Author: Steven Sahiounie

Ukrainian forces open fire on the Zaporozhye NPP using weaponry supplied by the West, however, critical facilities remain intact. In its latest act of dangerous provocations against the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, Ukrainian forces have opened fire on the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant (NPP) using weaponry supplied by the West – however, critical facilities were not damaged in the attack, according to the civil-military administration of Energodar city. “Kiev’s punitive forces have opened fire on the Zaporozhye NPP and the outskirts of Energodar,” the region’s administration wrote on its Telegram channel. “Artillery strikes on the area of the…

The Biden administration in recent days has been seeking to reassure Israel that it hasn’t agreed to new concessions with Iran and a nuclear deal isn’t imminent, U.S. and Israeli officials told Axios. Yes, but: Israeli officials said they‘re not reassured. State of play: Iran gave a formal response this week to a “final” proposal from the EU, which has been mediating between the U.S. and Iran. That increased speculation that a deal could be close, and led to friction between the U.S. and Israel, which opposes a restoration of the 2015 nuclear deal.The Israeli concerns were exacerbated by the fact that the…

Veteran official had held the post since last year The head of Ukraine’s security service, the SBU, in Kirovograd Region was found dead in his home on Saturday evening, with sources telling local media that it was likely a suicide. The body of Aleksandr Nakonechny was discovered by his wife at their apartment in Krapivnitsky, the website Obozrevatel explained. The SBU has confirmed the security chief’s death, saying that the incident is being investigated. Obozrevatel added that Nakonechny died of a “penetrating gunshot wound to the body.” According to preliminary data, he “committed suicide” with the firearm that he had been previously awarded…

The terrorist organizations backed by the Turkish regime have renewed their artillery attacks on the safe areas in Tal Abyad and Ain Issa in the northern countryside of Raqqa. Local sources told SANA that, during the past hours, the mercenaries of the Turkish occupation targeted with heavy artillery the residential neighborhoods in the villages located in the vicinity of the cities of Tal Abyad and Ain Issa in the northern countryside of Raqqa, which resulted in material damage to some houses and infrastructure. The sources added that the Turkish occupation and its mercenaries have recently intensified their attacks on these…

The Hayat in Mogadishu has been cleared of militants, with at least 13 civilians feared dead, a local commander says Somali security forces have lifted a siege of a hotel in the nation’s capital by jihadists that lasted around 30 hours, a local commander told AFP on Saturday night. According to Somali officials quoted by the news agency, at least 13 civilians were killed and dozens of others were injured when militants apparently linked to Al-Shabaab jihadist group, an affiliate of Al-Qaeda, stormed the Hayat Hotel in Mogadishu on Friday. “The security forces have ended the siege now and the…

It is necessary to switch to settlements in acceptable alternative, primarily national currencies, said Alexander Pankin, deputy head of the department Russia will move away the dollar and the euro in commercial, economic, and investment relations with partners, as these currencies have become “toxic” amid growing pressure from the West, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Pankin said in an interview with TASS. “Against the growing geopolitical pressure from the ‘collective West’, the only way to guarantee stable trade, economic, and investment ties between Russia and its partners is to avoid the use of currencies that have become ‘toxic’, primarily the…

A shadowy Iraqi armed group that is thought to be affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has attacked an air base in Kuwait where US forces are known to be deployed. In a statement released on August 19, the group, which calls itself the Islamic Resistance in Iraq – al-Warithin Formation, said that it attacked Ali Al Salem Air Base that is located in the central region of Kuwait, some 37 kilometers away from the border with Iraq, with a squadron of “al-Qassim” suicide drones on August 12. The group said that the attack was a response to…

A security official said on Saturday that at least 12 people have been killed in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu after al Qaeda-linked militants attacked a hotel, seized hostages. “The security forces continued to neutralise terrorists who have been cordoned inside a room in the Hayat Hotel building, most of the people were rescued,” said the official. The gunmen were holding an unknown number of hostages on the facility’s second floor, Mohammed Abdikadir said, preventing authorities from using heavy weapons. He said they had also bombed the stairs to make it harder to access specific floors. Somalia’s al Shabaab insurgents have claimed responsibility. …

A Turkish Unmanned Aerial Vehicle targets an alleged PKK site near Erbil in the Iraqi Kurdistan region. Al Mayadeen correspondent in Baghdad reported Saturday that a Turkish drone targeted Sidekan in Soran District, Erbil Governorate, northern Iraq. Similarly, Iraqi media sources reported that a Turkish Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) targeted Saturday morning a site belonging to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) near Erbil in the Iraqi Kurdistan region, Erbil. Shafaq News Agency cited a source as saying that “the Turkish aerial bombardment targeted a fortified area of the PKK in Soran’s Sidekan sub-district.” “The size of the damages was not immediately clear,”…

Palestinians held in Israeli prisons plan to launch an open-ended mass hunger strike in protest against the Israeli regime’s repressive measures. This is according to the rights group Palestinian Prisoners’ Club (PPC). Quoting the Supreme National Emergency Committee for Palestinian Prisoners, it said in a statement on Saturday that several inmates will begin a hunger strike on Monday and Wednesday, before launching a mass strike in all Israeli jails, the Palestinian Information Center reported. As an initial step, the prisoners will refuse to go out for security inspections during this week, the statement said, adding that the inmates seek to…