Author: Steven Sahiounie

Israeli media reports that the Palestinian Resistance launched a new salvo of missiles toward the occupied Palestinian territories despite assurances from Egypt. The Palestinian Resistance has renewed its shelling of occupied Palestinian territories in light of the continued Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, an Al Mayadeen correspondent reported. The Emergency Alert System (EAS) was activated in occupied Beer Al-Sabe, with Israeli media reporting that Rockets were fired toward the “Gush Dan” area, mainly “Tel Aviv”. Israeli media said that following Netanyahu and Galant’s statements, a non-stop fire exchange erupted “on the Gaza border”. “The salvo of rockets launched earlier at Israel…

The Arab League Council urged today the International Criminal Court to complete the criminal investigation into war crimes and crimes against humanity committed and still being committed by Israel against the defenseless Palestinian people. These crimes include settlement and annexation, aggression against cities, villages and camps, the killing of civilians, journalists and paramedics, as well as forced displacement of Palestinians from their homes, the Council said in a statement after an emergency meeting at the level of permanent delegates in Cairo. The Council called for discussing and confronting the continuous Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people and providing them with…

Israeli forces today tore down three privately-owned homes belonging to Palestinians in the village of al-Dyouk to the west of the city of Jericho, according to a local official. Issam Samrat, a member of Fatah movement, said this step is part of the ongoing Israeli policy, which includes the issuance of demolition orders and the tearing down of homes. He further slammed this step as part of Israel’s policy of forcible expulsion that aims to empty the area of its indigenous Palestinian residents for the benefit of settlement expansion. Source: Wafa

Another presidential decree cancels a ban on flights of Russian airlines to Georgia and on selling tours to the country which had been in effect since 2019 Beginning on May 15, Georgian citizens will be able to visit Russia for up to 90 days without a visa, according to a decree signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday. “[I hereby] decree that from May 15, 2023, Georgian citizens will be able to enter and exit the Russian Federation without obtaining visas based on current identifying documents <…>, with the exception of citizens entering Russia in order to work or…

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov reveals a Russian presentation within the framework of the quadrilateral format of Russia-Iran-Turkey-Syria. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said, on Wednesday, Moscow has presented a road map within the framework of the quadrilateral format of Russia-Iran-Turkey-Syria to lay out the normalization of relations between Damascus and Ankara for the upcoming meeting of foreign ministers, which will then be presented to the presidents. During a meeting with the foreign ministers of Iran, Syria, and Turkey in Moscow, Lavrov said, “The optimal result of our meeting today could be an agreement to instruct experts to prepare a draft roadmap for Syrian-Turkish…

Navigational data also say air traffic was disrupted at Ben Gurion Airport in “Tel Aviv” as a result of the rocket fire from Gaza. Sources in the Palestinian Resistance confirmed to Al Mayadeen on Wednesday that “the response to the Israeli aggression has just begun,” affirming that this is just the beginning. Al Mayadeen correspondent in occupied Palestine reported that rocket salvoes were fired from the Gaza Strip. This was followed by sirens sounding in a number of illegal Israeli settlements in the Gaza envelope settlements and the occupied city of Askalan, as Israeli occupation warplanes launched new airstrikes that targeted agricultural lands…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Western media have described Sunday’s presidential election in Turkey and the most important vote in the world in 2023. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was first elected Prime Minister in May 2003, and since then he has also been elected President. The election on May 14 is between the incumbent Erdogan and Kemal Kilicdaroglu, who promises to improve Turkey’s relationship with the US. Elections are most often won on domestic issues, and Turkey is in an economic crisis, with hyper-inflation and a devalued currency, making the cost of living higher than voters can recall.…

The volume of trade between China and Russia has continued to grow, with both exports and imports surging at double-digit pace since the beginning of 2023, the General Administration of China Customs reports. According to its report released on Tuesday, bilateral trade soared more than 43% in January-April compared with a year ago, to $73 billion. During that period, Chinese exports to Russia jumped 67.2% in annual terms to $33.6 billion, while imports from the country rose almost 25% to $39.4 billion. China’s trade with Russia hit a record high in 2022, growing by nearly a third amid Western sanctions…

The European Commission has published its first international tender for the collective purchase of liquified natural gas (LNG) through a new EU mechanism, its vice-president for interinstitutional relations, Marosh Shefchovich, said on Wednesday. According to the official, the first tendering round is open until May 15, and covers gas deliveries from June 2023 until May 2024 with 77 companies from across the EU having submitted requests for a total volume of around 11.6 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas. He added that demand for the super-chilled fuel was hovering around 2.8 bcm, while nearly 9.6 bcm has been requested for…

Moscow has pledged to reduce output by 500,000 barrels per day in response to Western sanctions The average four-week seaborne shipments of Russian crude in the period to May 5 jumped by 180,000 barrels per day (bpd) to 3.63 million bpd, the highest leap since the start of 2022, when Bloomberg began tracking the flows in detail. According to the outlet’s report on Tuesday, shipments continued to rise despite Western sanctions and Moscow’s output cut. Data has shown that four-week average shipments to Russia’s Asian customers, including those on vessels showing no final destination, rose to a new high of…