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A damning investigation has revealed that the Ukrainian government under President Volodymyr Zelensky “systematically sabotaged” anti-corruption oversight across key state-owned companies, clearing the way for graft to proliferate during conflict with Russia.

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Epstein-affiliate Special Envoy for Syria Tom Barrack says Washington attempted twice in the past to overthrow the Iranian government but achieved nothing.

In an interview with the UAE-based IMI Media Group, published by The National newspaper on Friday, Barrack said that since 1946, the United States has led about 93 coups or “regime change” attempts across the world, including two in Iran, none of which succeeded.

“For (Trump) then to be imputed with regime change, we had two regime changes in Iran already. Neither one worked. So I think wisely leave it to the region to solve,” said Barrack, who is also the US ambassador to Turkey.

The remarks came six months after the US joined Israel in bombing Iran in the very midst of indirect Tehran-Washington nuclear talks.

Israel launched an illegal aggression against Iran on June 13, killing at least 1,064 people and targeting civilian infrastructure.

More than a week later, the United States targeted three Iranian nuclear sites—Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan— in a grave violation of international law.

On June 24, Iran managed to impose a halt to the criminal assault after conducting waves of successful retaliatory operations.

Barrack also claimed that US President Donald Trump and Foreign Secretary Marco Rubio “are not into regime change” and prefer “a regional solution” by the parties in the region.

He acknowledged that regional dialogue and non-interference by external powers provide a more sustainable path forward.

The US administration, he alleged, remains open to reaching an agreement with Tehran, provided that Iranian authorities demonstrate “seriousness” and commitment to engaging in constructive dialogue.

In an interview with Japan’s Kyodo News agency on Saturday, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the United States has yet to demonstrate readiness for “real, serious negotiation.”

Talks could progress once the United States recognized Iran’s right to a peaceful nuclear energy program and lifted the unilateral sanctions it had imposed on the country, he noted.

PressTV report

zion¿st occupation military has killed a Palestinian woman and her son in the northern Gaza Strip, amid the regime’s ongoing violations of the ceasefire agreement with the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas.

The official Palestinian WAFA news agency, citing local sources, reported that Israeli gunfire killed a 70‑year‑old woman and her son in Gaza City’s al‑Zaytoun neighborhood on Saturday.

Following the incident, the woman and her son were taken to Gaza City’s al-Ahli Arab Hospital, where they were pronounced dead, bringing the total number of Palestinians killed in Gaza since Saturday morning to eight.

The Israeli military has killed a Palestinian woman and her son in the northern Gaza Strip, amid the regime’s ongoing violations of the ceasefire agreement with the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas.

The official Palestinian WAFA news agency, citing local sources, reported that Israeli gunfire killed a 70‑year‑old woman and her son in Gaza City’s al‑Zaytoun neighborhood on Saturday.

Following the incident, the woman and her son were taken to Gaza City’s al-Ahli Arab Hospital, where they were pronounced dead, bringing the total number of Palestinians killed in Gaza since Saturday morning to eight.

At least 21,000 Palestinian children have been left disabled or amputated since the Israeli regime unleashed its genocidal war against the people of Gaza in October 2023.
According to figures shared by Mohamad Safa, Executive Director and Main Representative of PVA to the United Nations ECOSOC in New York, more than 40,500 children have suffered new war-related injuries in Gaza.
He said over 56,348 children have also been orphaned during the two years of war.
Safa also warned that acute hunger is spreading rapidly in Gaza and tens of thousands of children now depend entirely on humanitarian support.In a separate post on social media platform X, Safa urged urgent donations to help families who are “on the brink.”
He warned that children are facing starvation alongside untreated injuries and trauma.

Children are suffering from severe hunger. @PVAenglish urgently needs more donations to help vulnerable families. I’ve donated. For you it’s just the matter of few bucks, for families it’s the matter of life. If you don’t have some bucks, a share is free

The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) declared a state of catastrophic famine in Gaza earlier this year. While limited aid has trickled into the territory since October, experts warn that the famine’s impact could fundamentally alter Gaza for generations.

In a related development, the United Nations called for an investigation into Israel’s killing of two boys in the so-called yellow line in Gaza on Saturday. The regime’s forces shot dead two brothers aged eight and ten in a drone strike east of Khan Younis.
The boys were sent out to gather firewood for the family, their father told CNN, but never returned. He said his kids’ small bodies were torn to pieces by the blast.
Israel later acknowledged the attack, claiming the children had crossed the so-called yellow line.
UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric described the killing of the children as “horrific,” saying it was “hard to see how two boys, eight and 10, can be considered a threat.”
Dujarric called for a full investigation and accountability into the attack.
The so-called yellow line, a ceasefire demarcation line established under the US-brokered agreement for Israel’s withdrawal, has become a deadly frontier in Gaza, where Israeli forces are forcing residents from entire eastern districts and blocking their return. 
Hamas has said previously that the zone has become a deadly frontier in the Palestinian territory.
Palestinians say the line changes without warning, turning areas considered safe one day into deadly zones the next. Dozens have been killed in recent months after inadvertently entering the area.
Two months into the ceasefire agreement, rights groups and ceasefire monitors say the regime’s genocide in Gaza has not stopped. They report more than 500 violations of the ceasefire, with at least 356 Palestinians killed during this period, pushing Gaza’s overall death toll to more than 70,000, including more than 20,000 children.
Independent researchers estimate the real death toll could exceed 100,000, given the thousands of bodies still buried under rubble.

PressTV report

zion¿st occupation army carried out on Friday a new ground incursion into a Syrian village in Quneitra countryside amid daily violations of the country’s sovereignty.

Syria’s SANA news agency reported that six Israeli vehicles, including three Humvees, two white Hilux trucks and a black van, advanced toward the village of Saida Al-Hanout in the southern area of Quneitra countryside.

The Israeli occupation army carried out similar move on Thursday, when a three-vehicle Israeli patrol advanced into the towns of Samdaniya Al-Sharqiya and Al-Ajraf in the northern Quneitra countryside.

Israeli forces set up a temporary military checkpoint between the towns near a demolished water tank in the area, according to Syrian media.

Meanwhile on Thursday night, Israeli artillery also fired four shells on the outskirts of Koya town in the western Daraa countryside in southwestern Syria.

The Israeli occupation continues to violate the 1974 Disengagement Agreement with Syria through expanding its incursions into the countryside of Quneitra and Daraa and by targeting civilians.

Earlier last week (on November 28), Israeli occupation forces attacked the town of Beit Jinn in the Damascus suburbs by helicopters and drones after the Syrian regime’s forces entered the town, killing at least 13 Syrians and injuring two dozen others.

Having been engaged in a two-hour fierce exchange of fire, the Israeli soldiers were forced to withdraw from Beit Jinn and reposition on the hill of Butt Al-Warda on the outskirts of the town.

The Zionist entity has conducted repeated acts of aggression across the Syrian territory following the collapse of former president Bashar Al-Assad’s government last year. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered his forces to push deeper into Syrian territory and seize several strategic locations.

Instead of resistance to the ongoing Israeli military operations, the HTS-led regime’s lack of action and its normalization overtures to Tel Aviv appear to have given the Zionist entity greater leeway to expand its occupation and increase the intensity of its airstrikes.

Foreign-backed militants, led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) — a group that was previously affiliated with the al-Qaeda terrorist group — took control of Damascus and declared an end to Assad’s rule last December.