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Hezbollah MP: War on South Lebanon Continues in Various Forms
Member of Hezbollah’s Loyalty to Resistance MP Hasan Fadlallah stressed that the resistance foiled the z¿onist project of south Lebanon invasion during last year’s Israeli war, noting that the country’s south is subjected now to other forms of war.
In a memorial service in tribute of martyrs who fell during the war from the southern town of Kfar Seer, MP Fadlallah said that the zionist enemy planned to occupy the southern villages and towns during the 2024 war.
“The zionist enemy sought to at least occupy the area to the south of Litani River, expel its people, and perhaps to construct settlements later,” the Hezbollah lawmaker said.
“However, the steadfast resistance fighters who confronted the fiercest armies at the border villages and in various fronts, carrying a spirit of martyrdom within, brought down the goals of the Israeli invasion and prevented the occupation of the south,” he affirmed in remarks carried by Hezbollah’s Media Relations.MP Fadlallah stressed, meanwhile, that despite the sacrifices the will of resistance has never broken.
He noted that the zionist attacks targeting civilians and facilities aimed to pressure Lebanon and its people, especially in the south, to force them to emigrate and surrender.
In this context, he pointed to an economic pressure, exerted by some local sides within a number of state institutions, that accompanies the military pressure staged by the zionist enemy.
MP Fadlallah said that south Lebanon is subjected to an ongoing war that is aimed at preventing reconstruction and the return of people to their hometowns.
“This war will be confronted with all strength and firmness because the issue of reconstruction is as sacred as the blood of the martyrs,” he stated.
Source: Al-Manar English WebsiteAl-Manar’s camera surveys the damage caused by the zionist occupation to olive groves in villages bordering occupied Palestine.
https://t.me/almanarnews/225813The circumstances under which the Southerners and Easters have been living since November 2024 must not be called a peace process, as the number of zionist infringements has been approaching 4000.
The peace agreement has broken down long ago, which the pro-zionist committee refuses to accept.
The zionist occupation bombards farming land at an unprecedented pace to achieve Trump’s Free Economic Zone.
Their intention is to destroy existing connections and centuries-old farm and animal-breading landscapes to pave the way for industrial production, shopping malls, and, with that, dependence.
It is about imposing modern superficial lifestyles on believers with deep convictions, so to turn them into 9 to 5 salary men, or industrial production workers at the conveyor belt who then spent money like picture book consumers.
This is the west’s way to end any form of Resistance.
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Iran Declares Nuclear File Closed, Vows to Defend Rights as UN Restrictions Expire
The Islamic Republic of Iran has officially declared the closure of its nuclear dossier at the United Nations Security Council, announcing that with the expiration of Resolution 2231, its peaceful nuclear program must now be treated like that of any other non-nuclear-weapon state.
In a comprehensive statement released by the Foreign Ministry, Iran emphasized that with the conclusion of the resolution’s 10-year period on Saturday, all its provisions and restrictions have terminated. From this point forward, the nation is bound solely by its rights and obligations under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), recognizing no additional limitations.
The ministry asserted that the original rationale for placing Iran’s nuclear issue on the Security Council’s agenda—verifying the peaceful nature of its program—has been “fully achieved.” It highlighted that no report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has ever indicated any diversion of the country’s nuclear activities toward military purposes, despite what it described as intense political pressure from the United States and its European allies.
The statement placed full responsibility for the collapse of the 2015 nuclear deal, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), on the Western parties. It condemned the United States’ irresponsible withdrawal in 2018 and the European trio’s (the UK, France, and Germany) failure to uphold their commitments, which “dealt a major blow to multilateral diplomacy.”
Furthermore, Iran strongly condemned the European trio’s subsequent move to activate the JCPOA’s “snapback” mechanism, stating they had lost “all legal and moral right” to do so after reneging on their own obligations.
The ministry called on the UN secretary-general to immediately correct “misinformation” on the UN website regarding the alleged reinstatement of expired sanctions. It described any attempt to re-establish the Council’s sanctions committees as illegal and urged all member states to reject claims by the US and Europe regarding the revival of defunct resolutions.
In a forceful condemnation, the statement also addressed the “unlawful and unprovoked war” waged by the Israeli regime and the US in June, that claimed over 1,000 lives, including children, and damaged Iran’s peaceful nuclear facilities. It labeled the aggression “a betrayal of diplomacy and a blatant violation of international law.”
The Islamic Republic expressed gratitude to China, Russia, Algeria, and Pakistan for opposing the European abuse of the JCPOA’s dispute mechanism, and acknowledged the support from the Non-Aligned Movement and the Friends of the UN Charter group.
