Colonel Hassan Sayad Khodayari, a commander of the Revolutionary Guards Army in Tehran, Iran’s capital, was killed in an armed attack near his home. The Revolutionary Guards Army announced in a statement that the assassination was carried out by two attackers on motorcycles, and that Khodayari died after five shots fired at him while he was inside his vehicle. Khodayari was fighting in Syria’s civil war.
Speaking at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Tianjin, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan criticized the international community for failing to stop Israel’s attacks on Gaza, where he said “babies, children, and the elderly die of starvation.” He called for urgent UN reform, arguing the current system cannot end oppression in the Middle East.
Erdoğan also highlighted Türkiye’s role in supporting regional peace efforts in Syria, the South Caucasus, and Central Asia, stressing cooperation through the Turkic States Organization and major transport projects like the Middle Corridor and Development Road. He said Türkiye seeks a just global order based on diplomacy, trade, and stability.
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