Author: Steven Sahiounie

The International Committee of the Red Cross tells Al Mayadeen that on Sunday, five flights between Sanaa and Marib will take place to transport prisoners. Al Mayadeen correspondent in Sanaa reported that 48 liberated prisoners arrived at Sanaa airport from Marib airport on the first flights of the third day of the prisoner exchange deal in Yemen. According to our correspondent, Sanaa International Airport is set to receive on Saturday the third and last batch of prisoners, which includes 105 prisoners from Marib prisons. The International Committee of the Red Cross told Al Mayadeen that on Sunday, five flights between Sanaa and Marib…

By: Jowad Masoomi, Iranian researcher and writer Israel and the Republic of Baku, with different motivations and to project their internal crises, seek to create a “tension-causing and crisis-causing coalition” in the Caucasus and the region. Despite Tehran’s comprehensive support for the territorial integrity and independence of the Republic of Azerbaijan for thirty years, the government of Baku has become a contractor that has leased the country’s facilities to Zionists, Takfiris and terrorists against the will of its people. The political and media blackmails of the Republic of Baku will not change Iran’s red lines regarding the immutability of international…

Syria and Armenia discussed means of boosting parliamentary cooperation. This came during a meeting between Armenia’s Deputy Speaker at National Assembly, Hakob Arshakyan, and Syria’s Ambassador to Armenia, Dr. Nora Arisian Dr. Arisian thanked Armenia for its political stances in supporting Syria and for efforts it exerted through sending humanitarian aid to the earthquake-affected She noted to the disastrous effects of the US and the EU unilateral economic sanctions imposed on the Syrian people which need international efforts in order to call for lifting them. Source: SANA

The official added that units of the Russian armed forces are already working to destroy Ukrainian firing points from where the shelling came A civilian resident of Donetsk was killed and six wounded when Ukrainian troops shelled the city’s Transfiguration Cathedral during Easter Vigil on Sunday, the acting head of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), Denis Pushilin, said. “For the time being, one person was reported as dead and six – as injured,” Pushilin wrote on his Telegram channel. “Fire broke out when a Ukrainian projectile hit a kindergarten. Damage was reported at the Roofed Market, [at] nearby shops and…

The Minister says the EU and the US should be trading partners because they share common values. French President Emmanuel Macron’s call for an autonomous EU is “naive”, said German Finance Minister Christian Lindner on Friday. “The idea of strategic autonomy of the European Union, I fear it’s naive,” Lindner said in response to a question while at Princeton University to deliver a speech. “Security on European soil without the strategic nuclear potential of the United States at least is unthinkable.” The German Minister said the United States and Europe should be trading partners just as they are partners in…

The Sudan Armed Forces say clashes are ongoing, but the situation is heading toward stability. The Central Committee of Sudan Doctors announced that the death toll from the armed clashes in the country has risen so far to 56 and the injuries to 595, while heavy bombing and intense gunfights are ongoing across the country, BBC reported on Sunday. 25 people, including 17 civilians, were killed in the country’s capital Khartoum, the organization said, further noting that the latest records do not include victims that are still unaccounted for due to the ongoing military confrontations, which disrupt rescue efforts. The General Command of…

Israeli occupation forces arrest a number of Palestinian youths in several neighborhoods of occupied Al-Quds. The Israeli occupation forces launched at dawn Sunday a mass arrest campaign against Palestinian youths in the occupied city of Al-Quds, and confrontations broke out at Al-Sahira Gate in the Old City and in the vicinity of Al-Majlis Gate. Local sources reported that Israeli occupation forces arrested a number of youths in the neighborhoods of Bab Hutta, Bab Al-Sahira, Bab Al-Asbat, Al-Saadia, and the Old City. According to the sources, the occupation forces kidnapped the youths and took them to an unknown destination after beating…

A group of top progressive Democrats is urging President Joe Biden to “shift” US policy on Israel, citing escalating violence A group of 14 top Democratic members of the US Congress has penned an open letter to President Joe Biden, urging him to re-examine Washington’s enduring support of Israel. Specifically, the group called for a probe into whether US weapons were used in violence against Palestinians, and for assurances that “US taxpayer funds do not support projects in illegal settlements.” The open letter was published on Thursday, spearheaded by Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Representative Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), and signed by 12 other…

President Mahmoud Abbas affirmed today that Jerusalem and its Islamic and Christian holy sites are a red line, and that the Palestinian people and leadership will not tolerate Israel’s attacks on worshipers in Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. “The attacks that we saw today on our people celebrating Holy Saturday in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in occupied Jerusalem, as well as the preceding attacks on worshipers in the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the desecration of its courtyards, are condemned and rejected,” said the President during a Ramadan Iftar banquet at the presidential headquarters in Ramallah.…

The Russian Foreign Ministry pointed to the concern of the Russian side about the “dramatic events taking place in Sudan” Moscow calls for a ceasefire in Khartoum, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Saturday as it expressed concern over the developments in the Sudanese capital. “We are calling on the conflicting sides to show political will and restraint and to take steps toward a ceasefire immediately,” the statement reads. The Foreign Ministry stressed that hostilities were taking place with the use of heavy equipment “in the area of the Republican Palace, the General Command of the Armed Forces,…