Author: Steven Sahiounie

In light of the raid, dozens of Palestinians have been injured in Al-Qibli prayer hall of Al-Aqsa amid calls to confront the brutal, violent Israeli attack. Israeli occupation forces raided Wednesday dawn Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Al-Quds and assaulted the Palestinians who are stationed there as part of the religious practice of Itikaf, which is one of the acts of worship during the holy month of Ramadan. Al Mayadeen correspondent reported from inside Al-Aqsa Mosque that settlers began storming the mosque this morning, Wednesday. Concurrently with the incursion, Al Mayadeen correspondent reported that Palestinians chanted slogans against the attacks by settler groups. This comes…

Highlighting Iran’s legal presence in Syria based on Damascus’ formal request, the Iranian UN envoy said Tehran reserves its inherent right to self-defense and will take decisive measures to protect its forces, interests, and facilities against any threat from the US or others. Iran’s Ambassador to the United Nations Saeed Iravani sent a letter to the President of the UN Security Council Vassily Nebenzia and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on April 3 to reiterate Iran’s strong commitment to Syria’s national sovereignty, territorial integrity, unity, and political independence. What follows is the text of the letter: In the name of…

The spokesperson for the Iranian administration said President Ebrahim Raisi has welcomed an invitation from Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud to visit the kingdom. Speaking to reporters at a press conference on Tuesday, Ali Bahadori said Raisi has welcomed the invitation extended by the Saudi king to visit Riyadh. King Salman has been reciprocally invited to visit Iran, he added. The spokesman said the Iranian and Saudi foreign ministers are going to hold a meeting, reiterating the Islamic Republic’s policy of promotion of relations with neighbors. On Monday, Iran’s First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber said Raisi has accepted the invitation from Saudi…

Speaker of the People’s Assembly Hammoudeh Sabbagh affirmed that the bilateral relations binding Syria and China are built on a solid foundation and have been evolving over time in all areas, particularly the political and economic ones. He also hailed China’s honorable position towards Syria and its people throughout the terrorist war been waged on it. Sabbagh made his remarks during his meeting with Ambassador Shi Hongwei on Tuesday upon assuming his duties as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China to Syria. Sabbagh hoped that the relations between the two friendly countries will witness growth and…

The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) today adopted two resolutions on the Palestinian people’s inalienable rights and Israeli colonial settlements. In its 52nd session convened in Geneva and under agenda item 7, UNHRC adopted by an overwhelming majority draft resolution A/HRC/52/L.32 on the inalienable, permanent & unqualified right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, including their right to live in freedom, justice & dignity and the right to their independent. Forty one UNHRC member states voted in favor of the resolution, three, namely Cameron, Lithuania and Romania abstained, and three others, namely Czechia, the United States of America (USA) and the United…

According to the investigation, on April 2, 2023 Darya Trepova, following instructions from her handlers in Ukraine, brought a statuette bomb to a cafe in the center of St. Petersburg and gave it as a gift to military blogger Maxim Fomin, known by his penname Vladlen Tatarsky Moscow’s Basmanny Court on Tuesday remanded in custody Darya Trepova, accused of committing a terrorist attack in a cafe in St. Petersburg that killed military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky, a TASS correspondent reports from the courtroom. The court sustained the investigation’s request for remanding Darya Trepova in custody until June 2, 2023, the judge…

Dmitry Medvedev said members of the silent opposition murdered an unarmed reporter, wounded several dozens of innocent spectators at his event, opened fire on a car with children that were going to a village school, and blew up a car with a female reporter and a researcher Members of Russia’s silent opposition are now engaged in terrorism, executing their fellow countrymen, Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday. He made the statement as he was commenting on Telegram on the terrorist attack that took place in St. Petersburg on April 2. The official also said that it…

Sergey Ryabkov pointed to what he described as “curious statements by official representatives in some Western media, including those in the US,” who “all of a sudden decided for some reason that there will be no reaction from the Russian side” Russia does not intend to hurry its response to Finland’s accession to NATO and it will make the countermeasures public in a calm manner and in due time, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said on the Rossiya-24 TV channel on Tuesday. “We don’t want to get ahead of ourselves here. Why should we?” he said. “We will calmly…

Sweden and Finland applied for NATO membership in May 2022 but their bids were blocked by Turkey which demanded that the Nordic countries declare Kurdish organizations as terroristic as well as extradite individuals accused of terrorism or having participated in the attempted coup in Turkey in 2016 Counter-terrorism cooperation with Turkey is a key condition for Ankara’s approval of Sweden’s bid for NATO membership, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Tuesday after a meeting with his Swedish counterpart, Tobias Billstrom on the sidelines of a NATO ministerial meeting in Brussels. “Reiterated our expectations for Sweden’s NATO accession to FM…

The former US president has entered a Manhattan courthouse to face what he calls “politically motivated” charges Former US President Donald Trump arrived at the Manhattan District Attorney’s office on Tuesday afternoon, to be placed under arrest and face a series of charges his attorneys have denounced as a politically motivated “witch hunt” by the New York Democrat Alvin Bragg. The existence of the charges was leaked to the press last Friday, and more details were leaked on Monday, indicating that Bragg is going after the 45th president for the “crime” of allegedly falsifying business records in regard to “hush money” reportedly paid to porn actress…