April 20, 2021
Special Dispatch No. 9292
Syrian Business Tycoon Firas Tlass: Iran, Hizbullah Have Complete Control Over Certain Areas, Military Facilities In Syria – Bashar Al-Assad Doesn t Know What Goes On There
April 20, 2021
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Syrian business tycoon Firas Tlass said that certain areas in Syria are completely under Iranian or Hizbullah control, and that President Bashar Al-Assad does not know what is happening in those areas. He made these remarks on Al-Arabiya Network (Saudi Arabia) in an interview that aired on March 24, 2021 and on March 25, 2021. Tlass said that the areas controlled by Iran are used to bring in weapons and supplies to Hizbullah, as part of food and equipment shipments to Iranian militias active in Syria. Tlass also said that weapons and advanced missiles parts are
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Syrian Business Tycoon Firas Tlass: Iran, Hizbullah Have Complete Control Over Certain Areas, Military Facilities in Syria – Bashar Al-Assad Doesn’t Even Know What Goes On There
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Source: Al-Arabiya Network (Dubai/Saudi Arabia)
Syrian business tycoon Firas Tlass said that certain areas in Syria are completely under Iranian or Hizbullah control, and President Bashar Al-Assad does not even know what goes on there. He made these remarks on Al-Arabiya Network (Saudi Arabia) in an interview that aired on March 24, 2021 and on March 25, 2021. Tlass said that certain areas in Syria are under complete Iranian control, and they bring in weapons and supplies to Hizbullah as part of food and equipment shipments to Iranian militias active in Syria. Tlass also said that weapons and advanced missiles parts are hidden in vegetable trucks and then transferred into Hizbullah controlled territories in southern Syria and Lebanon. He said that Iran now has complete cont
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Former Lebanese Minister of Justice Ashraf Rifi: Hizbullah Is a Collaborator of “Mini-Nazi” Iran, Enemy of Lebanon; It Is Leading Lebanon to Suicide
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Source: Al-Arabiya Network (Dubai/Saudi Arabia)
General (Ret.) Ashraf Rifi, Lebanon s former Minister of Justice and the former Director-General of the Internal Security Forces said that Hizbullah poses a threat to Lebanon and that it is an enemy of Lebanon. He made these remarks in an interview with Al-Arabiya Network (Saudi Arabia) that aired on April 5, 2021. Rifi elaborated that Hizbullah is a collaborator of Iran, which he referred to as “mini-Nazi.” He said that the only difference between Nazism and Iran is the scope, and predicted that its end will be similar, destruction and suicide. Rifi added that Hizbullah wants to drag Lebanon to suicide along with it, but the “Lebanese people do not want to commit suicide.” He recalled that Lebanon used to be referred to as the “Switzerland of t
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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi Fends Off Accusation of Uyghurs Persecution: Some Western Countries Forced Indigenous Population to Convert to Christianity, Learn English
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Source: Al-Arabiya Network (Dubai/Saudi Arabia)
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that Uyghurs in Xingjian are not faced with racial genocide, religious persecution or forced labor. He made these remarks in an interview with Al Arabiya Network (Saudi Arabia) that aired on March 27, 2021. Yi said that the Uyghur population in Xingjian has increased by more than 25% between 2010 and 2018, mosques and Islamic clerics in the region are provided with public services, and workers are permitted to choose their occupation freely. He added that this is contrary to “some Western countries” that forced the children of the indigenous population under their rule to convert to Christianity and learn English.
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