Author: Steven Sahiounie

Activists urge the UK to lift unilateral sanctions against Syria, warning that they are further exacerbating the suffering of Syrians, most notably following the devastating earthquake. A Palestinian-British academician specializing in International Relations and Political Communication and the Director of the European Centre for the Study of Extremism in Cambridge in the UK, Makram Khoury-Machool, in addition to several British-Arab citizens, filed an application to the High Court in England seeking permission to proceed to a Judicial Review following the refusal of the UK Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development, James Cleverly, to lift the “cruel and unnecessary…

“One can conclude that it is possible to supply additional hardware but the mobilization reserve is not infinite,” the Russian leader noted The West can supply additional military equipment to Ukraine but it does not have an endless amount of manpower to work with, meaning Western countries intend to fight Russia until the last Ukrainian, Russian President Vladimir Putin pointed out at a briefing with permanent Security Council members. “I realize that this is preliminary information because it is impossible to get a complete picture of the battlefield but overall it is clear. One can conclude that, of course, it…

According to the diplomatic agency, “bilateral relations and a number of regional and international issues were discussed during the meeting, especially developments in the Russian-Ukrainian crisis, the Iranian nuclear file, and the developments in Palestine, Yemen and Syria” Qatar’s authorities support a peaceful resolution of the Ukrainian crisis and urge the sides not to take any steps which may lead to an escalation, Qatari Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani said at a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow on Thursday. “During the meeting, HE Prime Minister and Minister of…

The main part of the court hearing was held behind closed doors, as the case involved sensitive information The Moscow City Court on Thursday upheld the decision to extend by three months the arrest of The Wall Street Journal correspondent Evan Gershkovich, who is accused of espionage, a TASS correspondent reports from the courtroom. “The court considered the appeal from Gershkovich’s defense against the decision to extend his stay in custody and ruled to leave the decision of the court of first instance unchanged and the defendant’s appeal unsatisfied,” the court said. The main part of the court hearing was…

Army-backed Israeli settlers Thursday evening attacked Jalud village, south of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, according to local sources. They said that scores of Jewish supremacist settlers, under army protection, descended upon the outskirts of village and attacked a number of civilian houses, hurling stones towards them as the villagers attempted to confront them and defend their property. The gun-toting soldiers unleashed barrages of fire towards the villagers, injuring one by rubber-coated steel bullets in the head and two others by bullet shrapnel. Three other villagers sustained injuries in the stone-pelting at the hands of the settlers and…

The group’s summit is slated to be held in Johannesburg on August 22-24 Russia has informed its South African partners that it would consider French President Emmanuel Macron’s attendance at the Johannesburg BRICS Summit in August as “inappropriate,” Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told reporters on Thursday. “We have sent a signal that, with all due respect to the prerogatives of [South Africa as] the host to invite individual guests, it is necessary to proceed from the fact that BRICS is an alliance of countries that categorically rejects the use of unilateral sanctions for resolving foreign policy issues. Given…

The Pentagon can afford ‘overestimating’ the cost of military supplies to Kiev and be out in calculations by several billion dollars, Anatoly Antonov said Supplying weapons to Ukraine, the US is dragging out bloodshed and provoking a third world war, Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov said on Wednesday answering a media question. “Particularly striking is the ease with which the Americans squander money on Ukrainian clients,” he said. “The Pentagon can afford to ‘overestimate’ the cost of military equipment supplied to Kiev, mistaking its calculations by several billion dollars,” Antonov was quoted as saying by the embassy’s…

The Pacific Air Forces state that the bombers will participate in the Cope West joint air exercise. For the first time ever, two Air Force B-52 strategic bombers arrived at Indonesia’s Kualanamu Airport on Monday, marking a new blow to Washington-Beijing relations. “This specific deployment of the B-52s to Indonesia highlights the importance of working with our allies, partners and other U.S. joint military units as we bolster our collective ability to support a free and open Indo-Pacific,” a Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) spokesperson told Air & Space Forces Magazine. The B-52s, which are assigned to the 23rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron…

Jake Sullivan and Victoria Nuland are to meet officials from BRICS and Türkiye to advocate on Kiev’s behalf, according to the newspaper US national security adviser Jake Sullivan will lead a delegation for an informal meeting with officials from several nations that have refused to toe Washington’s line on Ukraine and have maintained friendly relations with Russia, the Financial Times reported on Thursday. The talks are to take place this weekend in Copenhagen, Denmark, sources told the newspaper. Victoria Nuland, the third most senior official in the State Department and another Russia hawk in the administration of President Joe Biden,…

At least 24 people were injured in the explosion A powerful explosion blew out the facades of buildings in Paris on Wednesday, causing multiple casualties. Local officials say the blast was caused by a gas leak. Video footage shows the street-facing side of the Paris American Academy – a leading fashion design school – collapsed and on fire. Firefighters believe that the explosion originated within the academy building. The blast ripped through a street in Paris’ upscale 5th Arrondissement, leaving the road strewn with rubble. Flames poured from broken windows and a column of black smoke could be seen from several kilometers…