Author: Steven Sahiounie

Babakov Alexander,Deputy Chairman of the State Duma, stressed that the West was insisted to impose siege and embargo on the Syrian people at a time they suffer the aftermath of the earthquake. “The allegations about offering aid to Syria by the West led by the US are the stuff of fantasy” Babakov said to SANA correspondent. Babakov stressed that the US and its allies abstaining to provide assistance to the quake-affected people in Syria means that they are ready to provide this aid to support the terrorism along with adopting provocations against Syria and all other states with anti-Western policies.…

During the state visit of the President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping to Moscow, London announced the imminent supply to Ukraine of ammunition using depleted uranium. The West must bear the primary responsibility for leading what was a local conflict in the Donbass towards a global nuclear war. Another phase of the conflict began in February 2022, when Russia launched its special military operation to protect the Donbass’s Russian-speaking residents from the Kiev regime’s aggression. The West immediately declared support for Ukraine by non-lethal means and equipment. Shortly afterwards, the West began supplying Kiev with defensive weapons.…

It is noted that pilots of the Russian Aerospace Forces have flown over 140,000 sorties in the special military operation in Ukraine, destroying more than 20,000 enemy sites Up to 90% of the crews of Russian operational/tactical aviation and 85% of drone operators have gained combat experience in Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine, Defense Minister Army General Sergey Shoigu said at a meeting with military commanders on Wednesday. “At our last year’s enlarged board meeting of the Defense Ministry, the supreme commander-in-chief noted the important role of this branch of the armed forces in the special military operation and…

Alexander Lukashenko pointed out that, “Russia has much more than just depleted uranium” Moscow “will give a fearsome” response to any potential use by Kiev of depleted uranium munitions, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Wednesday. “As soon as these munitions hit the positions of Russian troops, you will see that there will be a fearsome response. It will serve as a lesson to the entire planet,” Lukashenko said during a visit to the Khatyn Memorial Complex to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the massacre of civilians by Nazi death squads in the Belarusian village of Khatyn. The Belarusian president…

A joint media and NGO probe found at least two, and as many as 26, civilian victims of British airstrikes The Royal Air Force did in fact kill civilians during the bombing of Iraq aimed against Islamic State terrorists, according to an investigation by the Guardian and the nonprofit Airwars, published on Wednesday. The British government continues to insist it did not kill any noncombatants. The UK joined the US-led coalition against Islamic State (IS, also known as ISIS) in 2014, and carried out multiple airstrikes in Iraq and Syria through 2020, dropping more than 4,000 bombs. The coalition has acknowledged 1,437…

Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Ali Baqeri vowed to use Iran’s full potential to find peaceful solutions to regional issues. Baqeri emphasized the importance of developing relations with neighbors, especially with Armenia, during a press briefing in Yerevan. He said that Iran’s stable position on the issue of establishing sustainable peace in the region was underscored during his talks with his Armenian counterpart. “Iran is always a reliable partner in establishing peace and security,” Baqeri said. He added that regional countries themselves are the guarantors of peace and stability and that foreign forces cannot ensure stability and peace, as…

On March 22, Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah said that the group will not comment on a recent bombing in northern Israel. The bombing took place on the Route 65 highway at the Megiddo Junction on March 13. 21-year-old Shareef ad-Din, an Israeli citizen from the Arab village of Salem, was seriously wounded in the attack. The Israeli military and security forces said that the attack was carried out by a man who infiltrated Israel from Lebanon. Israeli security and police officers opened fire at the suspect, killing him just a few hours after the attack. Hezbollah was named as the…

The New Development bank was set up by BRICS nations on the basis of the intergovernmental agreement signed at the sixth BRICS summit in Fortaleza in July 2014 Egypt has officially become a new member of the New Development Bank (NDB) created by BRICS member states (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) after completing the necessary procedures, according to an update on the composition of the bank posted on the website of the financial institution on Wednesday. Egypt was officially given status as a member on February 20, 2023, though a respective notification only appeared on March 22, according…

The CIA has been told to provide the media with an alternative story for the pipeline’s destruction, the veteran journalist claims Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh claims the US intentionally provided false stories to the media to cover up Washington’s involvement in the destruction of Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline. In a post on his Substack blog, the veteran reporter claims the CIA was tasked with preparing a cover story in collaboration with German intelligence to provide the American and German press with an “alternative version” of the Nord Stream 2 explosions. “In the words of the intelligence community, the agency was…

Amnesty International offices around the world yesterday delivered petitions signed by more than 200,000 people to Israeli authorities, calling on them to put an end to the demolition of Palestinian homes as a first step towards dismantling apartheid. Amnesty International’s petition, Demolish Apartheid, Not Palestinian Homes, is addressed to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and has been signed by people in at least 174 countries. Signatures are being submitted on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination – observed annually by the international community in commemoration of 69 peaceful anti-apartheid protesters who were killed by South African police…