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Turkey’s Kurdish singer killed on stage in Istanbul

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450x360xTurkeys-Kurdish-singer-Selim-Serhed-killed-on-stage-in-Istanbul-oct-2015-photo-Serhed-fb.jpg.pagespeed.ic.BMpNHsgAWTISTANBUL,— Selim Serhed, thirty-three-year-old Kurdish singer from Turkey, was stabbed to death at a night club in Istanbul.

According to a statement from Avcilar Police Department, Abdulselam Atamaca known as Serhed was killed during a fight Friday night at club in Istanbul.

Turkish police also reported the arrest of the killer.

Came from the Twitter account of Onur Akay, one of deceased singer’s friends

“Our young friend and singer Selim Serhed was killed in a knife attack. Even worse, he was killed because he was singing Kurdish songs on stage,” Akay tweeted.

Turkish police refused Akay’s claim which also was published by a number of media outlets.

“The incident occurred because of girl issue. Other claims about the subject do not represent the truth of the matter,” Turkish police stated.

Serhed was father of three children. He was best known for his “Brina Baris – Pain of Peace” song.

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Syria-Update: Earlier in the day, the Daily Mail reported that the al-Qaeda leader in Syria has been killed.

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1027362943The Syrian army killed the leader of Jabhat al-Nusra (Nusra Front) terrorist group, Egypt-born Abu Sulaiman Masri in Aleppo, a source confirmed to Sputnik Saturday.
According to the source, the terrorist was killed during a fight near the Tal-al-Karsani village outside Aleppo.
The Nusra Front terrorist group is an al-Qaeda affiliate operating in Syria.
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Syria war intensify: Another Iranian General, 7 Other IRGC Members Killed in Syria

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13940718000412_PhotoITEHRAN (FNA)- A top commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) was killed in clashes in Central Syria last night, bringing the number of IRGC casualties in the war-torn country in the last couple of days to 8.

Brigadier General Reza Khavari, the senior commander of IRGC’s Fatemiyoun Division, was martyred in clashes with Takfiri terrorists in the Northern parts of the province of Hama, Central Syria, Thursday night while fulfilling his duty as a military adviser.

A sum of 7 other IRGC members, mostly from Ansar Corps, have been martyred in Syria in the last two days. Amin Karimi, a member of the IRGC’s Ansar Corps, has also been named among those killed in the last couple of days, although his military rank is not known.

IRGC Public Relations Chief General Ramezan Sharif told FNA on Friday evening that the IRGC has boosted the number of its advisors in Syria in recent days following government troops’ striking victories in multiple fronts across the nation.

Ramezan Sharif confirmed the 8 casualties sustained by the IRGC in Syria in the last several days.

Asked why the IRGC casualties in Syria are mostly ranking officers, he said Iran does not have combat troops in Syria and has only sent advisors to help the Muslim nation, who provide counseling services and strategies to the Syrian army commanders in the battlefield and from a very close range to the forefront. He reminded that low-ranking officers are not fit for such a vital job.

Earlier today it was revealed that the bodyguard of Iran’s former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been one of the latest IRGC casualties in in Syria.

Abdollah Baqeri Niyaraki was martyred while fulfilling his duty as military advisor in Syria’s Northern province of Aleppo.

Baqeri Niyaraki was an IRGC commander who served as a bodyguard of former President Ahmadinejad for some time. Niyaraki was a member of IRGC’s Ansar Corps.

His martyrdom came after three other IRGC war veteran commanders were killed during attacks by the ISIL Takfiri terrorists in Syria.

On October 13, two IRGC commanders, providing military counseling services to the Syrian forces in their fight against the Takfiri terrorists, were killed in Southern Syria.

Colonel Farshad Hasounizadeh, the former commander of IRGC’s Saberin Special Brigade, was martyred while fulfilling his duty as military adviser in Syria and fighting the Takfiri terrorists in the Muslim country.

Also, the former commander of IRGC Hazrat Hojjat 1 Brigade Hajj Hamid Mokhtar-band, nicknamed Abu Zahra, was killed in Syria.

Both Hasounizadeh and Mokhtar-band were IRGC war veterans and were martyred in Southern Syria. According to Iran’s military rules, those missed or killed in operation are promoted to a higher rank and that’s why in a few Persian-language sources, Colonel Hasounizadeh has been referred to as a General.

A few days earlier, a top IRGC commander Brigadier General Hossein Hamadani was martyred during an attack by the ISIL Takfiri terrorists in the outskirts of the city of Aleppo.

General Hamadani was in Syria to render military advice to the Syrian army and popular forces in their fight against the ISIL terrorists in the Arab country.

In September 2014, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Gholam Ali Rashid announced that Iran’s military advisors are present in the friendly regional states to provide those nations with necessary military recommendations.

