Daily Brief

Monday, August 24

Imrali Delegation Issues Statement on Meeting Notes, Israel and Turkey Hold Secret Talks

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Imrali Delegation: documents and meeting notes must be official

0:28

Ronahî: The DEM Party’s Imrali Delegation announced that documents, notes, and information coming from the Imrali Committee or from the families and lawyers who meet with Abdullah Ocalan must be placed on an official basis and verified.

Ronahî: The delegation made this statement after the recent spread on social media of texts presented as notes from meetings with Ocalan.

Kamîran: In other words, the delegation wants only official information to be accepted.

Ronahî: Yes, they say unofficial texts on social media are not to be trusted.

In Amude, Gulistan Tara, Hero Bahadin and Necmedin Sinan are remembered

1:02

Ronahî: The Women’s Media Union and Jin Production commemorated the women journalists Gulistan Tara and Hero Bahadin and Jin TV worker Necmedin Sinan in the city of Amude.

Ronahî: Gulistan Tara and Hero Bahadin lost their lives in an airstrike on the twenty-third of August two thousand twenty-four in the Seyid Sadiq district of Sulaymaniyah province, and Necmedin Sinan was killed in an airstrike on the twenty-third of August two thousand twenty-three on the Qamishlo-Amude road.

Kamîran: This commemoration shows that they want to continue their path.

Ronahî: Yes, they stressed that they will continue to convey the voice of truth to the public.

Ronahî: Media workers of Free Media of Southern Kurdistan also said in their statement that they will continue the path with their pens and cameras.

Racists attack Kurdish workers in Zonguldak

1:50

Ronahî: Kurdish citizens from the Silopi district of Sirnak who had gone to the village of Bektasli in the Alapli district of Zonguldak for seasonal work have faced racist attacks for the last two days.

Ronahî: DEM Party MP for Sirnak Newroz Uysal announced that nearly seventy workers have faced these attacks.

Kamîran: So the problem is still continuing.

Israel and Turkey hold secret talks

2:13

Ronahî: According to an Israeli military source, Israel and Turkey have opened secret communication channels to prevent direct clashes in Syria.

Ronahî: The source said Israel does not view Ankara as an enemy and wants to avoid unexpected incidents.

Kamîran: This shows that both sides want to reduce tensions.

Iran’s foreign minister: pressure is not accepted

2:33

Ronahî: Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that American pressure and sanctions have previously failed, and Tehran is ready to engage in dialogue with Washington on the condition of mutual respect and the preservation of national sovereignty.

Kamîran: So Iran does not accept pressure, yet remains open to negotiations.

Yezidi survivors reject amendment of the law

2:53

Ronahî: Yezidi survivors of crimes by ISIS in Sinjar announced that they reject any amendment to the Yezidi survivors law, because the impact of ISIS crimes on their community is still ongoing.

Kamîran: They want the law to remain as it is.

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