The ministry concluded the statement by reaffirming Iran’s commitment to diplomacy, while firmly defending the legitimate rights and interests of the Iranian nation, including the peaceful use of nuclear energy.
Source: Iranian media (edited by Al-Manar English Website)
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Oxford University profits from companies complicit in zion¿st occupation, activists warn
Oxford University, long renowned as a pinnacle of global education, is under intense scrutiny after revelations that it holds indirect investments in at least 49 companies linked to illegal zion¿st activity in occupied Palestinian territories.
The holdings, worth over £19 million ($25.5 million), are a fraction of the university’s £8 billion endowment, but campaigners argue the implications are far greater, The Middle East Eye (MEE) news and analysis website reported.
The analysis published on Thursday showed that Oxford’s investments, made through a passive equity tracker fund co-developed with BlackRock, an American investment company, in 2020, include major Israeli banks, travel companies like Expedia, Booking.com, and Airbnb, and US technology firms such as Motorola Solutions.
Many of these companies are listed in United Nations and human rights reports for facilitating the zion¿st regime’s illegal settlements.
The Oxford BDS Coalition, a campus group of students and staff, slammed the university’s investments, saying, “It is completely unacceptable for the University of Oxford to be involved in illegal activities of any kind. Even more so for the university to profit from an illegal occupation that has been linked to egregious human rights abuses, including genocide, the most abhorrent of all crimes.”
“The university has been made aware of these links on numerous occasions, so we have to assume that they are knowingly and willingly complicit in these crimes against humanity.”
The coalition is demanding full transparency of Oxford’s investment holdings and immediate divestment from all companies implicated in human rights violations in Palestine.
Hundreds of university members, including senior academics, have pledged to uphold the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement’s principles, further intensifying calls for action.
Oxford’s use of an index tracker, a tool designed to spread investments across many firms, was meant to screen out companies involved in fossil fuels and controversial weapons.
Yet it does not exclude firms flagged for violating Palestinian human rights or those on the BDS divestment list, raising questions about the university’s ethical investment policies.
Experts argue that Oxford, as the wealthiest UK university, is uniquely positioned to lead change across higher education.
Saqib Bhatti, executive director of the US-based Action Center on Race and the Economy, said, “If the biggest universities like Oxford were to band together and play a leadership role with other universities in the world with large endowments to say we need to make sure that our investments are mission-aligned and we need to make sure that asset managers are offering mission-aligned options for all universities, they could make that happen.”
The scrutiny comes as the regime faces mounting international condemnation over its atrocities in Gaza, described by UN investigators as part of a genocidal campaign.
Norway’s $2 trillion sovereign wealth fund and the Netherlands’ ABP pension fund have already divested from several Israeli companies, including some held in Oxford’s BlackRock fund, citing human rights abuses.
UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese called out global asset managers, warning that continued investment in companies sustaining zionist occupation implicates institutions, pension funds, and ordinary investors in ongoing crimes.
Pro-Palestinian activism on UK campuses has surged in recent years, with universities such as Queen’s University Belfast, King’s College Cambridge, and Swansea taking steps to divest from firms complicit in occupation.
Activists insist Oxford must follow suit.
Bhatti emphasized the moral responsibility of educational institutions, saying, “They’ve destroyed every university in Gaza. They are destroying centuries of scholarship and cultural sites.”
“You don’t exist to make money. You exist for a mission: To provide education.”
PressTV report
Tents were pitched outside the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, as students occupied parts of British campuses in support of Palestinians in Gaza last year. -
No forgiving, no forgetting: Iran vows legal campaign to hold z¿onist accountable
During a specialized meeting on 18 October titled “Legal Response to the 12-Day Aggression: From Criminal Justice to Restorative Justice,” Iranian diplomat and Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Esmail Baghaei Hamaneh, announced that Tehran will launch a legal campaign aimed at holding zionist officials accountable for crimes against humanity. Hamaneh stressed that colony’s ongoing impunity has encouraged its actions and emphasized Iran’s commitment to pursuing justice through international legal channels.
Hamaneh highlighted that, although Iran is not a member of the International Criminal Court (ICC), it actively engages with the court and supports efforts to confront Israeli actions. He also cautioned against political influence affecting ICC proceedings, underlining the need for impartiality in international justice. The announcement reflects Iran’s determination to seek accountability and challenges what it views as unchecked zionist aggression.
https://t.me/thecradlemedia/44416
During the 12-day war, the zionist-american entity killed over 1000 people, including children, and injured thousands more, with much impunity. At no point has the UN Security Council condemned the unprovoked attacks on Iran, let alone the western fractions. -
‘They came to kill us’: How western-backed Jolani’s HTS terrorists massacred Alawites in Brabishbo
On the afternoon of 9 March 2025, Syrian government security forces [Jolani’s Hay’at Tahriral-Sham terrorists] and affiliated armed factions killed 44 unarmed Alawite civilians, including women, children, and the elderly, in the village of Brabishbo in Latakia Governorate on the Syrian coast. They also massacred seven people in the adjacent village of Zobar.
