Author: Steven Sahiounie

Up to 1,500 soldiers and 150 armored vehicles took part in a night attack, Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu has said Ukrainian forces once again tried to breach Russian defenses in Zaporozhye Region, with Moscow’s military stopping the assault by conducting pre-emptive strikes, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said on Thursday. In a statement, the minister said that the attack took place in the early hours of Thursday and involved forces of Ukrainian 47th mechanized brigade, with a total strength of up to 1,500 people and 150 armored vehicles. “The enemy was detected by reconnaissance forces in a timely manner, with…

Both ministers convened on the restoring of dialogue following a meeting of the Standing Joint Mechanism on Sweden’s NATO membership. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Wednesday told Swedish counterpart, Tobias Billstrom, that Sweden must take concrete steps in order to join the NATO alliance. The Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a statement that “Today (on June 7), Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan had a phone conversation with Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom. During the talk, he congratulated his colleague Minister Fidan on his new appointment. Minister Fidan also stressed that concrete steps must be taken for Sweden to join NATO.” …

Poland could lead a “coalition of the willing,” Anders Rasmussen has claimed Former NATO Secretary-General Anders Rasmussen has claimed that some member states could volunteer to send soldiers to Ukraine, if the country is not offered security assurances on a wide range of issues at an upcoming summit. Rasmussen, who serves as an adviser to Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky and worked with his predecessor, Pyotr Poroshenko, said Kiev should be given written guarantees before NATO leaders meet in Vilnius, Lithuania next month, including for Western intelligence-sharing, weapons transfers and joint military training. “If NATO cannot agree on a clear path forward for Ukraine,…

The Pakistani Foreign Ministry has issued a statement confirming that a delegation met with Chinese and Iranian officials to institutionalize discussions and cooperation on security and counterterrorism issues. The first-ever trilateral meeting on security and counterterrorism was held on Wednesday between officials from China, Iran, and Pakistan in Beijing, according to a statement by the Pakistani Foreign Ministry. The Iranian delegation, led by Rasoul Mousavi, Director General of the Foreign Ministry’s South Asia Affairs and assistant to the country’s Foreign Minister, engaged in productive discussions with their Chinese and Pakistani counterparts. Bai Tian, Director General of China’s Foreign Ministry’s Department of External Security Affairs,…

The Israeli occupation forces demolish a Palestinian prisoner’s home in Ramallah, the occupied West Bank using explosives. The Israeli occupation forces on Thursday raided Ramallah in the occupied West Bank and demolished with explosions the home of Palestinian prisoner Islam Farroukh, 26, amid violent confrontations in the Palestinian city before withdrawing from there. The Israeli occupation’s incursion was confronted by Palestinian youths, with videos circulated online showing the young men standing their ground against the IOF after they tried to barge into the city using a bulldozer. Several civilians sustained varying injuries ranging from getting shot by live munition and…

The night-long raid against Ramallah included confrontations with local youth. The Health Ministry of the Palestinian Authority reported that six Palestinian civilians were wounded after contending an IOF raid against Ramallah in the West Bank. “Six people were wounded this night by Israeli army fire in the city of Ramallah,” the ministry said in a statement: noting that all those wounded were taken to the hospital. The ministry specified that they were injured by the tear gas employed by IOF soldiers during the raid. The night-long raid against Ramallah included confrontations with local youth that protested the IOF’s attempt to…

“There are many insinuations about the fact that Russia allegedly has blown up the most important infrastructure facility,” Anatoly Antonov said The US media has launched a targeted campaign regarding the destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant in an attempt to shift the Ukrainian responsibility on Russia and to ‘whitewash’ the Kiev regime, Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov told journalists on Thursday. “There is a targeted disinformation campaign going on in the US media around the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant,” he said. “There are many insinuations about the fact that Russia allegedly has blown up the…

The first Russian-Ukrainian negotiations after Russia launched its special military operation in Ukraine took place in Belarus in early March 2022 but the talks yielded no tangible results The Ukrainian leadership was ready to settle the conflict with Russia but gave up under the US pressure, Russia’s Security Council Secretary Nikolay Patrushev said on Thursday. “Had it not been for the US pressure on those whom they installed at the head of Ukraine, this situation would have not happened, Even the Ukrainian leaders themselves were ready for signing a peace treaty and gave Russia written proposals that we, in principle,…

Syria has condemned in the strongest terms blowing up the Nova Kakhovka Dam by the Ukrainian regime which caused great damage to civilians, and flooded large areas. “This terrorist act by the Ukrainian regime constitutes a continuation of its reckless behavior and an escalation by its NATO protectors in their war against Russia,” an official source at the Foreign and Expatriates Ministry said in a statement to SANA on Thursday. The source added, “Syria renews its full solidarity with Russia in its confrontation with the NATO aggression, and calls on the international community to move vigorously to curb the absurd…

The Palm Jebel Ali was cancelled amid the 2008 credit crisis, leaving hundreds of investors in limbo Dubai’s ruler has approved a new development plan for the largest of the city’s famous palm-shaped artificial islands, the Palm Jebel Ali project, which was put on hold in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. Part of the Dubai 2040 Urban Master Plan, Palm Jebel Ali will feature over 80 hotels and resorts, providing approximately 35,000 families with luxury beachside living. It is estimated to add 110 kilometers (68.35 miles) to the emirate’s coastline, according to media reports. “Palm Jebel Ali will…