Senior Kurdish Leader Killed on Road to Qamishli

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Senior Kurdish Leader Killed on Road to Qamishli

Secretary General of the Future Syria Party Havrin Khalaf was killed when her car was struck on the road to Qamishli on Saturday.

Kurdish Media Network Rudaw blamed the Turkish army for targeting Khalaf. Meanwhile, Hawarnews said she was killed in an ambush by ISIS mercenaries on the international road leading to the city of Qamishli.

Khalaf was born in 1983 in the northern northeastern city of Al-Malikiyah. She studied agricultural engineering in Aleppo.

In 2014, following the announcement of the Kurdish autonomous administration, Hafrin became deputy to the Energy Commission and then head of the Economic Commission for Kurdish-controlled areas in Syria.

In March 2018 Hafrin Khalaf got involved in politics and was later elected secretary-general of the Future Syria Party.



UK's Starmer Discussed Importance of a Ceasefire With Lebanon's PM

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer smiles on stage on the second day of the annual Labor Party conference in Liverpool, north-west England, on September 23, 2024. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP)
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer smiles on stage on the second day of the annual Labor Party conference in Liverpool, north-west England, on September 23, 2024. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP)
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UK's Starmer Discussed Importance of a Ceasefire With Lebanon's PM

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer smiles on stage on the second day of the annual Labor Party conference in Liverpool, north-west England, on September 23, 2024. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP)
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer smiles on stage on the second day of the annual Labor Party conference in Liverpool, north-west England, on September 23, 2024. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP)

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer met his Lebanese counterpart at the United Nations and discussed the importance of an immediate ceasefire and a negotiated solution in the conflict with Israel, his office said on Friday.
Starmer met Lebanon's Najib Mikati at the United Nations General Assembly, reported Reuters.
"The Prime Minister opened by giving his sincere condolences to Prime Minister Mikati for the loss of civilian life in recent weeks," the statement said.
"They discussed the escalating conflict in Lebanon, and agreed on the importance of an immediate ceasefire and a negotiated solution."