1,500 Syrians Leave Turkey for Eid al-Fitr Holiday Thought for Today ANKARA (Dispatches) – Over 1,500 Syrians who fled their country’s war to Turkey are returning home temporarily to celebrate a major Muslim holi- day, local media 0reported. One who takes lessons from the events of life, gets The Syrians have crossed the border gate in the southeastern province of vision, one who acquires vision becomes wise and Kilis between May 18 and 20 for upcoming Eid al-Fitr holiday, said Hur- riyet Daily News. Syrian families were reportedly queuing in long lines at one who attains wisdom achieves knowledge. the Oncupinar border gate between the two countries. Local Public Health Center provides Syrian children aged under 15 with vaccines before their leaving, the report said. Amir al-Momeneen Ali (AS)

VOL NO: LV 10891 TEHRAN / Est.1959 Thursday, May 23, 2019, Khordad 2, 1398, Ramadhan 17, 1440 Palestinians United in Rejecting Houthis Launch Retaliatory ‘Deal of Century’ Attack on Saudi Najran Airport SANAA (Dispatches) – Yemen’s ing. Houthi Ansarullah movement He was referring to the Saudi launched a retaliatory drone attack regime’s widely-reported covert on Saudi Arabia’s Najran airport, ties with the Zionist regime and the group’s Al Masirah TV said ear- Riyadh’s support for a controver- ly on Wednesday. sial American plan for the Zionits- It said it targeted hangars con- Palestinian conflict. taining war planes. There were no “The Saudi regime is one of the immediate reports of damage or United States’ biggest supporters casualties. and maintains ties with Israel,” he Yemen’s al-Masirah television said, saying the regime is trying network reported the counter- to use holy sites for political pur- This undated picture shows U.S. President Donald Trump (L) embracing strike on Wednesday morning, poses. his son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner. without giving details about possi- The Houthis took over control ble casualties or material damage. of Yemen’s affairs in 2014 amid WEST BANK (Dispatches) – A a violation of the decisions taken A day earlier, the network said a political turmoil, which saw the high-ranking member of the resis- during the Arab League summit in Yemeni forces, led by the Houthi country’s former Saudi-backed of- tance movement, Hamas, says the Tunis, and an attempt to impose the Ansarullah movement, had The photo released by the media bureau of Yemen’s Operations ficials flee to Riyadh after refusing Palestinian nation vigorously re- American vision on the Palestinian launched a counterattack on an Command Center shows a Yemeni Qasef drone. to continue political talks with the jects U.S. President Donald Trump’s nation,” Sami Abu Zuhri said in a arms depot inside the same airport, aggressors and their allied Yemeni Saudi media, alleging that the movement. controversial proposal for “peace” post published on his official Twit- using a Qasef-2K combat drone. militants hold bases. Houthi fighters had launched a Saudi Arabia then led many of between the Zionist regime and Pal- ter page on Tuesday. The strike caused a fire at the air- In mid-May, the Yemeni army missile attack against the holy city its regional allies into an all-out estinians, dubbed “the deal of the Earlier in the day, Palestinian port. launched drone raids on a major of Mecca in the kingdom. invasion of the Arab world’s most century.” Freedom Movement described the The Ansarullah movement oil pipeline deep inside the Saudi He called the accusation “a big impoverished nation to restore its “We will not accept solutions June 25-26 conference in Manama warned on Sunday that those kingdom in retaliation for the re- lie and an abominable allegation.” favorite government. that violate our rights… The deal as a serious attack on the Palestinian strikes were the start of opera- gime’s war crimes against Yemen, “Those who conspire against the Some reports put the number of of century is aimed at liquidating issue, calling on Bahraini officials tions against 300 vital targets in forcing state crude giant Aramco al-Aqsa Mosque [in the Israeli- fatalities from the war at tens of the Palestinian cause and dropping to reverse the “dangerous decision.” Saudi Arabia and the United Arab to temporarily stop pumping oil on occupied holy city of al-Quds] are thousands. The country has turned central issues like al-Quds and re- It also urged the Bahraini nation Emirates — a key member of the the pipeline. also capable of conspiring against into the scene of the world’s worst turn of (Palestinian) refugees,” Iz- as well as the country’s institutions Saudi-led coalition