Author: Steven Sahiounie

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi underlines that his country’s membership in the BRICS alliance will soon be realized. Iran’s membership in the BRICS alliance will soon come to fruition, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said during an administrative meeting in the province of East Azerbaijan with the participation of a group of economic activists and businessmen. Talking about the recent news about Iran getting linked with the infrastructure of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU or EEU), as well as the country’s preparations for Iran’s membership in the BRICS group, the president said, “Today, we are present in the…

Former US President Donald Trump is up against the ropes, with the judiciary revealing that he is facing 37 criminal counts. An indictment made public on Friday said former US President Donald Trump is accused of committing 37 felony offenses including conspiracy to obstruct justice and deliberate retention of national security material. Trump is accused of withholding a document during a federal investigation, one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice, 31 counts of intentional retention of national security information, two distinct counts of making false statements, and other connected offenses. According to the indictment, he could get a term of…

By:Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator The Iranian Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia was “officially reopened” on June 6 after the momentous signing of a Saudi Arabian-Iranian normalization deal brokered by China in March. The winds of change have been blowing from East to West, bringing fresh air to the Middle East and reconciling tensions that had been exacerbated by foreign meddling. Next, we are waiting for the reopening of the embassy of Saudi Arabia in Tehran, and the exchange of ambassadors. Saudi Arabia and Iran had been enemies, but now these two powerful nations in the region are committed…

The Syrian people in the occupied Syrian Golan permanently show their firm stance through their commitment to their land and rejection of the Israeli occupation hostile measures, though of the Israeli suppressive practices against them to tighten the noose on them and forcing them to leave their lands with the aim of seizing and Judaizing their lands, and replacing them with the settlers. The Israeli occupation’s schemes to Judaize the Syrian Golan, and to make features, demographic and geographic changes in it have started since its occupation, 56 years ago, when the occupation destroyed 131 villages and 112 farms and…

The Swiss National Council opposed providing Ukraine with a 5 billion franc aid program. The Swiss National Council, the country’s lower house of parliament, voted on Thursday against providing Ukraine with a 5 billion Swiss franc ($5.5 billion) aid package for humanitarian assistance, civilian protection, and mine clearance, citing several issues concerning the country’s reconstruction. “The National Council is currently opposed to providing Ukraine with the 5 billion franc aid program. On Thursday, it rejected the proposal of the Foreign Affairs Committee to grant the aid package for a period of five to 10 years. The proposal has been withdrawn,”…

Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh today called for serious international pressure to compel Israel to cease its violations against the Palestinian people. Speaking during a meeting with Norwegian Special Representative to the Middle East Peace Process, Hilde Haraldstad at the Prime Minister’s Office in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, Shtayyeh called upon the international community, chiefly the US, to exert serious pressure on Israel to compel it to halt its collective punishment of the indigenous Palestinian people, including daily army incursions, detention raids, extrajudicial killings and intrusions upon the holy sites. The meeting was attended by Head of the…

Foreign and Expatriates Minister, Fayssal Mikdad, addressed a message of congratulation to Mr. Ahmed Attaf, Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs and the National Community Abroad, on electing Algeria as non-permanent member at UN Security council for 2024 and 2025. Mikdad reiterated Syria’s appreciation to Algeria’s great support during the years of war, and during the earthquake catastrophe that hit Syria in February. “We have received with great joy the news of electing your country to occupy a non-permanent seat at UN Security council for the two years of 2024- 2025,” Mikdad said. “We are confident that Algeria, the country of…

Al Mayadeen’s correspondent confirms that the residents of Kfarchouba are currently standing up to occupation forces in the area. Al Mayadeen’s correspondent in southern Lebanon reported that the Israeli occupation forces are bulldozing past what is referred to as the “withdrawal line,” in the occupied Kfarchouba area in South Lebanon. Our correspondent confirmed that people from the area are trying to confront the occupation forces’ violations, indicating that a protest will take place on Friday. Al Mayadeen’s correspondent also indicated that UNIFIL peacekeepers are deployed in the area and are recording the occupation forces’ breach of “the withdrawal line,” while observers…

The DPR head noted that Bakhmut was subject to shelling by artillery guns, mortars, and drones. In an interview with Sputnik, Denis Pushilin, acting head of the Donetsk People’s Republic, said that the situation in Bakhmut was difficult because of constant shelling by Ukrainian troops however it was under control. “The situation is stably complicated, but controlled: the enemy regularly tries to push through the flanks and conduct shelling, often chaotic, but regular,” Pushilin said.  “We certainly don’t have any illusions here either: the enemy will try at least in some part to regain lost positions or show some successes,” Pushilin…

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin discussed with UN Special Envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, developments in the situation in Syria. The Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement Thursday, “Vershinin and Pedersen discussed the issues of settling the crisis in Syria, and special attention was paid to the tasks of advancing the political process led and implemented by the Syrians themselves with the support of the United Nations, while respecting the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of Syria as stipulated in the Security Council’s resolution No. 2254.” “The urgent issues related to providing comprehensive humanitarian assistance to all…