MIDDLE EAST July 24, 2018 7 Iran’s... Syrian Forces Find Israeli-Made (Continued From Page One) the U.S. secretary of state, who called Iran’s ruling elite a “mafia” during a speech at the Ronald Reagan library in California on Sunday. Medicine in Terrorists’ Hospital “The U.S. secretary of state’s hypocritical and absurd speech in the gathering was only a propaganda exercise and DAMASCUS (Dispatches) – Syr- Terrorists in Naba al-Sakher had showed the unlimited desperation of the U.S. administration ian government forces have un- turned one of the town’s schools more than ever,” Qasemi said. covered a considerable amount of into a field hospital to treat their “These remarks are a clear example of the country’s inter- Israeli-made medicine and medical wounded comrades. ference in Iran’s internal affairs and exactly in line with its supplies in a field hospital belong- The development came only a long-term destabilizing and destructive policies in the re- ing to foreign-sponsored terrorists in few days after Syrian government gion,” he added, saying that Pompeo’s intervention would the country’s strategic southwestern forces and fighters from popular encourage solidarity among people inside Iran. province of Quneitra. defense groups had liberated nearly Local sources, speaking on condi- two dozen towns and villages in The Trump administration is seen in Iran as particular- tion of anonymity, told Syria’s of- Quneitra Province. ly close to a fringe, cult-like, extreme anti-Iran group, the ficial news agency SANA that army Syria has been gripped by foreign- MKO, which has no support inside the country. soldiers made the discovery in the backed terrorism since March 2011. Qasemi said, “Throughout history, Iranians have never ac- town of Naba al-Sakher on Monday The Syrian government says the cepted any foreign domination and bullying, and certainly in as they were conducting a clean-up Zionist regime and its Western and these sensitive situations, they will not only ignore the cur- operation in the area to beef up se- regional allies are aiding terrorist rent president and the war-mongering minority in the U.S. curity and stability and prepare re- groups wreaking havoc in the coun- ... they will also respond to these meddlesome remarks and patriation of local residents. try. This picture, provided by Syria’s official news agency SANA, shows The sources added that the field On May 21, the General Com- measures with exemplary unity and coherence.” Israeli- and Jordanian-made medicine at a field hospital belonging to In his Sunday speech, Pompeo said President Trump was hospital had several operating mand of the Syrian Army and foreign-backed terrorists, which Syrian government forces discovered “willing to talk” to the Iranian government if it showed what rooms, laboratory equipment and Armed Forces announced in a state- in Naba al-Sakher town, southwestern Syria, on July 23, 2018. medical supplies in addition to a ment that complete security was re- he called signs of change. warehouse, where large quanti- stored to Damascus and its country- tally purged of Daesh terrorists. towns of Yalda, Babbila and Beit He referred to Trump’s withdrawal from the 2015 Iran nu- ties of Israeli- and Jordanian-made side after al-Hajar al-Aswad district The development was preceded Sahem on the southern outskirts of clear agreement in May, saying it had freed the U.S. to re- medicine were being kept. and al-Yarmouk camp had been to- by flushing the terrorists out of the Damascus. impose financial sanctions on the country and on those doing business with Tehran. Yemen’s Ansarullah: He also reiterated that the administration seeks to force Ira- nian crude exports “as close to zero as possible by November Enemies Failed in Military Aggression to Seize Hudaydah 4,” when the U.S. sanctions lifted by the nuclear deal snap back into place. ah television network quoted Mo- torture in detention centers,” the hammed Abdul-Salam as saying Ansarullah spokesman highlight- on Sunday. ed. He added that Saudi Arabia and Abdul-Salam added that Saudi Syria... its regional allies have not derived Arabia and its allies have not al- (Continued From Page One) any benefit from over three-year lowed any peace negotiations to Yemen war and are losers. bear fruit ever since the Yemeni “They lack any military and conflict broke out in March 2015. been in the works for some time but was speeded up after political vision and have no un- The Yemeni Ministry of Human a recent NATO summit in Brussels. derstanding of the nature of the Rights announced in a statement The White Helmets group was founded by former British Yemeni nation,” Abdul-Salam on March 25 that the Saudi-led Army officer James Le Mesurier in 2014. The self-described pointed out. war had left some 600,000 civil- volunteer rescue group has been repeatedly accused of be- He also lamented the deteriorat- ians dead and injured since March ing the “media arm” for Takfiri groups, and been charged ing situation in areas under the 2015. with staging false flag chemical attacks in a bid to prompt a control of the United Arab Emir- The United Nations says a re- ates, stating that locals in districts cord 22.2 million Yemenis are in Western military intervention in Syria. Yemeni tribesmen chant slogans during a tribal meeting in Bani not occupied by Emirati military need of food aid, including 8.4 In April, the U.S., France and Britain launched missile al-Harith area on the outskirts of Sanaa on August 17. forces live in a state of security, million threatened by severe hun- strikes against multiple targets around Syria, justifying SANAA (Press TV) – The “The enemies’ scenario to march stability and social cohesion. ger. them using “video evidence” of an alleged chemical attack spokesman for Yemen’s Houthi An- into Hudaydah has resulted in “The occupied territories are A high-ranking UN aid official in Douma provided by the White Helmets but subsequent sarullah movement says the Saudi- failure, because they heavily re- witnessing lack of security, law has warned against the “cata- investigations showed the video was fake. led military alliance has