waging war The movement’s leader Abdul- the Grand Mosque [in Mecca] humanitarian crisis, and is teeter- zat al-Risheq said during a meeting and executive bodies to act effec- on Yemen — as well as positions Malik al-Houthi reacted strongly upon being asked to,” al-Houthi ing on the edge of a nationwide between a Hamas delegation and tively and pressure authorities to inside Yemen, where the foreign on Tuesday to recent reports in was quoted by al-Masirah as say- famine. Lebanese Prime Minister Sa’ad al- overturn the decision. Hariri in Beirut. On Monday, Hamas called on Arab Separately, member of the Hamas countries not to accept invitations to political bureau, Husam Badran, participate in the upcoming Bahrain Kremlin Condemns Alleged U.S. Ultimatum to Turkey has described a U.S.-led conference workshop scheduled for late June, in Bahrain next month in support of saying, “This is the beginning of the MOSCOW (Dispatches) – The leadership headed by President dered 30 F-35s and plans to buy said, referring to the Countering Washington’s so-called Middle East deal of the century.” Kremlin on Wednesday con- (Tayyip) Erdogan that the S-400 over 100 in total. The U.S. has America’s Adversaries Through peace plan as a plot in coordination “We call on Arab countries not to demned as unacceptable an al- deal is already complete and claimed that the Russian system Sanctions Act. with the occupying Israeli regime to respond to invitations to participate leged U.S. ultimatum to Turkey will be implemented.” is not interoperable with NATO The Turkish defense minister liquidate the Palestinian cause. in the workshop in Bahrain, and designed to force it to cancel a equipment. It has urged Turkey also stressed that his country Badran said in a tweet that the Pal- stand by the Palestinian nation by deal to buy Russian S-400 sur- ‘Turkey Preparing for Bans to purchase Raytheon Co Patriot was fulfilling its responsibili- estinian people are united in their all means and tools...,” the move- face-to-air missile systems and missile systems instead of the S- ties in the F-35 project and ex- rejection of the deal of the century ment said in a statement. purchase U.S. Patriot missile sys- Turkish Defense Minister Hu- 400s. pected the program to continue as it only “serves the interests of Is- Trump’s “peace plan” has already tems instead. lusi Akar says his country is pre- Akar said that although there as planned. rael.” been dismissed by Palestinian au- Moscow was responding to a paring for potential American was “a general easing and rap- He further said that buying the “We are a nation under occupation, thorities ahead of its unveiling at the CNBC report which said Wash- sanctions as the deadline report- prochement” in talks with S-400 was only meant to meet and our cause is aimed at national end of the holy fasting month of Ra- ington had given Turkey just edly set by the U.S. for Ankara Washington over the purchase Turkey’s defense needs and liberation and self-determination. madan and the formation of the new over two weeks to scrap the to cancel an arms deal with Rus- the F-35 and Patriots, Turkey posed no threats, adding that Attempts to whitewash the Israeli Israeli cabinet, most likely in June. Russian deal and do an arms sia or face penalties draws near. was preparing for potential U.S. linking the purchase of the Rus- occupation through economic solu- Speaking in the occupied West deal with the United States in- Akar made the remarks after sanctions regarding the S-400 sian system with that of the F-35 tions will not pass. We will remain Bank city of Ramallah on April 16, stead or risk severe penalties. the U.S. State Department re- deal. is “another hurdle.” loyal to the martyrs and the suffer- Palestinian Prime Minister Moham- When asked about the CNBC portedly gave Turkey until the “We are doing whatever nor- “There is no clause anywhere ing of prisoners,” he pointed out. mad Shtayyeh lashed out at the ini- report by reporters on Wednes- end of the first week of June to mal bilateral agreements man- in the F-35 agreement saying The remarks came after s spokes- tiative, asserting that it was “born day, Kremlin spokesman Dmi- scrap its purchase of the Russian date. Though there are some one will be excluded from the man for Hamas, said Palestinians dead.” try Peskov said: “We regard S-400 missile systems or face issues from time to time, we partnership for buying S-400s,” would not allow anyone to relin- Shtayyeh noted that negotiations this extremely negatively. We consequences. are pleased that there has been he said. “Turkey has paid $1.2 quish or