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    Just as talk builds of a renewed Adana agreement between Assad & Erdogan (& brokered by Russia), Syria accuses Turkey of violating the now 20 year old agreement by having troops on Syrian land

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  2. 8 hours ago

    As Israel moves to strike IRGC-backed PMF (Popular Mobilization Forces) sites inside Iraq: the PMF seems to be preparing for the worst: Possible Israeli airstrikes against PMU sites inside Iraq has been widely reported in Israeli and Iraqi media.

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  3. 8 hours ago

    That was quick: IRGC-backed Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq militia of Qais al-Khazali threatens Saudi-funded MBC Iraq TV channel before it's launched. MBC Iraq channel to launch next month:

    Asa'ib Ahl Haq militia threats the new MBC 'IRAQ' before its starting in Baghdad.
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    10 hours ago

    This should be widely condemned. By everyone. It’s outrageous and barbaric.

    Iran publicly hangs man on homosexuality charges
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  5. 9 hours ago

    In 's far southeast, a tragedy in the making: "now the dust storm season has expanded, sometimes spanning half the year...With agriculture now all but impossible and everyday life a struggle, locals and officials alike say that the region risks becoming uninhabitable."

    In Iran's Sistan and Baluchistan province, complete environmental collapse is playing out at lightning speed. Reeds are catching fire in the biblical new heat; dust storms are toppling houses. 's gripping, dystopian photos. My words.
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  6. 9 hours ago

    And finally, satellite imagery of the Turkish military base in Shiladze which was stormed by protesters earlier today:

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  7. 10 hours ago

    The retreated Turkish soldiers and MIT officers in Shiladze were reportedly moved to the military base in Bamarni. There are over 400 Turkish soldiers stationed in the Bamarni military base with a variety of heavy weapons.

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  8. 10 hours ago

    KDP's Zeravani forces with heavy weaponry have been deployed in Bamarni, another town in Duhok province as some youth were 'secretly' preparing for a protest tomorrow in front of TR military base there. Bamarni base is the biggest Turkish military base in Iraqi Kurdistan.

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  9. 10 hours ago

    KDP's Zeravani forces with heavy weaponry have been deployed in Shiladze to protect the Turkish base and prevent further attacks.

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  10. 10 hours ago

    NRT says their 6 journalists who were detained by KDP security have now been freed as protests died down: And earlier, KRG ministry of culture has apparently condemned the detention of the NRT journalists in Duhok & Shiladze:

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  11. 10 hours ago

    12 hours later, Rudaw now says the protests in Shiladze were actually equally against both the Turkish military and the PKK:

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  12. 10 hours ago

    Another protester reportedly dies from his injuries, raising the number of protesters killed in protests to two and 16 others injured.

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  13. 14 hours ago

    Thread below re: the events in as they unfolded which culminated with protesters storming a military/MIT base (which is unprecedented) with a background of Turkish military presence in Iraqi and the relationship between people of Shildaze with KDP:

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    Protesters, who are local residents, storm and burn Turkish military base in Shiladze, a town in northeast Duhok, near the Turkish border. This comes following the death of two local villagers by Turkish airstrikes a couple days ago.
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  14. 14 hours ago

    KRG statement re the events in accuses a 'trouble-making hand' of being behind the protests and vows a 'thorough investigation' to punish those responsible.

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  15. 14 hours ago

    KDP security in 's Duhok & Shiladze (in northeast Duhok) have arrested six NRT TV journalists and a driver to prevent NRT's coverage of the events in Shiladze which led to protesters storming a Turkish military base in the area. Picture of five of the journos below:

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  16. 15 hours ago

    Erdogan regarding the protests in : 'they've tried to make a big mistake in Northern Iraq today but our fighter jets have flown over the area and dispersed them'.

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  17. 15 hours ago

    KRG PM Nechervan Barzani has reportedly talked with Turkish foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu over the phone: Barzani has told Cavusoglu they have started investigating the events in Shiladze and they have dealt with the protests.

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  18. 16 hours ago

    NRT: at least four of our reporters and cameramen have been arrested by KDP security in Duhok and Shiladze to prevent further NRT coverage of the protests in .

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  19. 16 hours ago

    Footage of the protester who died in the protests in Shiladze: According to local media, one is dead (pictured below) and ten others were injured in the events in :

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  20. 16 hours ago

    Footage shows Turkish soldiers/MIT officers trying to prevent protesters storming the base in Shiladze but reportedly retreated later and left the buildings:

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