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    The Urmia clashes (9–10 February 1918) or the Urmia revolt was a series of clashes in the city of Urmia between the Assyrian Volunteers led by Agha Petros...
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  • expedition returned to Russian occupied Iran. Battle of Seray Mountain Urmia Clashes Battle Charah Battle of Suldouze Persian Campaign Sayfo Assyrian Rebellion...
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    Persia, northern Iraq and northeast Syria, including those from Salamas and Urmia to form an Assyrian army, and had a real prospect of fighting with the Russians...
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    the Ottomans as a secretary, and as a Consul in Urmia briefly in 1909. After the Russians entered Urmia, Agha Petros was appointed as a general with a...
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  • Assyrian Volunteers Hakkari Expedition 1916 Hakkari Expedition 1917 Urmia Clashes Battle of Charah Battle of Suldouze Assyrian Levies Assyrian Rebellion...
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    for the whole show, as after events will prove, this was agreed to. Urmia Clashes Battle of Charah Persian Campaign Sayfo Assyrian Rebellion Assyrian...
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    the river in Charah was completely red from the dead Shikak fighters. Urmia Clashes Battle of Suldouze Persian Campaign Sayfo Assyrian Rebellion Assyrian...
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    studying in Urmia his studies were interrupted by a tragic event that proved to test his metal as a would be leader in Lower Tyareh: while away at Urmia, Malik...
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  • Battle of Seray Mountain, Urmia Clashes, Battle of Charah, Battle of Suldouze, Battle of Urmia April 1918, Battle of Urmia June 1918, Battle of Sauj Bulak...
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    Andranik was chosen as the main commander of the uprising. The first clashes took place in January 1904 between the fedayi and Kurdish irregulars supported...
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  • 2016–present clashes in West Iran refers to the ongoing military clashes between Kurdish insurgent party Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI)...
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    غربی) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran, whose capital and largest city is Urmia. It is in the northwest of the country, bordered by Turkey (Ağrı, Hakkâri...
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  • The 1974–1975 Shatt al-Arab conflict consisted of armed cross-border clashes between Iran and Iraq. It was a major escalation of the Shatt al-Arab dispute...
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    Westminster Hospital Urmia (now Urmia University of Medical Sciences) Shahid Chamran Hall (central library) – of the University of Urmia Behnam House is part...
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    Azerbaijanis operating in universities located in cities such as Tabriz, Urmia, Gilan, Zanjan, Ardabil, and Tehran. On October 14, 2021, human rights defenders...
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    historically inhabited the mountainous areas to the south of Lake Van and Lake Urmia, a geographical area collectively referred to as Kurdistan. Most Kurds speak...
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    Revolution, the two ethnic groups clashed in the town and about 100 to 300 people were killed. The reason for the clashes was the relatively liberal political...
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    A building in Yüksekova, Hakkari Province, partly destroyed by tank shells from a Turkish operation in the 2016 Hakkari clashes [tr]....
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    Ali Akbar Derakhshani (category Urmia)
    of Iran. The people of Urmia and its surroundings had endured many hardships due to foreign occupation, prolonged bloody clashes among nomadic groups and...
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    encircling the city. Shortly after, Iranian forces were dispatched from Urmia, Sharafkhaneh and Khoy, engaged rebels and defeated them. During engagement...
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  • sporadic clashes between Iranian IRGC forces and the militant Kurdish PJAK organization. Among those clashes was the August 2013 Sardasht clash. Kurds are...
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  • demanding independence for Kurdistan. In 1918, many Kurds west of Lake Urmia pledged allegiance Simko, who began establishing his authority. Simko rapidly...
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    Turkey has an embassy in Tehran and consulates in Mashhad, Tabriz and Urmia, while Iran has an embassy in Ankara and consulates in Istanbul, Erzurum...
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    hands of the Ottoman Turks, while the rest endured two winter marches to Urmia in 1915 and to Hamadan in 1918. Many of them were relocated by the British...
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  • Hermopolis. 714 BC Battle of Lake Urmia King Sargon II of Assyria decisively defeats King Rusa I of Urartu at Lake Urmia, Urartu soon becomes an Assyrian...
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  • around a fortress called Dimdim located in Beradost region around Lake Urmia in northwestern Iran. In 1609, the ruined structure was rebuilt by Emîr...
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  • the time of her death, Amini had recently been admitted to university in Urmia, where she would have studied biology. Amini's cousin, a left-wing political...
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    During the Iranian Revolution, he served in the 64th Infantry Division in Urmia, in northwestern Iran. He was later awarded the rank of lieutenant general...
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    Soviet Armenia into Iranian Azerbaijan. They moved towards Tabriz and Lake Urmia. They captured the Iranian city of Jolfa. An Iranian reconnaissance aircraft...
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    unrest after the referendum. Helicopters bomb three Kurdish villages near Urmia. The military begins to surround Sanadaj. December 30: Revolutionary Guards...
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