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'Over 200 Daesh Terrorists Killed in Russian Airstrike in Dayr Al-Zawr' ‘Lebanon Foiled Bomb Attack on Australia-Abu Dhabi Flight’ Thought for Today CAIRO (Reuters) – Lebanon foiled a plot by a suicide bomber to blow up a plane bound for the United Arab Emirates from Australia earlier this month, Lebanon’s There is no greater wealth than wisdom, no greater interior minister said on Monday. Nohad Machnouk told Saudi-owned television station Al-Arabiya Al-Hadath that poverty than ignorance; no greater heritage than culture the bomber was Lebanese and had planned to blow up a plane bound for Abu Dhabi. and no greater support than consultation. Earlier this month an Australian man was detained in Sydney during raids to disrupt what authorities described as a Daesh-inspired plot to bomb an Etihad Airways flight. Amir al-Momeneen Ali (AS) VOL NO: LV 10399 TEHRAN / Est.1959 Tuesday, August 22, 2017, Mordad 31, 1396, Zil-Qa’dah 29, 1438 ‘Over 200 Daesh Terrorists Killed in UN Warns Over Russian Airstrike in Dayr al-Zawr’ Civilian Casualties civilians, including at least 40 minors and 25 women, had lost their lives in U.S.-led aerial attacks against the in Iraq’s Tal Afar city, located about 455 kilometers (283 miles) northeast of the capital Damascus, between August 14 and August 21. The Britain-based monitoring group added that 27 people, among them seven children and six women, died on Sunday when U.S.-led military aircraft bombarded Harah al-Badou and other neighborhoods in Raqqah. The Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, in two separate letters sent to UN Secretary General António Guterres and rotating President of the UN Security Council Amr Abdellatif Aboulatta on August Iraqi government forces supported by fighters from the Abbas Brigade, 17, called on the United Nations to take which are part of the Popular Mobilization units, advance towards the on its responsibilities concerning the city of Tal Afar on August 20, 2017. establishment of international peace and security to put an end to the U.S.- NEW YORK (Dispatches) – The She further went on to highlight A displaced Syrian boy walks across the rubble of buildings in Raqqah’s western al-Sabahiya district where he led coalition’s crimes against innocent United Nations has called on all the UN’s deep concerns over is taking shelter on August 14, 2017. Syrians. parties involved in operations to free the “extreme risks that families The Syrian Foreign Ministry also the Iraqi city of Tal Afar from its are facing,” urging all engaged DAMASCUS (Dispatches) – Russia’s witnessing “international terrorists… Dayr al-Zawr, however, still contains accused the U.S.-led coalition of using occupying Daesh terrorists to avoid in the conflict “to avoid civilian Defense Ministry says its aircraft trying to regroup and equip their last some 125,000 civilians, a fact that could guided bombs and internationally- civilian casualties. casualties and ensure people have have eliminated more than 200 Daesh base in Syria.” slow down the military operations banned white phosphorus munitions in “Thousands of people are fleeing the assistance they are entitled to terrorists on their way to the eastern “The defeat of ISIS (Daesh) in the targeting the city. flagrant violation of international law Tal Afar for safety. Families are under international humanitarian Syrian city of Dayr al-Zawr. Dayr al-Zawr region will be a strategic and human rights principles. trekking for 10 to 20 hours in law.” The operation also destroyed around defeat for the international terrorist 125 Civilians Killed in U.S. Strikes The U.S.-led coalition has been extreme heat to reach mustering Iraqi government forces liberated 20 SUVs laden with large-caliber group in the Syrian Arab Republic,” the conducting airstrikes against what points. They are arriving exhausted four districts in Tal Afar from the weapons and mortars, as well as statement said. In another development, a monitoring are said to be Daesh targets inside and dehydrated,” said the UN’s grip of the terrorists. armored vehicles, including tanks, the Earlier in the month, Russian Defense group says more than a dozen civilians Syria since September 2014 without Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq, Commander of Federal Police Ministry said in a statement on Monday. Minister Sergei Shoigu said if the group have lost their lives in a week as the any authorization from the Damascus Lise Grande, in a statement released Forces Lieutenant General Raed The city contains relatively large lost the city, it would potentially mean it U.S.