Author: Steven Sahiounie

The Watan Document Foundation and National Records & Archives Authority in the Sultanate of Oman signed a memorandum of cooperation, with the aim of boosting and developing cooperation and consolidating the bonds of Arab ties between Syria and Oman, in the presence of Social Affairs Minister Louai Emad El-Din al-Munajjid. The memo , which was signed at the Foundation’s headquarters, stipulated the exchange of experts in the fields of historical documentation, document management, and cooperation in the field of oral history, in a way that serves the interests of the peoples of the two countries. Dr.Bouthaina Shaaban,Head of the Board…

The Chechen leader considered that Wagner’s withdrawal from the city would count as a loss of an experienced combat unit. The Chief of Russia’s Wagner Group Private Military Company, Evgeny Prigozhin, submitted a request to Moscow on Saturday to allow him to hand over his forces’ positions in Bakhmut to the Akhmat battalion, led by Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov. “I ask you to issue a combat order before 00:00 on May 10 concerning the transfer of the positions of the Wagner paramilitary units in Bakhmut and its periphery, to the units of the Akhmat battalion,” he said in a letter to…

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian expressed concern about the “worrying” situation in Sudan created by foreign interference. “Sudan situation is so worrying. If proper measures are not taken, Sudan territorial integrity is jeopardized with ramifications for the region,” Amirabdollahian said in a post on his Twitter account on Friday. He expressed regret over foreign interference and provocation in Sudan, urging domestic dialogue and understanding to resolve the crisis. “Domestic dialog & understanding seem to be the most viable option to end crisis,” the top Iranian diplomat tweeted. Deadly violence broke out on April 15 between Sudan’s de facto leader Abdel…

The department called the silence of relevant international organizations about this incident unacceptable Washington and Kiev are primarily responsible for the terrorist attack against writer Zakhar Prilepin, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Saturday. “Responsibility for this and other terrorist acts lies not only with the Ukrainian authorities, but with their Western patrons, in the first place, the United States, who since the coup d’etat of February 2014 have painstakingly nurtured the anti-Russian neo-Nazi project in Ukraine,” the statement reads. “The lack of Washington’s condemnation of another in a string of terrorist attacks against a Russian journalist…

At least two Ukrainian tactical ballistic missiles were shot down over Russia’s Crimean Peninsula, according to local officials Ukrainian forces launched at least two ballistic missiles toward the Russian region of Crimea on Saturday. The projectiles were intercepted by anti-aircraft defenses. The incident was first revealed by the head of the Republic of Crimea, Sergey Aksenov, in a Telegram post. He identified one projectile as a tactical ballistic missile that was shot from a Ukrainian Grom-2 mobile launcher. While Aksenov said a single projectile was fired, his aide said shortly thereafter that two Grom-2 missiles were launched, and both of…

Russian emergency services say an explosive device was planted under the car. The car of Russian writer and co-chairman of the political party A Just Russia — For Truth, Zakhar Prilepin, exploded on Saturday in the Nizhny Novgorod region, leaving the politician’s driver killed, TASS reported. The state-run agency cited emergency services as saying that the explosive device was planted under the car, adding that Prilepin was injured. The Russian Interior Ministry confirmed the driver’s death, noting that there are no other victims. Prilepin’s press service said the writer was “all right”, while medical services later confirmed that he was transferred to the…

The families of scores of Palestinians killed by Israeli occupation forces held today a vigil in the town of Arraba, in the northern West Bank province of Jenin, demanding return of their slain children’s bodies withheld by the Israeli occupation authorities. The vigil was held in front of the house of late Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan, who tragically died last week after 87 days of hunger strike in protest of his detention without charges or trial by Israel. The protesters chanted slogans and waved banners demanding the immediate return of the martyrs whose bodies are either buried in Israeli number…

Before the four-party talks, Mevlut Cavusoglu will meet his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Friday that he is leaving for Moscow on May 10 to meet with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, and take part in four-party talks on Syria. “We have received an official confirmation from Moscow. On May 10, we will go to Moscow. In the morning, I will have a possibility to hold talks with Lavrov and after that we will take part in a ministerial meeting (involving Russia, Iran, Syria, and Turkey on the normalization of relations between Ankara and…

This comes after Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ visit to the Texas border town of Brownsville. The Biden administration relayed on Friday that although the Trump-era restrictions, namely Title 42, will be lifted, that does not insinuate that the US-Mexico border will be open. This comes after the visit to the Texas border town of Brownsville by Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas who said that safeguards were set along the border to prevent the “uncontrolled inflow” of migrants when lifted. Mayorkas asserted that legal procedures are being established for those who want to reach the US safely, but consequences were also…

Israeli occupation forces storm the Nur Shams refugee camp in Tulkarm and assassinate two Palestinian youths. Al Mayadeen correspondent in occupied Palestine reported on Saturday that the Israeli occupation forces and commandos stormed the Nur Shams refugee camp in Tulkarm, in the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian WAFA agency reported that two Palestinian youths were killed at the hands of Israeli occupation forces during the raid. Activists on social media circulated pictures and video clips of the two martyrs and others of the occupation forces withdrawing from the camp after storming it. In a brief statement, the Palestinian Ministry of Health identified the…