Occupied Jerusalem, (ST): The town of Selwan to the south of Al-Aqsa Mosque has been subject to systematic attacks by the Israeli occupation troops and extremist settlers with the aim of displacing its inhabitants, demolishing their houses and judaizing the area in  flagrant violation of the UN relevant resolutions, especially the UNESCO resolution which put the old town in Jerusalem on the World Heritage List.

Ahmad Samrin, one of the locals of Al-Rababeh Valley in Selwan said" We won't leave our land, we are deeply-rooted here and we will firmly confront the Israeli occupation which is using live ammunition and gas bombs against us. We will continue to defend our homeland firmly."

He added that the occupation troops arrested six members of his family when they were confronting the Israeli bulldozers which came to demolish Palestinian houses and raze Palestinian agricultural lands with the aim of implementing sinister expansionist plans.

Mohammad Al-Za'el, who has an olive and citrus field in Al-Rababeh Valley, said" The Israeli aggressive attacks won't force us to leave our lands and we will sacrifice our souls for the sake of our land."

The French Minister of Armed Forces Florence Parly has expressed concern over the revival of Daesh (ISIS) terrorist organization in Iraq and Syria. She stressed that France believes that this terrorist organization is still active there.

“After the collapse of Daesh's last stronghold, we can notice that this terrorist  organization is regaining its strength in both Syria and Iraq,” she said in an interview, justifying the presence of French forces in the region within the US-led international coalition purportedly to combat Daesh.

Last August, and during a visit to Iraq, Parly said that some elements indicate that Daesh is secretly and unexpectedly reorganizing its ranks and this constitutes a real challenge to Iraq.