Peter Kenyon
Stories
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Iran boasts that its weekend attack against Israel was a huge success
After Iran's unprecedented but largely ineffective attack against Israel, international leaders are calling on Israel to show restraint and to be wary of it spiraling into a broader regional conflict.
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Iranians flee to Turkey as crackdown continues
In Iran, the crackdown on dissent continues long after the protests sparked by the death of a young woman in police custody. Iranians fleeing persecution at home are seeking shelter in Turkey.
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Voters went big for the opposition in Turkey's local elections this weekend
Turkey's municipal elections were the biggest snub to the ruling party of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in years, leaving the opposition in control of Istanbul and many other key cities.
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Iranian filmmakers escaping censorship at home finds it has followed them abroad
Iranian filmmakers produced a movie about Tehran's crackdown on the 2022 women's protest movement in Iran. They have fled to Turkey but still find it hard to get their message out.
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As Israel-Hamas war presses on, flareup between Iran an Pakistan emerges
Iran has attacked targets in Pakistan, Iran and Syria in recent days, and its militant proxies are also active. This adds to the tension in an already volatile region.
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Iran says 2 explosions have killed over 100 people honoring an assassinated general
Two explosions in southeastern Iran have killed more than 100 people and wounded over 140, according to Iran's state media, which said Iranian officials called the blasts a "terrorist attack."
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The latest on the hostages taken by Hamas
Families of those whose loved ones have been taken hostage by the militant group Hamas watch and wait in fear as prospects for an Israeli ground invasion into Gaza grow.
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The U.S. is sending warships to the Mediterranean ahead of Israel's expected invasion
Israel says it is preparing to invade Gaza with ground forces but the timeline is unclear.
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Turkey's new foreign minister is a former spymaster
A former spymaster is now steering Turkey's pivotal role in the world as it sits between east and west as its new foreign minister. He seems to be working to make a stormy region a little more stable.
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Archaeologists in Turkey have identified massive structures below a Roman-era castle
The multistory, below-ground structures in Diyarbakir — ID'ed by using ground-penetrating radar — may have sheltered some 10,000 people during wartime many centuries ago, archaeologists believe.