“Some of our commanders are in the field to give military advice to the Iraqi army, Lebanon’s Hezbollah and the Palestinian resistance movement,” Major General Rashid said, addressing a conference attended by a group of senior military commanders in Tehran.

Syria: 2 Armenians killed in Aleppo rocket attack

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rmenian killed aleppoTwo Armenians have been killed in a rocket attack in Aleppo, Arevelk website reported.

Vera Kentimian and her son Harut Kentimyan have been killed.

Overall, 60-70 thousands Armenians were residing in Syria before the bloody events. More than half of them lived in Aleppo and the other half was scattered in the cities of Latakia, Homs, Qamishli, Hasaka, Raqqah, Kessab and, of course, the capital – Damascus.

Chechen-born Abu Bakr al-Shishani, leader of the Ahrar ash-Sham terrorist group, was reportedly killed in a Russian airstrike.

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1028100836Chechen-born Abu Bakr al-Shishani, leader of the Ahrar ash-Sham terrorist group, was reportedly killed in a Russian airstrike.

A prominent terrorist leader was reportedly killed by a Russian airstrike in Syria’s Homs province, a Syrian military source told Sputnik Thursday. Initial reports suggest it could be Chechen-born militant Abu Bakr al-Shishani.

“A group of militants, including the leader of Jaish al-Sham terrorist group, Chechen native Abu Bakr al-Shishani, was eliminated on October 14 as a result of a Russian airstrike in the Homs province,” the source said.
Earlier today SANA, Syria’s national news agency, reported that the Syrian army had destroyed another leader of Ahrar ash-Sham, sheikh Omar Mustafa al-Khodr and his top aide Khaled Abu Anas.
Ahrar ash-Sham is the second largest terrorist group within the Jaish al-Fatah movement after the al-Nusra Front. In the spring of 2015, it was one of the militant groups which took over Ariha, Idlib, and Jisr al-Shughur in Syria’s northwest, carrying out mass executions of locals.
Since September 30, Russia has been undertaking airstrikes on the Islamic State positions in Syria following a request by the country’s internationally recognized government.

Turkey: 18 Kurd from one family killed in Ankara blasts

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Hülya Ünal (L) says the identification process is still under way for three of her relatives. (Photo: Cihan)

Eighteen people from the same family lost their lives in the twin explosions that hit Ankara on Saturday, having traveled to the Turkish capital from Siirt province to attend a rally organized by pro-Kurdish and leftist activists, the Hürriyet daily reported on Wednesday.

Two blasts within seconds of each other killed 97 people and wounded over 500 on Saturday morning when pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) activists, leftists, labor unions and other civil society groups had gathered in Ankara for a march to protest the deaths of hundreds of civilians since the resumption of the conflict between Turkish security forces and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in the country’s mainly Kurdish Southeast.

Speaking to Hürriyet on Tuesday, Hülya Ünal, a family member of the 18 relatives who died, said that three of them had not yet been officially identified. “I’ve been waiting in front of the [Ankara Council of] Forensic Medicine [ATK] morgue for four days. We have lost 18 people in our family. The identification process is still under way for three of my relatives — Filiz Batur, Bedriye Batur and Hasan Baykara. I have waited for 15 relatives in front of this door [of the morgue] and sent them to their hometown [for burial]. I was planning to show them around Ankara because they had never been here before. However, now I’m sending their bodies off [to their hometown].”

Another Iranian commanders killed in fight on terror in Syria

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IRGC Brigadier General Farshad Hassounizadeh, who was killed by Daesh Takfiris in Syria on October 12, 2015.

IRGC Brigadier General Farshad Hassounizadeh, who was killed by Daesh Takfiris in Syria on October 12, 2015.

Two veteran Iranian commanders have been killed while fighting against terrorist groups in Syria, reports say.

Hamid Mokhtarband and Brigadier General Farshad Hassounizadeh, both commanders with the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), were killed during the battle against Daesh Takfiri terrorists in Syria on Monday, Tasnim news agency reported.

Hassounizadeh was in Syria to defend the holy shrine of Hazrat Zeinab, the granddaughter of Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him), in the country’s capital of Damascus.

The two commanders were killed few days after the killing of IRGC senior Brigadier General Hossein Hamedani by Daesh terrorists on the outskirts of Syria’s northern city of Aleppo.

Iran has sent military advisers to Syria to help in the fight against terrorists wreaking havoc in the conflict-stricken country.

The foreign-sponsored conflict in Syria, which flared in March 2011, has thus far claimed the lives of more than 250,000 people and left over one million injured, according to the United Nations.

Breaking News: Hezbollah Commander Killed in Syria’s Idlib

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TEHRAN (FNA) Senior Hezbollah Commander Hassan Hossein al-Haj, also known as Abu Mohammad al-Eqleem, has reportedly been killed during the heavy fighting in Idlib countryside today.