-led coalition purportedly fighting government or a UN mandate. on Sunday. Shaker Jawdat said that security concentrations of the Takfiri group’s had suffered an ultimate defeat. the Daesh terrorist group conducted The military alliance has repeatedly The statement was released after forces, backed by members of the terrorists and is subject to offensives by “This is perhaps the main point at the a series of aerial assaults in Syria’s been accused of targeting and killing Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) both the Syrian Army and its allies, and Euphrates, which will in many ways terrorist-held northern city of Raqqah. civilians. It has also been largely announced the commencement of a and fighters from pro-government Russian warplanes. indicate the end of the fight against The Syrian Observatory for Human incapable of fulfilling its declared aim major offensive to retake the city Popular Mobilization Units The ministry said the city was now ISIS,” he said. Rights reported on Monday that 125 of destroying Daesh. of Tal Afar, located near Mosul. (PMU), have reclaimed Abra al- “We announce the launch of an Najjar, Abra Hanish, Greater Abra operation to liberate Tal Afar. I say and Lesser Abra, Arabic-language Qatar Envoy: to Daesh either you surrender or Baghdad Today news website die,” Abadi said. reported. Grande described the situation Tal Afar and the surrounding UAE Supports Counter-Revolutions, inside the city as being “very area are among the last pockets of tough,” due to the lack of food, Daesh-controlled territory in Iraq, water and basic necessities. after the country’s second-largest Paid for Egypt Coup “More than 30,000 people have city of Mosul. already fled the district. We don’t On July 10, Abadi formally DOHA (Dispatches) – The Qatari Qatar, using broad terms such as The Qatari ambassador also The administration of Saudi- know how many civilians are declared victory over Daesh Ambassador to Turkey has accused the counterterrorism and attacking rejected Persian Gulf states’ backed and resigned Yemeni still in the areas where fighting is extremists in Mosul, which had United Arab Emirates of sponsoring moderates with an intention to win demands that Doha cut defense president Abd Rabbuh Mansur occurring, but we are preparing for served as the terrorists’ main urban “counter-revolutions in the Arab the heart of the West will not help ties with Ankara, describing it as a Hadi, Libya, the Maldives, Djibouti, thousands more to flee in coming stronghold in the conflict-ridden world and revival of dictatorships”, them,” he added. “flagrant intervention in the internal Senegal and the Comoros later joined days and weeks,” she added. Arab country. stating that Abu Dhabi has spent Shafi further dismissed assertions affairs” of the gas-rich kingdom. the camp in ending diplomatic ties. millions of dollars for the overthrow that Doha id backing extremists in “This is against all international Jordan downgraded its diplomatic of Egypt’s first democratically-elected the Middle East. law and norms. The demands ties as well. ‘Abbas Tried to Resume Security president Mohamed Morsi. “There are some Arab countries concerning closure of the Turkish Qatar’s Foreign Ministry later “The UAE and a number of allies which are afraid of revolutions. base and severance of our military announced that the decisions to cut have paid around $40 billion to Instead of reforming their regimes relations with Turkey translate as diplomatic ties were unjustified Ties With Zionist Regime’ consolidate the military coup in and fulfilling public aspirations, infringement of our sovereignty and based on false claims and AL-QUDS (Dispatches) – Palestinian statement issued by the lawmakers. Egypt alone,” Salem bin Mubarak they heap the blame on Qatar,” the rights and violation of our assumptions. President Mahmoud Abbas has told Israeli “But they have not returned an answer, al-Shafi said in reference to Morsi’s Qatari ambassador commented. independence,” Shafi pointed out. On June 9, Qatar strongly opposition lawmakers that he has proposed something that has prevented progress in ouster by former army chief and Shafi stressed that Qatar is “doing Saudi Arabia, the United Arab dismissed allegations of supporting rolling back his month-old suspension thawing ties,” he was quoted as saying. current President Abdel Fattah el- all it can to serve security and Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain all cut terrorism after the Saudi regime of security coordination with the Zionist Abbas aides were not immediately Sisi in July 2013. stability in the region in a way that off diplomatic ties with Qatar on and its allies blacklisted dozens of regime, but that it did not respond to the available for comment. His “We say that these countries have does not clash with aspirations of June 5, after officially accusing it of individuals and entities purportedly overture, the delegation said. administration’s relations with the regime not learnt their lesson well. Blaming the people.” “sponsoring terrorism.” associated with Doha. Abbas suspended ties on July 21, are resented by many Palestinians, such demanding that the regime remove as those from rival resistance movement metal detectors it had installed outside a Hamas. Trump Eying Afghanistan’s $3tn Natural Resources al-Quds compound housing the Al-Aqsa A Netanyahu aide, speaking to Reuters KABUL (Dispatches) – Afghanistan’s Washington’s war in Afghanistan Although opinions vary on According to administration sources, mosque in response to the killing of two on condition of anonymity, said: “These $3 trillion wealth of natural resources has dragged on for 16 years and has whether the U.S.
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