Author: Steven Sahiounie

It is Emmanuel Macron’s first visit to China in the past three and a half years French President Emmanuel Macron landed in Beijing’s Shoudu Airport on Wednesday. China’s CCTV showed the footage of the arrival of an aircraft carrying the French leader. During his three-day stay, Macron will meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Premier of China’s State Council Li Qiang and Zhao Leji, the chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China. Apart from Beijing, the French president will visit Guangzhou, the largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. This is Macron’s first visit…

Officers forced their way into the Al-Aqsa holy site in Jerusalem, arresting hundreds of Palestinians Violent scenes broke out on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem on Wednesday morning as Israeli security forces entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque. They detained hundreds of Palestinian youths who had barricaded themselves inside one of Islam’s holiest sites, with reports of beatings and police brutality. Israeli police claimed on social media that more than 350 “vandals” and “law-breaking and masked youths” had launched fireworks and pelted stones and other objects at officers. “After many and prolonged attempts to get them out by talking to no avail,…

Sanaa calls on countries and the international community and its organizations to condemn the violent Israeli aggressions against the Palestinians. The foreign ministry of the Sanaa government condemned the Israeli occupation’s storming of the holy places, the attack on Palestinian worshippers in Al-Aqsa Mosque, and the arrest of hundreds of them. In a statement, the Ministry affirmed that “these Zionist practices require a firm response and increased resistance to ensure that the enemy is prevented from once again violating the sanctity of Al-Aqsa Mosque.” The Ministry also held the Israeli occupation full responsibility for all the repercussions that may result…

The Israeli occupation army describes this day as “very sensitive and dangerous.” Al Mayadeen correspondent in Gaza reported on Wednesday that the Israeli occupation carried out air aggression at dawn targeting several Palestinian Resistance sites. The warplanes bombed the Abu Jrad site south of the strip, the Badr site in its west, and the west of Al-Nuseirat camp. Israeli occupation forces also bombed a site east of Al-Fukhari in Khan Yunis in the southern Strip, in addition to shelling a field control point in Beit Lahia in the northern Strip with artillery. According to our correspondent in Gaza, the Israeli aggression…

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…