Roadside Bomb Kills 2 Policemen, Wounds 3 in Afghanistan Thought for Today KABUL (Dispatches) – Two policemen have been confirmed dead and three others injured as a roadside bomb struck a police van in the central Daikundi province on Saturday, provincial police spokesman Gul Aqa Sa- One who cannot benefit by patience will die jadi said. A convoy of police officers was heading towards Zardgulan area in grief. in Kajran district when a roadside bomb struck a vehicle, killing two police- men and injuring three others, the official added. Without providing more details, the official blamed the Taliban militants for the bombing, but the armed outfit has yet to claim responsibility. This is the second bomb attack on police since Saturday morning. Amir al-Momeneen Ali (AS)

VOL NO: LV 11194 TEHRAN / Est.1959 Sunday, July 5, 2020, Tir 15, 1399, Zil-Qa’dah 13, 1441 U.S. Envoy Bans Aid Hamas-Fatah Unity Scares Distribution Among Needy Lebanese Families: Cleric Zionist Regime: Israeli TV waiting for this conference to be the starting point of national unity. Hamas called on other Palestin- ian groups in the occupied West Bank to join hands and start an armed struggle against the Zionist regime occupation. Mahmoud al-Zahar, a co-found- er of the Islamic resistance move- ment and a member of the group’s leadership in the Gaza Strip, says all Palestinian groups must follow the successful model implement- A Lebanese protester tramples on the photo of U.S. Ambassador to Beirut ed in the liberation of the Gaza Dorothy Shea outside the Foreign Ministry building in Beirut, Lebanon, Strip, namely armed struggle, in on June 29, 2020. order to counter Tel Aviv’s expan- sionist policies in the West Bank. BEIRUT (Press TV) – A promi- news network at the time. Speaking to the Lebanese TV nent Lebanese Muslim cleric has Earlier in the day, Lebanon’s For- channel Al Mayadeen, al-Zahar lambasted U.S. Ambassador to Bei- eign Minister Nassif Hitti had sum- said the Palestinian Liberation rut Dorothy Shea over preventing moned Shea over her anti-Hezbol- Organization (PLO) must stop im- political parties from distributing aid lah criticism. plementing its Oslo Accords with among needy families in the coun- Hitti met with Dorothy Shea the the occupying regime, and take up try’s northern district of Tripoli. following day to inform her that, Palestinian demonstrators take part in a rally to protest against the Zionist regime’s plan to annex arms against the occupiers. “U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon under the Vienna Convention on parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, in Gaza City July 1, 2020. Hamas is going to ask for the Dorothy Shea has met with a num- Diplomatic Relations of 1961, an cooperation of the Palestinian Au- ber of political leaders in Tripoli, ambassador must not interfere in thority and the Fatah movement in WEST BANK (Dispatches) – dangerous development because Watan Voice reported the Israeli and told them it is forbidden to the domestic affairs of another The ongoing cooperation between of the very short time they needed channel stating. order to have new principles and offer assistance to any underprivi- country, and that her speech must the two Palestinian groups, the to reach this unity which surprised Meanwhile, former Zionist com- mechanisms devised, he said. leged member of the community not seek to pit Lebanese people Hamas resistance movement and the Israeli security services.” munication minister Ayoob Kara The top Hamas official said Fatah, to topple the U.S. so-called On Thursday, Hamas’ deputy stated that the Hamas and Fatah based on new principles, a plan there,” Arabic-language al-Manar against each other. deal of the century and the Zionist chief Saleh Al-Arouri appeared cooperation “raises concerns” as must be developed for the real lib- television network quoted Secre- The Vienna Convention on Diplo- regime’s annexation is a “danger- with senior Fatah leader Jebril Fatah’s leader confirmed that his eration of Palestine, similar to the tary General of the Islamic Unifica- matic Relations is an international ous development”, Israeli Channel Al-Rajoub in a joint press confer- movement would let Hamas work plan that resulted in Gaza’s libera- tion Movement, Sheikh Bilal Shaa- treaty that defines a framework for 12 has reported. ence, declaring their unity against in Gaza, Israeli Channel 7 report- tion through armed resistance. ban, as saying during his sermon. diplomatic relations between coun- Channel 12 disclosed that such a the deal of the century and the oc- ed. Palestinian resistance groups He condemned the demand as tries. possibility was expected, but the cupying regime’s annexation plan. Rajoub announced in the press have declared their resolve to outrageous, saying it is part of the Late last month, Shea told Saudi- occupying regime did not expect “The press conference is not im- conference that he was “confident stand up to the Zionist regime’s agenda to build up pressure on the owned al-Hadath television news that it would happen in such a portant, but what is happening on about Hamas’ intentions,” noting occupation and the regime’s ex- Lebanese people. network that Washington has “great short time-frame, adding: “It is a the ground is very important,” Al that the Palestinians have been pansionism. Sheikh Shaaban then called on all concerns” over Hezbollah’s role in Lebanese politicians to help needy the Lebanese government. people during the current socio- Hezbollah’s growing popularity economic crisis in Lebanon, irre- in the Arab and Muslim world after Explosion Targets Militants in Syria’s Dayr al-Zawr spective of all foreign pressures. the resistance movement shattered Back on June 28, Lebanese Presi- the Zionist regime’s military’s dent Michel Aoun denounced the myth of invincibility during the 33- DAMASCUS (Dispatches) Human Rights. It said there is a state of dis- It is worth noting that the latest comments by the U.S. am- day military offensive on Lebanon – An explosive device ripped A day earlier, a similar explo- may among the civilians in ar- SDF militia stormed all gov- bassador to Beirut against Hezbol- back in the summer of 2006 has through a checkpoint manned by sion targeted the SDF in Dayr eas controlled by the SDF. ernment-owned institutions in lah resistance movement, stating been a matter of serious concern for the U.S.