Author: Steven Sahiounie

The Israeli police this morning detained a Turkish woman and two other Palestinians at Al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam’s third holiest site, in Jerusalem’s Old City, according to local sources. They said police detained a 24-year-old Turkish woman when she was trying to pray at Bab al-Rahmeh prayer area inside Al-Aqsa Mosque compound after she refused to leave the area. When a Palestinian man working as a guard at the Mosque intervened to help the woman, police arrested him also after assaulting him, said the sources. The Turkish woman was taken to the Russian compound police station in West Jerusalem where she…

TRT stated that police were holding persons accused of funding the illegal Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) or recruiting new members for the organization. According to Turkish police sources, Turkey detained 110 people on Tuesday for alleged terror ties, barely three weeks before a vote that might prolong President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s two-decade rule. The massive raids, called a “counter-terror” operation by authorities, took place in 21 provinces, including the Kurdish majority Diyarbakir in the southeast. Days ago, a French court sentenced 11 Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) members on terror funding charges, with penalties ranging from suspended three-year jail terms to five years in prison with one year suspended. TRT stated…

The breach comes after the Sudanese army and the RSF announced their agreement to a 72-hour ceasefire based on Saudi-US mediation. The Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) exchanged blame for violating a 72-hour truce to open up humanitarian corridors. The RSF accused the Sudanese army of bombing its positions in the presidential palace in Khartoum. Media sources said an army plane flew over the city of Omdurman, and the Rapid Support Forces confronted it. On the other hand, the Sudanese army accused the RSF of carrying out a number of violations and attempting to “occupy” sites inside…

US Vice President Kamala Harris also announced plans to run for re-election US President Joe Biden has officially launched his candidacy to seek a second White House term in 2024, according to a video address released on Tuesday. “Every generation of Americans has faced a moment when they have to defend democracy,” he said. “That’s why I’m running for re-election,” Biden added. US Vice President Kamala Harris also announced plans to run for re-election. “As Americans, we believe in freedom and liberty – and we believe that our democracy will only be as strong as our willingness to fight for…

Algerian President, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, received on Tuesday the Syrian Ambassador to Algeria, Namir Wahib al-Ghanim who has ended his task as Syrian Ambassador to the country. “I was honored by meeting President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on a Farewell visit to his excellency on the occasion of ending my duties as an Ambassador of the Syrian Arab Republic to Algeria, and I was briefed by his clear-sighted vision regarding regional and international issues, Particularly, the Arab ones” Ambassador al-Ghanim said in a statement following the meeting. Al-Ghanim added that the leaderships of the two countries are keen ondeveloping bilateral relations, pointing out…

The Syrian, Russian, Iranian, and Turkish defense ministers held quadripartite meeting on Tuesday to discuss withdrawal of Turkish forces from Syrian territory and implementation of the agreement on the M4 International Highway, the Defense Ministry said in a statement. On December 28th of 2022, the Ministry announced that a meeting had been held among Syrian Defense Minister, Director of Syrian General Intelligence Administration with their counterpart, the Turkish Defense Minister and Turkish Head of Intelligence Apparatus in the Russian capital of Moscow with the participation of The Russian side. During the meeting, the two sides discussed a number of issues, and the…

Serbia used to condemn the violation of Ukraine’s territorial integrity at all international venues before Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic pledged on Tuesday a revision of his country’s attitude toward Ukraine following yesterday’s vote on Kosovo’s membership in the Council of Europe. “If there is someone who ignores the territorial integrity of the Republic of Serbia, why should we respect their territorial integrity? <…> Why should we rush to protect someone else’s territorial integrity, while we can remain silent, since those people are clearly against Serbia’s territorial integrity?” the Serbian leader wondered, as he addressed the nation in the wake of…

“For reasons that are unclear, the American delegation has brought this man’s family to the UN Security Council. No one knows what for,” Maria Zakharova said The invitation of the sister of US citizen Paul Whelan, who was convicted in Russia on espionage charges, to attend a meeting of the UN Security Council chaired by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is nothing but a PR stunt by the US Department of State, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Tuesday. “They [the United States] said that they had invited Paul Whelan’s family to the session. Let me remind you…

“Experts claim that the use of such technologies can [lead to] and has already prompted a social transformation,” Nikolay Patrushev said Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolay Patrushev urged Russia on Tuesday to counteract US efforts to launch a biological war against it and other countries. “Specific biological research being used by the United States in developing military programs requires the closest attention of our scientific community,” Patrushev said, urging proactive efforts to counteract preparations for a biological war against Russia and other countries. Patrushev elaborated on technological breakthroughs that he said “may affect the global balance of power further down…

An official in the Syrian Foreign Ministry says the sanctions are based on propaganda and Western lies. Syria slammed on Tuesday Europe’s new wave of sanctions targeting government officials, which hindered the process of responding to quake-affected areas and providing victims with dire aid. The EU imposed fresh sanctions on 25 Syrian officials and eight entities, including a Russian company, allegedly involved in violations of human rights and drug trafficking. The bloc claimed that the sanctions “are not meant to impede the provision humanitarian assistance to any part of the country,” which was struck by a catastrophic earthquake in February, leaving…