improvised explosives in Syria’s northwestern Afrin that the YPG/PKK terrorist organization has kidnapped civilians at gunpoint and used them as human shields. According to military …
Read More »Russian pilot kills himself to avoid capture in Syria
A Russian pilot downed by rebel fighters in Syria killed himself with a grenade to avoid being captured by the jihadists, Moscow has confirmed. Video footage filmed by the rebels themselves, sees Major Roman Filipov shouting ‘This is for our guys!’ before detonating the explosives as the fighters surround him. The Russian Defense Ministry said …
Read More »Iraqi Turkmen Supports Turkish Operations in Afrin-Syria
Tabriz,South Azerbaijan,Jan 23 Iraq’s Turkmen community completely support Turkey’s military Operation with name of Olive Branch, which is currently underway in Syria’s northern Afrin district against PKK and PYD terrorist groups. A member of the Iraqi Turkmen Front has declared that Iraq’s Turkmen community strongly support Turkey’s military operation on …
Read More »Armenia resettling Syrian refugees on occupied lands – breach of int’l law, Baku tells UNHCR
Baku, North Azerbaijan, Dec. 16 Policy pursued by Armenia aimed at resettling Syrian refugees of Armenian origin on the occupied territories of Azerbaijan is a grave breach of the international humanitarian law, reads a statement by the Delegation of Azerbaijan at the United Nations High Commissioner’s Dialogue on Protection Challenges. …
Read More »South Azerbaijan Question in Evolution;Identity, Society, and Regional Security
South Azerbaijanis have historically been considered the country’s most loyal ethnolinguistic minority. Predominantly Shiite, with religion being the most important source of collective identity, Turkophone Azerbaijanis had until the 1920s provided numerous dynasties to the Persian thrones. The rise of nationalism in the 20th century gradually breached the image of South …
Read More »Erdogan: Turkey has become a world leader
Ankara, Turkey, Sep 26 Turkey, after becoming a key player in solving Iraqi and Syrian issues, has become a world leader, said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish media reported. Erdogan noted that currently Turkey also has economic and military power. The Turkish President once again called for reforms in …
Read More »Trump’s loud tweet was part of a detailed strategy to squeeze Iran
WASHINGTON, U.S. July 24 It would be easy to write off President Donald Trump’s bellicose tweet threatening Iran Monday morning as a bit of “wag the dog,” a diversionary tactic to blunt criticism of his fawning treatment of Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, or from the news that his lawyer may possess embarrassing tapes with his voice. …
Read More »Turkey hosts largest refugee population in world
Ankara,Turkey,June 21 Turkey has the largest refugee population in the world, according to a two-year study conducted by the Turkish Parliament’s Refugee Subcommittee that operates under the Human Rights Committee. According to report of HDN , Turkey currently hosts approximately 4.3 million refugees. Of the millions taking refuge in Turkey, 3.4 million reside in the country …
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