-backed so-called Syrian al-Zawr, the UK-based watch- SANA said that over the past the southern part of Hasakah that Washington is continuously the Tel Aviv regime and its Western Democratic Forces (SDF) mili- dog group said. It added that three days protests erupted in earlier this week. meddling in the internal affairs of allies. tants in Syria’s eastern province the SDF found two other ex- Tal Hamis against the practices Hasakah is largely controlled the Arab country. The resistance movement’s heroic of Dayr al-Zawr on Saturday, a plosive devices and dismantled of the SDF. by the SDF while the Syrian “The Americans are directly in- defense as well as its vehement op- war monitor reported. them. The people called for the with- government maintains some terfering in the Lebanese domestic position to any foreign intervention The explosive device went Meanwhile, the state news drawal of the SDF from their areas in Qamishli city, includ- affairs; and this is unacceptable,” in Lebanon’s domestic affairs have off at the checkpoint in the vil- agency SANA said the SDF areas, according to SANA. ing the civilian airport. Aoun said in an exclusive inter- turned the group into a major stake- lage of Thiban, leaving injuries kidnapped a number of civil- Meanwhile, SANA said the The Syrian state media has view with Beirut-based and Arabic- holder in the country’s political and among the checkpoint’s mili- ians in the town of Tal Hamis SDF continued to prevent the branded the Kurdish-led SDF language al-Mayadeen television military domains. tants in the eastern countryside in the countryside of Hasakah state aid workers from entering as a separatist force that is of Dayr al-Zawr, said the so- province in northeastern Syria Syrian government institutions doing the bidding of the U.S. called Syrian Observatory for on Saturday. in Hasakah. troops. Turkey Orders Detentions Over Fireworks Factory Blasts Khashoggi Murder Trial Told Oven Lit After Killing ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A directorate AFAD said in a ISTANBUL (Dispatches) – A Saudi consulate denied. Demir offered to help with the garage door Turkish prosecutor ordered statement, describing it as an worker in Istanbul has told a Turkish court he Turkish officials have said one theory po- when a car with darkened windows arrived, the detention of three employ- industrial accident. had been told to light a tandoor oven less than lice pursued was that Khashoggi’s killers may but he was told to leave the garden quickly, ees in connection with explo- Some 85 ambulances and an hour after Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi have tried to dispose of his body by burning the indictment said. sions this week at a fireworks two helicopters were among entered the building where he was killed. it after suffocating him and cutting up his Rights campaigners hope that the Istanbul factory in northwest Turkey, emergency vehicles sent to Zeki Demir, a local technician who worked corpse. trial will throw a fresh spotlight on the case state-owned Anadolu news the complex, Health Min- for the consulate, was giving evidence on the The indictment accuses two top Saudi offi- and reinforce the argument for sanctions agency reported on Saturday. ister Fahrettin Koca wrote first day of the trial in absentia of 20 Saudi cials, former deputy head of Saudi Arabia’s against Riyadh or for legal action against the The manager in charge and on Twitter, adding President officials over Khashoggi’s killing, which general intelligence Ahmed al-Asiri and for- suspects when they travel abroad. two foremen were ordered Tayyip Erdogan had instruct- sparked global outrage and tarnished the im- mer royal court adviser Saud al-Qahtani, of “If the process works, what this trial ...will to be detained over the inci- ed him to go to the scene. age of Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler. instigating “premeditated murder with mon- strengthen is the possibility of universal juris- dent at the factory in Sakarya Video footage obtained by Demir said he had been called to the consul’s strous intent”. diction,” Agnes Callamard, UN special rap- province, Anadolu said. Reuters showed smoke bil- residence after Khashoggi entered the nearby According to his testimony in the indictment, porteur on extrajudicial executions, told Re- A series of large explo- lowing from the complex as consulate to seek his papers. Demir reported seeing many skewers of meat uters on the eve of the trial. sions shook the plant on Fri- firework explosions rang out “There were five to six people there... They and a small barbecue in addition to the oven That could give European countries, for ex- day, killing four people and and a huge plume of smoke asked me to light up the tandoor (oven). There in the consul’s garden. Marble slabs around ample, the basis to launch a trial if any Saudis wounding 114, health offi- rose into the sky. The initial was an air of panic,” he said. the oven appeared to have changed colour as linked to the case travelled into their territo- cials said. blast was heard up to 50 km Khashoggi disappeared after going to the if they had been cleaned with a chemical, the ries, she said. Fire crews fought to contain (31 miles) away, state-owned consulate to get papers for his marriage in indictment reported him as saying. Khashoggi’s fiancée Hatice Cengiz, who had the blaze ignited by an ini- Anadolu news agency said. October 2018. Some Western governments, Separate witness testimony in the indict- waited unknowing outside the consulate while tial blast at 11.15 am (0815 Turkey’s interior and labor as well as the CIA, said they believed Saudi ment, from the consul’s driver, said the consul he was killed, said she would continue to seek GMT) in the province’s Hen- ministers also went to Sa- Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had or- had ordered raw kebabs to be bought from a justice “not only in Turkey but everywhere dek district, Turkey’s disaster karya to monitor the situa- dered the hit - an accusation Saudi officials local restaurant. possible”. and emergency management tion, Anadolu said.