Author: Steven Sahiounie

The Israeli occupation says it needs another 24 hours in Jenin to conclude its aggression on the occupied Palestinian city. The Israeli occupation forces need an additional 24 hours to complete the operation they started in the occupied West Bank early on Monday, an informed source told Reuters hours after the operation started. The Israeli occupation forces have repeatedly declined to disclose the amount of time the operation will take, only revealing that it would take longer than one day and that the IOF would stay on the ground for as long as necessary. The Israeli occupation forces announced at dawn the…

Syria has strongly condemned the Israeli aggression on the city of Jenin and its camp in the West Bank, which amounts to a war crime and a crime against humanity. “The Syrian Arab Republic followed with big concern the Israeli brutal aggression on our resilient brothers in Jenin of occupied Palatine, which claimed the lives of a large number of martyrs and injured scores others,” Foreign and Expatriates Ministry said in a statement on Monday. The statement added that Syria expresses its deepest condolence to the families of martyrs and wounded. It said that Syria renews its full support for…

Israeli occupation forces shoot dead a Palestinian youth at the northern entrance to Al-Bireh, in the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Ministry of Health confirmed that 21-year-old Palestinian youth was shot dead at the hands of Israeli occupation forces at the northern entrance to the city of Al-Bireh in the occupied West Bank, at dawn Monday. In a statement, the Ministry indicated that Israeli occupation forces shot Palestinian youth Mohammad Imad Hassanein with five live bullets in his head. Local sources reported that armed confrontations broke out between Palestinian Resistance fighters and Israeli occupation forces in the area, as Resistance…

The Russian intelligence unit says the perpetrator, a Russian national, was working for Ukraine’s special services. An assassination attempt on the head of the Crimea Republic Sergey Aksyonov was thwarted by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), a statement by the intelligence agency said on Monday. The federal agency said a Russian citizen working for Kiev stands behind the failed attack. “An assassination attempt on the head of the Republic of Crimea, Sergey Aksyonov, organized by the Ukrainian special services, has been thwarted … A citizen of Russia, born in 1988, who was recruited by the Ukrainian Security Council and…

The Russian armed forces continue effectively inflicting damage on the enemy by firepower, which considerably diminishes its offensive potential, the defense minister said Russian forces wiped out 16 German-made Leopard tanks or actually 100% of this armor supplied to the Kiev regime by Poland and Portugal, Russia’s Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said at a conference call with military commanders on Monday. “In the south Donetsk, Zaporozhye and Donetsk directions alone where Ukrainian armed formations are undertaking unsuccessful attacks, the groupings of Russian forces destroyed 15 aircraft, three helicopters and 920 pieces of armor, including 16 Leopard tanks. This is actually…

The Ministry of Information said today that the Israeli targeting of journalists in Jenin and its camp is an attempt to hide the truth about its ongoing crime since dawn today, which has led to the death of eight people and the wounding of more than 50 others. It said in a statement that besieging media crews for more than two hours inside a house in the camp, shooting at journalists, and the seizure and detonation of a camera and a transmitter are part and parcel of this policy of concealing the occupation’s crimes. The Ministry called on the International…

According to Peter Szijjarto, the vast majority of his European counterparts agree with this point of view and “express the same opinion in private conversations” The Hungarian government is adamant that Ukraine’s NATO membership cannot be discussed as long as an armed conflict continues in the country, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto said on Monday. When asked at a joint press conference with his Slovak counterpart Miroslav Wlachovsky if Ukraine could receive a NATO invitation at the alliance’s Vilnius summit on July 11-12, Szijjarto said that “it is out of the question.” According to him, “the…

China and Russia express their desire to expand naval cooperation and strengthen communication between the two countries’ militaries. Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu expressed his desire to enhance naval cooperation with Russia during high-level talks held on Monday. During the meeting in Beijing, Li Shangfu held a meeting with Nikolai Yevmenov, the head of the Russian Navy, in which they discussed the need to strengthen communication at all levels. The Chinese Defense Ministry released a statement expressing their hopes for closer ties and increased collaboration between the two nations’ navies. He proposed organizing “joint exercises, joint cruises, and joint military…

The island will conduct the test-firings on Monday and Tuesday ahead of its largest annual drill this week. Taiwan is set to conduct a missile live-firing exercise on Monday as the island prepares to launch its largest annual military drills later this week. The two-day firings come as tensions continue to grow between Taipei, backed by the United States, and China, which is demanding that the island’s backers abide by the internationally recognized “One China” policy. Earlier in June, Secretary of State Antony Blinken made a rare trip to Beijing, where his hosts promised to make no concessions on Taiwan but expressed…

Ambassador of the Republic of Belarus in Damascus, Yuri Sloka underlined that the relations between his country and Syria are stable and advanced, and have reached a very high level of coordination. “Belarus is interested in developing and enhancing cooperation with Syria in political, economic and social fields,” the Belarusian ambassador said in an interview with SANA on the occasion Belarus Independence Day which marks on July 3rd. Sloka pointed out the effective role played by the joint government committee and the direct meetings of experts of both countries to create ways and opportunities to develop cooperation between them. The…