Survivors of the massacres in Brabishbo and Zobar provided The Cradle with testimony of the events that took place. The names of those giving testimony have been changed for security reasons.
The survivors say the massacres were carefully planned and premeditated by those affiliated with the Syrian government, including internal security forces known as General Security and Division 400 of the Syrian army.
The Cradle previously documented a massacre in an adjacent village, Sharifa, in which Syrian security forces and affiliated armed factions murdered 30 Alawite civilians on 7 and 8 March.
The massacres in Brabishbo, Zobar, and Sharifa were part of a larger series of massacres carried out by Syrian security forces and affiliated armed factions in dozens of locations across the Syrian coast starting on 7 March.
After Alawite insurgents battled Syrian security forces on 6 March, Syrian authorities dispatched tens of thousands of fighters to the coastal regions. These included fighters from armed factions affiliated with the Ministry of Defense and General Security.
Formal Syrian forces were joined by armed civilians after religious authorities from the Syrian government issued calls for jihad from mosques across the country.
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), these fighters executed at least 1,557 Alawite civilians in 58 separate locations.
Many videos showing the murder of Alawites were taken and posted to social media by the perpetrators themselves.
Reuters reported that dozens of videos went viral showing gunmen executing unarmed Alawite men in their homes and in the streets. Some were forced to crawl on the ground and bark like dogs before they were assassinated.
When word began to spread of the massacres in Sharifa and elsewhere on the Syrian coast on Friday, 7 March, most of the men from Brabishbo fled to the forests and mountains around the village.
Two days later, on Sunday 9 March, General Security members contacted a local Alawite sheikh, giving him assurances that anyone returning to their homes would be safe, while threatening that anyone remaining in the forests would be considered a “remnant of the regime” of former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and hunted down and killed. The General Security also spread this message among women in the village.
That afternoon, after many of the men had believed the promises of safety and returned, General Security units quickly surrounded the village, blocked all roads, and began systematically searching and looting homes.
Soon after, a massive convoy of General Security military vehicles carrying members of affiliated armed factions, including foreigners, entered Brabishbo.
As elsewhere on the coast, masked men from the armed factions went door to door slaughtering any Alawite men they found, including many elderly. They also killed several women and children.The full Cradle Media report
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zionist occupation strikes bus carrying 10 displaced Gazans; settlers block aid carrying trucks
Civil Defense teams in Gaza are conducting rescue operations following a zion¿st strike targeting a civilian vehicle carrying displaced persons east of Al-Zaytoun neighborhood. The strike resulted in several martyrs and wounded.
zion¿st artillery targeted a small bus carrying approximately 10 people in the Zautoun area, southern Gaza City. The strike occurred east of Kuwait Roundabout. One injured youth was rescued. The fate of the remaining passengers is unknown due to the extreme danger at the site, requiring coordination to reach the location, which is taking place now.The Government Media Office confirmed that 480 aid trucks, including 3 gas and 6 fuel trucks, entered Gaza yesterday out of an expected 600 trucks.
The office confirms these quantities are extremely limited and fail to meet the minimum humanitarian needs of 2.4 million people. It stressed that 600 trucks are required daily due to the widespread destruction caused by the zionist occupation.The Rafah Crossing remains closed.
zionist settlers block aid trucks heading to Gaza at the Kerem Abu Salem crossing. -
zionist occupation blew up a house, attacked olive harvesting farmers, and killed a civilian in a car bombing attack
Following yesterday’s 30 airstrikes on various locations in Lebanon, a civilian was killed today after zion¿st colony targeted his car in Khirbet Silm in southern Lebanon while he was transporting beehives.
zion¿st occupation forces advanced at dawn toward the Al-Sultana neighbourhood on the outskirts of Yaroun, south Lebanon, and blew up one of the homes.
https://t.me/thecradlemedia/44321 The destruction caused by zionist warplanes last night, where an asphalt and concrete factory near the southern Lebanese towns of Ansar and Senay was bombed.
Over 30 airstrikes hit Eastern and Southern Lebanon yesterday.
https://t.me/thecradlemedia/44320zionist occupation forces fired toward a group of Lebanese residents picking olives in the town of Aitaroun in southern Lebanon, who were being protected by a patrol from the Lebanese Army and UNIFIL. No injuries were reported.
