Author: Steven Sahiounie

A virtual summit was held to discuss the prospects of expanding the Eurasian group’s influence by including Iran and paving the way for Belarus to join.  Indian Prime Minister Narendra Mod welcomed on Tuesday Iran’s accession to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and the signing by Belarus of a memorandum of intent to become a member of the SCO. “I am pleased to say that Iran is joining the SCO family as a full member. I wish all the best to [Iranian] President [Ebrahim] Raisi and the people of Iran in this regard. I also welcome the signing of the…

Rob Bauer, in an interview with LBC Radio, said that while the aircraft discussion was important, it “won’t be decided anytime soon” Ukraine won’t be given fighter jets until its counteroffensive has finished, said Rob Bauer, the Chair of the NATO Military Committee. In an interview with LBC Radio on Monday, the admiral said although the discussion on the aircraft was an important one, it “will not be solved in the short term.” Nor will training the pilots or training the technicians be available before the Ukrainian counteroffensive, he emphasized. No training for Ukrainian pilots to fly the US-made F-16s has yet…

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said it is deeply concerned by the impact of the ongoing Israeli army military assault in the densely populated Jenin refugee camp and the damage caused to the infrastructure. It said five Palestine refugees were among the 10 killed in the Israeli assault that started yesterday. In addition, extensive damage to the camp infrastructure was reported, including damage to its water network. Water and electricity services have been interrupted in large areas of the camp, said UNRWA, as many people are in urgent need of…

Al Mayadeen’s correspondent to occupied Palestine reports that the Israeli occupation forced the residents of the Jenin refugee camp out of their homes as it prepares to bomb it. The Israeli occupation forced the residents of the Jenin camp to evacuate their homes in preparation for the bombing of the camp, an Al Mayadeen correspondent reported Monday. The Israeli occupation forces are still heavily deployed inside the city of Jenin amid intermittent confrontations in the area, our correspondent added. Hundreds of residents of the Jenin camp were evacuated to safe places, as the occupation’s aggression continued against the camp, Palestinian media reported. The municipality…

Demonstrations are sweeping across the West Bank and the Palestinian territories occupied in 1948 in protest of the aggression on Jenin. Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and the Palestinian territories occupied in 1948 took to the streets to protest the Israeli occupation’s aggression on the city of Jenin, which has been ongoing since the early hours of Monday. In the Palestinian territories occupied in 1948, citizens in the city of Shefa-Amr staged a demonstration, while a solidarity stand took place in Al-Jazzer Square in the city of Akka, in support of the people of Jenin. At the entrance of…

Several countries condemn the ongoing Israeli occupation against Jenin, calling on the international community to assume its duty and put an end to the Israeli crimes. The General Secretariat of the Arab League condemned the Israeli aggression launched by the Israeli occupation against the city of Jenin and its camp. Earlier, the Palestinian Ministry of Health confirmed that the Israeli occupation forces killed nine Palestinians during its ongoing aggression on the city and camp of Jenin. In a statement, the Arab League held the Israeli occupation fully responsible for the Israeli aggression and its crimes, condemning it as a war crime. Iran…

The Palestinian leadership decided tonight to stop all contacts and meetings with the Israeli side and to continue in halting the security coordination. This came in a statement issued at the conclusion of the emergency meeting for the Palestinian leadership, chaired by President Mahmoud Abbas, at the presidential headquarters in Ramallah, to discuss the ongoing Israeli aggression against Jenin and its refugee camp. The leadership decided, according to the statement read by the official spokesman for the presidency, Nabil Abu Rudeineh, to invite the heads of the Palestinian political factions to an emergency meeting to discuss and agree on a…

President Mahmoud Abbas renewed today his call on the international community to provide urgent international protection for the Palestinian people, impose sanctions on Israel and condemn the ongoing terrorist aggression against Jenin and its refugee camp. President Abbas made these remarks during a leadership meeting he chaired at the presidential headquarters in Ramallah to discuss the ongoing aggression against Jenin and its camp. During the meeting, President Abbas called on the general secretaries of all Palestinian factions for an emergency meeting to confront these dangers. “I directed the government and its agencies to provide everything necessary to strengthen the steadfastness…

Foreign and Expatriates Minister, Fayssal Mikdad, discussed on Monday with Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, bilateral relations between Syria and Russia, particularly with regards to political consultation, coordination of stances and the exchange of support at the UN. Mikdad, during a telephone call with Lavrov, reiterated Syria’s stance in support for Russia’s special military operation in Donbas, and in the face of different attempts to target Russia’s national security and stability. He appreciated Russia’s stance in support of Syria against terrorism and attempts to target Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. Mikdad briefed his Russian counterpart on the latest developments in…

It is stressed that 60% of them have never had any problems with the law before In the last 3 days, the French police have detained 3,200 people during the riots that engulfed the country after a police officer killed a 17-year-old in Nanterre, French Minister of the Interior Gerald Darmanin said during a briefing Monday. “Law enforcement has been very active. A total of 3,200 people have been detained in three days, an unprecedented figure,” he said, noting that the average age of the detainees is 17 years. “Out of these 3,200 people, 60% have never had any problems…