Iraq to Start New School Year at End of November Thought for Today BAGHDAD (Xinhua) – The Iraqi authorities have decided to start It is a sad sight to see that in one moment we commit the new school year at the end of this month. them to earth and in the next we take hold of the things According to a statement by the media office of Iraqi Prime Minister left by them as if we are going to remain permanently in Mustafa al-Kadhimi, the Higher Committee for Health and National this world after them. The fact is that we forget sensible Safety held a meeting headed by al-Kadhimi and decided to start the advice given to us and become victim of every calamity. school year on Nov. 29, under health restrictions which are to be de- cided by the ministries of education and the higher education. Amir al-Momeneen Ali (AS)

VOL NO: LV 11295 TEHRAN / Est.1959 Monday, November 9, 2020, Aban 19, 1399, Rabi al-Awwal 23, 1442 Ex-FM: U.S. Demanded Saudi Insistence on Yemen War as Hezbollah Rejection Before Sanctions Futile as Trump’s Show of Power: Houthi Yemen in March 2015 in collabo- ration with a number of its allied states, and with arms support from the US and several Western countries. The aim was to return to power a Riyadh-backed former regime and defeat the Houthi Ansarullah movement that has taken control of state matters. The war has failed to achieve , the head of the Lebanese Free Patriotic movement, speaks at its goals, but killed tens of thou- the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon, on October 22, 2020. sands of innocent Yemenis and BEIRUT (Dispatches) – Leba- to corruption and Hezbollah was destroyed the impoverished coun- non’s former foreign minister Ge- barely mentioned, although they try’s infrastructure. The UN refers bran Bassil Sunday said the United had not talked to me about anything to the situation in Yemen as the States had urged him to sever ties but Hezbollah”, he said. world’s worst humanitarian crisis. with the resistance movement He- He described the measures against On Saturday, Twitter activist zbollah before targeting him with him as a “crime”, and said he would and Saudi whistleblower Mujta- sanctions. be directing lawyers to appeal the hid predicted that under Biden, The punitive measures announced decision and demand “moral and the sale of American weapons to Friday are the first against a senior material compensation” in a U.S. , which are used in Christian ally of Hezbollah, long court. the bloody war on Yemen, would targeted by U.S. sanctions. President Michel Aoun said on stop. Bassil in a televised statement Saturday that Lebanon would seek Additionally, US Representative Yemeni medics attend to Furja Saleh Mabkhout, 4, at a hospital in Sana’a, to which she was rushed after she was said the U.S. embassy informed evidence and documents from the Ro Khanna tweeted, “We will injured in a Saudi airstrike in the northern province of al-Jawf on July 15, 2020. him he “should immediately com- United States that led Washington stop funding the Saudi war in Ye- ply with four demands or U.S. to impose sanctions on his son-in- RIYADH (Press TV) – A senior Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, Houthi said interaction with Ye- men.” sanctions would be implemented”. law Bassil. Yemeni official has warned Saudi chairman of the Supreme Revo- men by lifting the Saudi siege and While Biden has crossed the “Throughout all this discussion, Aoun asked Lebanon’s caretaker Arabia that its insistence on con- lutionary Committee of Yemen, ending the war is the gateway to winning threshold of 270 Elec- the word corruption was never foreign minister, Charbel Wehbe, tinuing the military aggression made the remarks in a post on real peace, something that Sana’a toral College votes, Trump is mentioned,” the 50-year-old son-in- to obtain evidence and documents against its southern neighbor will his Twitter account on Sunday, has always emphasized since the refusing to concede defeat. His law of Lebanon’s president added. that should be submitted to Leba- yield no results just like U.S. Presi- one day after Joe Biden defeated beginning of the aggression. campaign has launched a flurry He said the first demand was for non’s judiciary “to take the neces- dent Donald Trump’s futile show of Trump to become the 46th presi- Saudi Arabia launched a devas- of legal action trying to overturn him to “immediately sever ties with sary legal measures”, the presiden- power in the 2020 elections. dent of the United States. tating military aggression against Biden victories. Hezbollah”, which then became the cy tweeted. only request. In September, Aoun issued simi- He did not elaborate on the three lar directives after Washington other initial demands. blacklisted two former government Turkey Gives Muted First Response to Biden Win When he refused to comply, it ap- ministers over accusations of aid- peared the sanctions “were linked ing Hezbollah. ANKARA (Dispatches) – Tur- broadcaster Kanal 7, Oktay said extradite Gulen. Prince Mohammed’s close per- key gave an impassive first reac- that while the friendship be- sonal ties with Trump had pro- France FM in Affirms tion on Sunday to Joe Biden’s tween President Tayyip Erdogan Riyadh Holds Breath vided a vital buffer against a tide presidential win, with Vice Pres- and his U.S. counterpart Donald of international criticism over ident Fuat Oktay saying it would Trump had helped the countries Saudi Arabia, which may have Riyadh’s rights record sparked ‘Deep Respect for Islam’ not change relations between the tackle several of their issues, more to lose from Joe Biden’s by the murder of Saudi journalist CAIRO (Dispatches) – French same time the fight for respect old allies. communications channels be- U.S. election victory than other Jamal Khashoggi, Riyadh’s role Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le for the freedom of belief”. Turkey stands to lose a lot if tween Ankara and Washington Arab states, has taken its time in Yemen’s war and the deten- Drian was in Egypt Sunday hop- Demonstrations erupted in Joe Biden is elected president would operate as before. to comment after the