Author: Steven Sahiounie

Ukrainian forces escalated their attacks on the DPR with 32 attacks as eleven drones flew over four Russian regions before being shot down. Ukraine shelled the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) 32 times in the last 24 hours, according to a statement from the DPR’s representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination (JCCC) of matters relating to Ukraine’s war crimes. “Over the past 24 hours, the office reported 32 cases of fire by Ukrainian armed units,” the office said on Telegram. It was reported that the Ukrainian military had fired 110 rounds of varied munitions, adding that the…

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu wanted to be seen in Gaza, surrounded by Israeli troops. He wore a flak jacket in Israeli military colours. He wore that helmet and spoke to the people. This is the first time an Israeli prime minister has been to Gaza since they disengaged in 2005. It is a landmark visit. We’ve heard Netanyahu talk about victory but not in this location. This location is what he wants the Israeli public to see. This is very much a message to the Israeli public – a domestic message reiterating that he is a top prime minister that…

According to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, there are corresponding bilateral agreements with each state The integrated air defense (AD) system of member-states of the Collective Security Organization (CSTO) has actually been created, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said on the air with the Rossiya-1 TV channel. “It [the integrated AD system – TASS] has actually been created, created at a bilateral level. We have an agreement <…> with each country. This is with Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and naturally with Belarus,” the minister said. “Certainly, it is outfitted, it is in service; we stage exercises from time to time and keep…

In phone call, leaders exchange views on humanitarian aid efforts, possible steps for permanent cease-fire in region In a Sunday phone call, the Turkish and Iranian presidents discussed the “unlawful” Israeli attacks on Gaza, Turkish authorities said. According to a statement by the Communications Directorate, Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Ebrahim Raisi exchanged views on the possible steps to be taken for a permanent cease-fire in the region along with humanitarian aid delivery to Palestinian people. Erdogan stressed the importance of the Muslim world, especially Türkiye and Iran, adopting a common stance in the face of Israeli atrocities in the Palestinian…

US President Joe Biden says 4-year-old American hostage Abigail Edan has been released by Hamas. “She’s free and she’s in Israel,” he said, adding that he expects more American captives to be released. “I’m going to continue working with the Emir of Qatar, President Sisi of Egypt and Prime Minster Netanyahu of Israel to do everything possible to see [that] all the hostages are freed,” he said. Source: AlJazeera

The foreign ministers of Iran and Turkey reaffirmed their countries’ support for Palestine, backing efforts to extend a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip following weeks of severe Israeli attacks. In a telephone conversation on Saturday, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan talked about the latest developments in Palestine in the wake of a four-day truce in Gaza. Stressing the need for a complete halt to the Zionist regime’s atrocities against Gaza and the West Bank, Amirabdollahian said, “It is necessary for Iran, Turkey and other Muslim countries to take more forceful measures in support of…

According to the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov, this led to the Azerbaijani side officially declaring that these countries can hardly lay claim to any role as mediators, because they have taken a one-sided position Certain Western countries are attempting to destabilize the situation around Nagorno-Karabakh and are openly struggling against Russia in the region, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview on the Rossiya-1 TV channel. “Such struggle was with diplomatic masks worn sometime probably about three, four, five years ago. These masks were thrown off long ago at present and the struggle is head-on, with visors…

In recent days, the movement of unaccompanied children and separated families has been observed in the humanitarian corridor by the UN staff on the ground. According to a UN statement, one such case was documented over the past week, and it included a child who had to cross through the checkpoint on his own following his father’s arrest at the checkpoint. The team registered his details, and another family took him to a shelter where the administration works to protect these children, in anticipation of their reunification with their families, said the statement. Source: AlJazeera

Mustafa Shehadeh, a released Palestinian prisoner, told Al Jazeera that the prison conditions worsened following the October 7 attacks. Shehadeh, who spent eight months in prison, said that after the start of the war, the treatment he received became worse and prisoners were cut off from the outside world. “They started body searches and took all our machinery, even the shavers,” Shehadeh said. “They even deprived us of daily breaks.” Shehadeh added that he saw an inmate with high fever who was not attended to. Source: AlJazeera

Qatar says 39 Palestinian women and children are to be liberated in exchange for 13 Israelis, with 7 foreign nationals being released not as part of the prisoner swap. Qatar announces that 13 Israeli captives will be released on Saturday. Additionally, seven foreign nationals will be released as part of a separate agreement, according to Israeli media. The Israeli settlers will be released to liberate an additional 39 Palestinian women and children from the Israeli occupation’s prisons. Likewise, Egypt has received the lists of 13 Israeli captives who are due to be freed on Sunday in exchange for the release of…