dismally lied on psychological warfare and violation, numerous cases of rape, strophic” living conditions in Military authorities said Israel engaged in the “out of the failed in its campaign to overrun media propaganda, concealing growing chaos and spread of al- Yemen, stating that there was a ordinary” operation due to the “immediate risk” to their the strategic western Yemeni port the real facts on the ground,” Ye- Qaeda terror group in addition to growing risk of famine and chol- city of Hudaydah. men’s Arabic-language al-Masir- violations of human rights and era there. lives as Syrian forces closed in on the area. Four top militant commanders also fled southern Syria to Occupied Palestine in the face of the Syrian army’s immi- Army Jet Strikes Kill 15 Terrorists in Eastern Iraq nent recapture of a strategic province. BAGHDAD (Dispatches) – More than a dozen members of the Daesh On June 30, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, who is also the com- According to pan-Arab news and commentary website terrorist group have been killed when Iraqi Air Force fighter jets carried mander-in-chief of Iraqi forces, pledged to hunt down Daesh terrorists al-Masdar News, the militants fled the Syrian province of out a string of airstrikes against terrorist hideouts in the country’s eastern across Iraq after recent attacks and abductions carried out by the terrorist Quneitra with their families and were secured by Zionist province of Diyala. group. military once they got into the occupied Golan Heights. Lieutenant General Mezhir al-Azzawi, provincial commander of secu- “We will chase the remaining cells of terrorism in their hideouts and we It named the militant commanders as Moaz Nassar and rity forces, said the Iraqi aircraft bombarded terrorist hideouts in Bal- will kill them, we will chase them everywhere, in the mountains and the Abu Rateb of Fursan al-Golan Brigade, Ahmad al-Nahs of kana area, located some 110 kilometers northeast of the provincial capital desert,” Abadi said. Baquba, leaving 15 Daesh terrorists dead. Abadi declared the end of military operations against Daesh in the Arab Saif al-Sham Brigade, and Alaa al-Halaki of Jaish Ababeel. Azzawi added that local terrorist commanders were among those slain. country on December 9, 2017. The website cited what it called as opposition sources Separately, a security source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said On July 10 that year, the Iraqi prime minister had formally declared vic- revealing that the commanders had been recruited by the a Daesh terrorist was captured at a security checkpoint in Tal Afar city, tory over Daesh terrorists in Mosul, which served as the terrorists’ main Israeli intelligence and remained in touch with Zionist of- located 63 kilometers west of Mosul. urban stronghold in the conflict-ridden Arab country. ficers for years. The source added that the terrorist had classified documents with him In the run-up to Mosul’s liberation, Iraqi army soldiers and volunteer Quneitra and the neighboring Dara’a province have been when he was arrested. Hashd al-Sha’abi fighters had made sweeping gains against Daesh. used for years to transfer injured militants into the occupied Iraqi security forces also conducted an operation in the country’s north- The Iraqi forces took control of eastern Mosul in January 2017 after 100 Golan Heights for treatment. ern Salahuddin province, where they destroyed an arms depot belonging days of fighting, and launched the battle in the west on February 19 last to the remnants of Daesh terrorist group. year. The weapons cache reportedly contained 28 hand grenades as well as Daesh began a terror campaign in Iraq in 2014, overrunning vast swathes bomb-making materials. in lightning attacks. Most... ‘Turkey Detains 43 Suspected ‘Lebanese Army Kills (Continued From Page One) crisis, an initiative which has won the backing of the UK as Daesh Terrorists’ Suspected Drug Dealer, it seeks to maintain defense ties after Brexit. ISTANBUL (Dispatches) – Turkish police said on Monday they had de- Spearheaded by the French president, Emmanuel Macron, tained 43 people on suspicion of being foreign members of the Daesh ter- Seven Others in Raid’ the joint enterprise will allow national armed forces across rorist group in a series of operations across Istanbul. Europe to coordinate and react swiftly together. BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Lebanese army killed a suspected drug dealer Istanbul counter-terrorism police units captured the suspected terror- Ministers from France, Germany, Belgium, Britain, Den- ists on Friday in simultaneous raids on 15 homes, a police statement and seven others during a raid in northeast Lebanon on Monday, the army mark, the Netherlands, Estonia, Spain and Portugal signed a said. It was believed that they were members of social media groups said. linked to Daesh and that they had been in contact with people in con- During the raid, which took place near the town of Brital, not far from letter of intent in Luxembourg on Monday. flict zones, it said. The terrorist group has carried out numerous attacks the border with Syria, soldiers were fired at by armed groups, an army Since the election of its new government, Italy has back- across Turkey in recent years, including on a nightclub in Istanbul on statement said. tracked on its initial support, but Rome has not ruled out the Jan. 1, 2017 in which 39 people were killed, and a bombing in the city’s “Army members were forced to retaliate, leading to the killing of eight country’s future involvement. historic heart that killed 12 in 2016. Turkey has stepped up security armed people and the arrest of 41 people,” it said. Macron had outlined his vision of strategic autonomy for operations against the group’s network inside the country in the last The man wanted on suspicion of drugs offences was called Ali Zaid Is- couple of years, detaining many suspected terrorists and eradicating mail. Weapons and drugs were seized as a result of the raid, the army said. European defense in a keynote Sorbonne speech last Sep- several cells across the country. tember.