defeat of tion of women activists. ing to ease tensions following the several Muslim-majority coun- since he is expected to toughen “Nothing will change for Tur- Donald Trump whose Middle Those areas may now become publishing of blasphemous car- tries after Macron defended ‘the the U.S. stance against President key,” Oktay said. “The channels East policies had Riyadh’s back- points of friction between Biden toons of Islam’s revered Prophet right’ to publish cartoons of the Tayyip Erdogan’s foreign mili- of communication will work as ing. and Saudi Arabia, a major oil Mohammed (Peace Be Upon Prophet Mohammed (Peace Be tary interventions in Syria and before, but of course there will As other Arab states raced to exporter and buyer of U.S. arms. Him) that sparked ire in the Arab Upon Him), considered as in- closer cooperation with Russia. be a transition period,” he said, congratulate the Democrat chal- The former U.S. vice presi- world. sulting and an attack on Islam. Another major stumbling block adding Ankara would closely lenger, the kingdom’s de facto dent pledged in his campaign to Le Drian met with President Sisi himself had weighed in on is Washington’s refusal to extra- monitor Biden’s foreign policy ruler Crown Prince Mohammed reassess ties with the kingdom, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Foreign the controversy last month, say- dite U.S.-based Muslim cleric approach. bin Salman remained silent on demanding more accountabil- Minister Sameh Shoukry and ing that “to insult the prophets Fethullah Gulen, whom Ankara He said Turkey would press the U.S. vote for hours even ity over Khashoggi’s killing in will also meet Ahmed al-Tayeb, amounts to underestimating the says orchestrated a failed coup the next U.S. administration to as he sent warm words to the Riyadh’s Istanbul consulate and the grand imam of Al-Azhar, religious beliefs of many peo- in 2016. abandon support for Kurdish president of Tanzania on his re- calling for an end to U.S. sup- Egypt’s highest Muslim author- ple”. Speaking at an interview with militant groups in Syria, and to election. port for the Yemen war. ity. Drian’s visit also included dis- Le Drian’s highly anticipated cussion on Egypt’s conflict-hit meeting with Tayeb, head of western neighbor Libya. Al-Azhar -- considered the fore- “The developments in recent Zionist Regime to Build New Settlement Near Gaza most religious institution for weeks are going in the right di- WEST BANK (Dispatches) – The Zionist re- “a blatant violation of the rules of international tect the Palestinian people from the dangers Sunni Muslims -- will tackle rection,” he said, referring to a gime’s cabinet on Sunday approved the construc- law and international covenants,” Ambassador of forced and mass displacement, and hold the French satirical magazine Char- ceasefire agreement and negoti- tion of a new settlement near the border with the Saeed Abu Ali, the Arab League’s assistant occupation accountable for these severe viola- lie Hebdo’s decision in Septem- ations between opposing sides, Gaza Strip, according to Israeli Channel 12, An- secretary-general for Palestine told Palestinian tions.” ber to blatantly reprint the car- including the latest round of adolu reports. news agency WAFA. Palestine’s Foreign Ministry also slammed the toons. talks between rival administra- Ahead of the cabinet meeting, Zionist prime “The international community must confront occupying regime’s demolitions as acts of eth- Last month Tayeb denounced tions held in Morocco. minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the regime this continuous and escalating Israeli aggres- nic cleansing and crimes to expand its colonial remarks by French President Drian will travel to Morocco will approve the building of a new settlement sion which not only targets the Palestinian peo- project. Emmanuel Macron of “Islamist for meetings with officials in the near Gaza. ple and their rights, but also violates the will of The ministry urged the International Criminal separatism” as “racist” and kingdom on Monday. Israeli daily Yediot Ahronoth reported that the the international community, its charters, and Court to initiate an investigation against the re- spreading “hate speech”. Asked about political prisoners new settlement will house around 500 families laws,” he said. gime and hold it accountable for its crimes. “I have emphasized, and em- held in Egyptian jails, Shoukry and it will be named as “Hanun”. Zionist troops raided a village in occupied Meanwhile, Jordan’s Foreign Ministry strong- phasize here the deep respect we said, “there is no arbitrary de- The occupying regime said it will allocate one West Bank this past Tuesday and razed 11 hous- ly criticized the demolition and called on the in- have for Islam,” said the French tention, there is only detention million NIS ($ 296,000) for the development of es belonging to 23 families. ternational community to pressure the regime to minister during a press confer- according to the law”. the infrastructure in the new settlement. In a statement, Qatar’s Foreign Ministry said end its illegal aggression. ence with Shoukry. Rights groups estimate that In another development, Palestine, the Arab the demolition was “an illegal act that aims to The Zionist regime occupied Palestinian ter- “What we are fighting is ter- Egypt has some 60,000 politi- League, Qatar, and Jordan have strongly con- displace Palestinians and destroy their land in ritories, including the West Bank, East Al-Quds, rorism, it is the hijacking of reli- cal detainees, including Pales- demned the Zionist regime’s demolition of a severe violation to international agreements.” and the Gaza Strip, in 1967. gion, it is extremism,” he added, tinian-Egyptian activist Ramy village in occupied West Bank, Anadolu reports. The ministry stressed the need for the inter- Palestinians want these territories for the es- noting he came “to explain, if Shaath, husband of French na- The occupying regime’s recent aggression is national community to “move swiftly to pro- tablishment of a future Palestinian state. need be, this fight, and at the tional Celine Lebrun.