It is deplorable that international mechanisms work only to benefit the pro-zionist west, that said, not the slightest protest comes from anywhere.
The Southerners and the people of Bekaa are abandoned, left to suffer in silence.
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Update on Pakistan-Afghanistan file
7 Pakistani soldiers reportedly killed, 13 others wounded following suicide bombing attack at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.
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US strikes Caribbean vessel as commander hands in resignation amid civilian deaths
The US military has reportedly struck another vessel in the Caribbean, as the admiral overseeing the Trump administration’s military campaign announced an early resignation, raising questions about the legality and human cost of the operations.
A US official, speaking anonymously, confirmed the latest strike on Thursday, noting that for the first time some crew members reportedly survived.
No further details were provided, and both the Pentagon and President Donald Trump have yet to comment publicly.
The strike marks at least the sixth such attack since early September. At least 27 people have been killed in the attacks.
The Trump administration claims these operations target “narco-terrorists” linked to Venezuela, portraying them as part of a wider war against transnational crime. Critics, however, have questioned the legality and morality of the strikes, which have been condemned as “extrajudicial” killings.
Legal experts and human rights groups argue that Washington’s campaign violates international law by bypassing due process and targeting individuals without judicial oversight.
Venezuela has strongly denounced the operations. Its ambassador to the United Nations, Samuel Moncada, called on the Security Council to investigate a “series of assassinations.”
Speaking at the UN on Thursday, Moncada decried a recent US attack on a small boat as “a new set of extrajudicial executions,” saying six people were killed, including two Trinidadian fishermen. “There is a killer prowling the Caribbean,” he said, holding up a local newspaper that chronicled the victims’ lives.
The attacks have left fishing communities across the Caribbean gripped by fear. Fishermen from Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago, whose territories are separated by only a few miles, say they now risk being mistaken for smugglers.
“People from different countries are suffering the effects of these massacres,” Moncada warned, adding that Washington is “fabricating a war.”
While Trinidad’s prime minister has not commented on the latest attack, she previously endorsed US military actions in the region. But local families have voiced growing anguish.
In Trinidad’s Las Cuevas village, relatives of 26-year-old fisherman Chad Joseph say he disappeared while returning home by boat from Venezuela and is now feared dead in one of the US strikes. “I don’t want to believe that this is my child,” his mother said in an interview.
Joseph’s family and others in the region say they’ve been left to piece together what happened through social media rumors and news reports, as no government has released the names of those killed.
Meanwhile, Washington’s military presence in the Caribbean has expanded sharply. Since late August, the US has deployed warships, fighter jets, a nuclear submarine, and thousands of troops to the region—moves that critics interpret as an intimidation tactic aimed at Venezuela’s government.
Trump has also authorized the CIA to carry out covert operations inside the country and has floated the idea of ground strikes.
In a televised address, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said Washington is seeking regime change under the guise of counter-narcotics operations.
“No to CIA-orchestrated coups d’état. No to regime change, which reminds us of the endless, failed wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, and so on,” he said.
Amid growing controversy, Admiral Alvin Holsey, head of the US Southern Command overseeing these operations, announced his resignation on Thursday, just a year into his post and two years before his term was to end.
No reason was given for his early departure, but it came as criticism mounts over both the mission’s legality and its mounting civilian toll.PressTV report
Fishermen sail on a boat near Caraballeda, in La Guaira State, Venezuela, on September 24, 2025. (Photo by AFP) -
Madagascar’s president says he fled the country in fear for his life after military rebellion
African Union suspends Madagascar as military leader set to be sworn in as president.Army assumed power after parliament voted to impeach Andry Rajoelina following widespread protests.
Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina said he has fled the country in fear for his life following a military rebellion but did not announce his resignation in a speech broadcast on social media late Monday from an undisclosed location.
Rajoelina has faced weeks of Gen Z-led anti-government protests, which reached a pivotal point on Saturday when an elite military unit joined the protests and called for the president and other government ministers to step down. That prompted Rajoelina to say that an illegal attempt to seize power was underway in the Indian Ocean island and leave the country.
“I was forced to find a safe place to protect my life,” Rajoelina said in his late-night speech, which was also meant to be shown on Madagascar television but was delayed for hours after soldiers attempted to take control of the state broadcaster buildings, according to the president’s office.The speech was ultimately broadcast on the presidency’s official Facebook page but not on national TV.
They were Rajoelina’s first public comments since the CAPSAT military unit turned against his government in an apparent coup and joined thousands of protesters rallying in a main square in the capital, Antananarivo, over the weekend.The full AP Report
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