trade their cause at a forth- with the US were useless in the consider such ultimatums to be Turkey has signed a 2.5-bil- no sharp turn until now...Tur- billion. We also produced the coming conference in Bahrain. wake of the country’s relocation unacceptable, and we are going lion-dollar deal with Russia for key is also making preparations parts ordered from us on time. “The insistence on convening of its embassy from Tel Aviv to al- on the many statements made the purchase of S-400 system. for the potential implementa- What more can we do as a part- the Bahrain conference, despite Quds, which Palestinians consider by representatives of Turkey’s It has, at the same time, or- tion of CAATSA sanctions,” he ner?” Palestinians’ boycott, constitutes the capital city of their future state. Zionist PM’s Hearing on ‘Daesh Could Turn Iraq Into Terrorist Breeding Ground’ UNITED NATIONS (Dispatches) – A new gen- “This is not just an Iraqi problem. If poorly “We also encourage the government of Iraq to Indictment Delayed eration of Daesh terrorists might emerge in Iraq if managed, the issue will impact us all in the re- ensure the successful reintegration of children the issue of returning terrorists from Syria is not gion and beyond”, she said. of alleged members of ISIS [Daesh] and chil- AL-QUDS (Dispatches) – Zion- cigars, from wealthy business- appropriately managed, UN Special Representa- Iraq has long been suffering from the activities dren of former captives”, Cohen said on Tues- ist Prime Minister Benjamin Ne- men. tive for Iraq Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert told the of various terrorist groups. In 2014, vast terri- day. “Many of these children are indeed victims, tanyahu received on Wednesday a In a second case, he is alleged Security Council. tories of the state were occupied by the Daesh and we call on Iraq to offer them the same ben- three-month delay, until October, to have negotiated a deal with “The return of thousands and thousands of terrorist group. efits afforded to refugees and IDPs [internally for a hearing to argue against the the owner of the regiem’s best- people, Iraqis and non-Iraqis, raises not only The Iraqi army has successfully fought back displaced persons]”. attorney-general’s plan to indict selling daily newspaper, Yedioth significant security and capacity concerns but against Daesh. At the end of 2017, then Iraqi Cohen echoed United Nations Children’s Fund him on graft charges. Ahronoth, for better coverage in also urgent human rights and humanitarian pro- Prime Minister Haider Abadi declared an end to (UNICEF) Director Henrietta Fore’s call when Netanyahu’s attorneys had re- return for legislation that would tection concerns. If we do not manage this ade- the country’s fight against the infamous terrorist she appealed to the UN Member States earlier quested a postponement until slow the growth of a rival daily quately, we risk creating a new breeding ground group as Iraq’s troops re-established complete on Tuesday, to fulfill their responsibility under May 2020 to give them more newspaper. for the next generation of terrorists”, Hennis- control over the country’s Syrian border. international treaties and protect the children of time to examine the evidence Netanyahu is also suspected of Plasschaert said. Meanwhile, Washington is calling on the gov- foreign militants stranded in Syria and Iraq. in three corruption cases, Attor- granting regulatory favors to the Hennis-Plasschaert stressed that addressing ernment of Iraq to promote the successful re- According to UNICEF, some 29,000 foreign ney-General Avichai Mandel- country’s leading telecommuni- the problem of returning terrorists and their integration of children of Daesh terrorist group children reside in camps, detention centers and blit’s office said. cations company, Bezeq Tele- families is a matter of international importance, members and provide them with services of- orphanages in Syria. Of these, 20,000 are Iraqi In one of the investigations com Israel, in return for posi- and, by maintaining “strategic distance” regard- fered to refugees, acting permanent representa- children, while more than 9,000 come from 60 against him, Netanyahu is sus- tive coverage on a news website ing their nationals, some states risk creating tive of the U.S. at the UN Jonathan Cohen said other countries. Another 1,000 children of for- pected of wrongfully receiving controlled by Bezeq’s former both regional and global security threats. during a UN Security Council meeting on Iraq. eign militants are thought to be in Iraq. gifts, including champagne and chairman.