Author: Steven Sahiounie

Two Palestinians were Thursday injured by Israeli gunfire, while four others detained, during an Israeli army raid in the refugee camp of Noor Shams, east of the occupied West Bank city of Tulkarm. Intense confrontations broke out between Palestinians and Israeli forces who fired bullets and toxic gas bombs, injuring two people, one of whom was shot in the back. The two injured youths were rushed the Thabet Thabet governmental hospital, where their condition was reported to stable. Local sources told WAFA correspondent that the Israeli soldiers raided a number of Palestinian houses, while an Israeli bulldozer caused damages to…

Trump added that he considered Putin to be very smart Former US President Donald Trump said he would meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart, Vladimir Zelensky, to end the conflict in Ukraine. “I don’t think in terms of winning and losing. I think in terms of getting it settled so we stop killing all these people,” he said during a CNN town hall program. Trump explained that if he was president, he would resolve the conflict within 24 hours. “Russians and Ukrainians, I want them to stop dying,” the politician said. “And I’ll have that done in 24…

The Israeli occupation has shelled residential buildings in Gaza despite the Palestinian resistance warning that such moves would prompt relentless shelling of “Tel Aviv”. Three Palestinians were martyred in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a residential building in Hamad City, northwest of Khan Yunis, the Gaza Strip, an Al Mayadeen correspondent reported on Thursday dawn. Al-Quds Brigades announced the martyrdom of Ali Hassan Ghali, a member of the group’s military council and the head of the brigades’ missile unit, saying he was martyred in an Israeli assassination exacted at Wednesday dawn alongside several other PIJ fighters in the north of Khan Yunis.…

Israeli media say this is the third attempt in almost three years and a half to deter the Resistance, yet the Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s capabilities remain intact. The newspaper stated that “those who brag from the Israeli side about changing the equation are invited to go back to where it all started: This is the third time in three and a half years that Israel has tried the same maneuver, which means that the deterrence against the Islamic Jihad is short-lived and needs constant reinforcement.” In the absence of a solution regarding “the Gaza problem (and Palestinian issue in general),…

Al Mayadeen correspondent says successive salvoes of rockets were fired from Gaza, as warning sirens sounded in the illegal settlement of “Kissufim”. The Israeli occupation continues its heinous aggression against the Gaza Strip for the third day in a row, while the Palestinian Ministry of Health announced that the number of Palestinians martyred, as a result, has risen to 25, in addition to more than 70 injuries. The Palestinian Resistance renewed its rocket fire toward the occupied Palestinian territories. Al Mayadeen correspondent reported that successive salvoes of rockets were fired from Gaza on Thursday, as warning sirens sounded in the illegal settlement…

Palestinian armed factions have launched at least 507 rockets and mortars from the Gaza Strip since the start of the current confrontation, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) announced on May 11. The rocket attacks targeted Tel Aviv and the surrounding area in central Israel as well as the southern cities of Sderot, Ashkelon and nearby settlements. The IDF said that at least 368 of the projectiles crossed the separation line, while 110 fell short in Gaza. The Iron Dome and David’s Sling air defense systems intercepted 154 of the rockets, marking a 95 percent interception rate of projectiles heading for…

Moscow has increased the supply of oil products to Latin America in response to Western price caps and embargoes, Reuters reported on Wednesday, citing market sources and data from financial analysis platform Refinitiv Eikon. The statistics show that two cargoes loaded in April in Russia’s Baltic port of Primorsk with about 73,000 tons of diesel were heading to the port of Guayacan in Chile. According to Refinitiv, in January-April Russia exported about 1.5 million tons of diesel to Latin American countries, mainly to Brazil. The figure represents a significant rise from 211,000 tons supplied to the region in the whole…

Trade in goods other than crude oil between Iran and BRICS nations increased last year, according to the latest data released by the country’s customs service. Tehran’s trade with Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa totalled nearly 48 million tons, with a value of more than $38 billion in the fiscal year 2022-2023, which represents a 14% increase in terms of value. The fiscal year in Iran begins on March 21 and ends on March 20 of the following year, coinciding with the Persian calendar year. China remains Iran’s main trade partner among the BRICS nations, with trade reaching…

Ankara will postpone $600 million in energy bills to Moscow until next year under a new deal, sources told the outlet Türkiye has agreed with Russia to delay a $600 million natural gas payment until next year, Reuters reported on Wednesday, citing sources. Last week, Ankara announced an agreement with Russia’s Gazprom on deferring payment for part of the natural gas it imported after a surge in prices last year, but did not specify the amount. Türkiye may defer up to $4 billion in energy payments to Russia until 2024 under the terms of the agreement, sources told Reuters on…

Iranian Minister of Economy Ehsan Khandozi arrived in Riyadh at the head of an economic delegation, in what is the first visit by an Iranian official to Saudi Arabia since the two countries agreed to resume their diplomatic relations. The Iranian government said, in a statement today, Thursday: “Economy Minister Ehsan Khandozi arrives in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, at the head of an economic delegation, where bilateral meetings with Saudi officials and speeches at the Islamic Development Bank meeting will be among the most important goals of this visit.” “This is the first visit of an official from the Islamic…