Reports said the commander was accompanying the Syrian army troops in an operation to win back the town of Mansoureh in Sahl Al-Qab region near Hama province.

Idlib is the scene of heavy fighting between the Syrian and Hezbollah troops who are backed up by the Russian air force and the terrorists who have been occupying part of the province for the some long time now.

Earlier today, the Russian bombers carried out precise attacks on militants’ positions and destroyed the Takfiri terrorists’ operations room in Idlib.

The Russian fighter jets hit a center of the terrorists in Khan Sheikhoun region in the Southern parts of Idlib four times and destroyed a five-story building that was the militants’ main base and arms depot as well.

The Russian Air Force also pounded the command center of militant groups in Idlib province today. Several militias, including senior commanders, were killed and wounded during the Russian warplanes’ air raid.

The Syrian fighter jets also bombed concentration centers and hideouts of the foreign-backed Takfiri militants in Idlib countryside on Saturday, inflicting heavy losses on them.

The airstrikes hit terrorists’ positions in Khan Sheikhoun city, Tal Merei and in the towns of al-Hbeit and al-Tamanaa.

Syrian Army Kills, Wounds 77 More Militants in Hama Operations

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13940324000258_PhotoIThe sources said that 5 terrorists were killed and 12 others were injured in the Syrian army troops’ operations in Kafr Zeita town, one of al-Nusra Fronts’ important strongholds in the province.

The sources said that over 30 terrorists, including on the militant commander.were also injured in the army’s operations in the outskirts of Kafr Nabbouda. Report farsnews.com

An army unit also killed 30 terrorists and destroyed 3 vehicles to the North of Tallet al-Sayad.

On Wednesday, the Syrian army forces, supported by the Russian fighter jets and helicopters, advanced 70km inside the province of Hama.

Some 50km deep into the freed areas were under the occupation of Jeish al-Fateh terrorist group which is supported by Saudi Arabia.

The Syrian forces managed to advance in the Northern countryside of Hama with the support of the Russian airstrikes against the terrorists’ positions.

They could retake control of Kafr Nabouda town, Markabat, Atshan, and al-Moghayr villages and Sakik, al-Havir, al-Sakhar and Tal Othman hills.

Four Turkish soldiers killed, seven wounded in PKK attacks, curfew imposed

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229903Two soldiers were gunned down by Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)  as they left for work on Thursday in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır, while two others died in clashes between Turkish security forces and PKK terrorists in Mardin’s Nusaybin and Şırnak‘s Beytüşşebap districts on Thursday. Report Zaman

As the PKK-related tension in southeastern Turkey continues to grow with every passing day, Turkey witnessed another series of clashes between the terrorist group and Turkish security forces during which four soldiers were martyred.

In Mardin’s Nusaybin district, one soldier was killed and six others were injured on Thursday morning when members of the PKK opened fire on troops guarding fellow soldiers who were checking a road in the southeastern province of Hakkari. The wounded soldiers were reportedly taken to a military hospital in Mardin by helicopter.

The Mardin Governor’s Office declared a curfew, as of 5 p.m., in the district where the first attack took place in the early hours of the morning. The wounded personnel are not in life-threatening condition, the office added.

According to several media outlets, a group of terrorists fired long-barreled weapons against troops who were guarding other soldiers checking the Mardin-Kızıltepe highway and the troops returned fire.

Two F-16 fighter jets were reportedly dispatched to the area and an operation, supported by drones, an attack helicopter and a reinforcement unit, was launched to find PKK members in the area.

According to the Cihan news agency, one terrorist was “rendered ineffective” in coordinated operations that followed the attack, and the PKK casualties were expected to increase as security operations, backed by Turkish Air Force warplanes, helicopters and drones were still ongoing.

In yet another attack in the city in the afternoon, one soldier was killed and another was wounded injured in Şırnak’s Beytüşşebap district, after PKK terrorists detonated a bomb while a military vehicle was passing late on Thursday. The injured soldier was taken to a nearby hospital and an air operation has been launched in the area to find the assailants.

In addition, two other soldiers were killed by PKK militants in Diyarbakır early on Thursday.

After a suicide bomber carried out an attack in the Suruç district of Şanlıurfa on July 20, killing 33 activists and injuring more than 100 people, PKK-related tension in southeastern Turkey has grown over the past month. Two police officers were shot in the head by PKK members in retaliation for the Suruç terrorist attack on July 22. The violence and PKK-led attacks further escalated when Turkey carried out air strikes against PKK bases in neighboring Iraq.

More than 100 security personnel and hundreds of PKK members have been killed since the collapse of a cease-fire with the PKK in July. The renewed hostilities have left efforts to establish long-term peace in ruins, and have sparked some of the worst recent clashes in a three-decades-long conflict.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said this week that up to 2,000 militants from the PKK have been killed in recent military operations inside Turkey and in northern Iraq.