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Hussam Al-Din Alaa presents his credentials to the Secretary General of the Arab League as Syria’s permanent representative to the Arab League. It was announced today that the Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit has received the credentials of the Syrian permanent representative from Damascus. “Today, Ambassador Hussam al-Din Alaa presented his credentials to the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, as a representative of Syria in the League,” the Syrian News Agency (SANA) reported.  Back on May 30, Al Mayadeen’s correspondent in Damascus reported that Hussam Al-Din Alaa was appointed as Syria’s Permanent Representative to the Arab League. On May…

The former US president told supporters he views the legal action against him as a “great badge of courage” Former US president Donald Trump, who is hoping to return to the Oval Office after the 2024 elections, has said he views the two indictments against him as a personal honor. The Republican firebrand accused the left of instigating the legal proceedings, which he previously dismissed as a “witch hunt.” Addressing a Faith and Freedom Coalition event in Washington on Saturday, Trump said: “Every time the radical left Democrats, Marxist, communists and fascists indict me, I consider it a great badge…

Statements by US President and his Ukrainian counterpart on nuclear threat emanating from Russia not worth comment, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has called statements by US President Joe Biden and his Ukrainian counterpart Vladimir Zelensky on the nuclear threat allegedly emanating from Russia a “turbulent stream of consciousness” not worth commenting on. “It’s hard for me to comment on what the US president has been saying lately, as it is for other observers in general who are wondering how to interpret it all. I wouldn’t put too much weight on verbal escapades that…

The press service explained that despite the fact that what is happening in Russia is its domestic affair, the residents of Kazakhstan are concerned about the situation in the friendly country with which it shares the longest border in the world Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev held an extraordinary meeting of the country’s Security Council in connection with the situation in Russia, the Kazakh leader’s press service reported. “During the event, the head of state heard reports from the prime minister, the prosecutor general, the chairman of the National Security Committee, the ministers of defense, interior and foreign affairs on measures…

Syria and Lebanon have discussed ways to enhance cooperation for the return of the (displaced) to their homeland. That came during a meeting that brought together Minister of the Interior, Major General Mohammad al-Rahmoun, and Minister of the Displaced in the caretaker government of the Lebanese Republic, Issam Sharaf al-Din. The Minister of the Interior affirmed that Syria has provided all the necessary facilities to secure the return of the (displaced) to their homeland, as well as addressing their situation at the border posts and solving all the problems they face. In turn, Minister Sharaf al-Din noted that this visit…

Iran expressed support for the rule of law in the Russian Federation following a mutiny led by the head of the Wagner group. On Saturday, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani stated that the recent developments in Russia were a domestic matter. He also said Iran supports the rule of law in Russia. Earlier, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) initiated a criminal case for inciting armed mutiny based on statements attributed to Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the Wagner Group private military company (PMC). Russian President Vladimir Putin condemned the mutiny attempt as a betrayal of Russia by Wagner…

This comes after the Belarusian President informed Putin that Prigozhin accepted his proposal to de-escalate the situation in Russia.  According to the Pool Pervogo Telegram channel, Russia and Belarus presidents held another phone call on Saturday where Putin thanked Lukashenko for his role in speaking to the head of the Wagner Group private military company (PMC), Yevgeny Prigozhin. Earlier today, the Belarusian President informed Putin that Prigozhin accepted his proposal to de-escalate the situation in Russia. On Saturday morning, Russian President Vladimir Putin briefed his Belarusian counterpart on the situation in southern Russia around the Wagner PMC, with the two leaders agreeing on coordinated…

The State Department instructs the embassies not to engage with host countries about the situation, restricting any answer to the US is “watching closely as the situation unfolds.” US embassies all over the world have received instructions from the State Department to not say a word about the ongoing situation in Russia, adding that the US government shows no intention of getting involved, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing sources. In a message, the State Department told the embassies not to engage with host countries about the situation and if hosts do contact them, the embassies should only say that the…

Rostov Governor Vasily Golubev underlines that a catastrophe such as division cannot be allowed to happen again. Rostov Governor Vasily Golubev confirmed on Saturday that the region supports Russian President Vladimir Putin in light of the attempted armed mutiny in the country, underlining that a catastrophe such as division cannot be allowed to happen again. Alexander Gusev, the governor of Russia’s Voronezh region, stressed that no circumstances can force Russians to doubt the soundness of the Russian President’s approach, stressing that any attempt to overthrow the constitution will fail and will be eliminated. On his part, Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin announced that…

The Russian Foreign Ministry stresses that Russian society has rejected the armed mutiny with “the adventurist efforts of the conspirators essentially aimed at destabilizing the situation in Russia.” The Russian Foreign Ministry released a statement on Saturday as a warning to the West against any attempts to use the ongoing armed mutiny situation in Russia for their own purposes. The Ministry stressed that Russian society has rejected the armed mutiny with “the adventurist efforts of the conspirators essentially aimed at destabilizing the situation in Russia, undermining its unity and efforts to ensure international security.” “Thus, the mutiny plays into the hands of Russia’s…