Author: Steven Sahiounie

A car bomb, with an explosive device, exploded in al-Wusta neighborhood in Qamishli, causing only material damage. “The car went off on Friday evening while parking near a supermarket, and no one was inside,” SANA reporter said. The reporter added that the explosion caused material damage to the place. No information about any casualties. Source: SANA

On August 20, a UAV hit the roof of the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet in the city of Sevastopol. It is the second drone attack on the facility. The city governor assured that there were no victims and no serious damage to the building. Ukraine was blamed for the attack. Russian forces attempted to intercept the drone with small arms. According to the governor, the UAV was hit right above the fleet headquarters. As a result, it fell on the roof and caught fire. The police blocked the approaches and entrances to the fleet headquarters. The governor advised…

Over 100 fighters including foreign ‘mercenaries’ were killed in airstrike in Kharkov Region, the Russian Defense Ministry claims US nationals were among the foreign fighters killed in high-precision Russian airstrikes on nationalists’ combat positions in Kharkov Region in northeastern Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry claimed at its daily briefing on Saturday. Ministry spokesman Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov said Russian aircraft had struck “the positions of the nationalist unit Kraken and the units of foreign mercenaries” near the village of Andreyevka. “More than 100 militants were killed, including up to 20 American mercenaries,” Konashenkov stated. He added that the Russian forces hit…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator On August 16, 2022, the Syrian Arab News Agency reported that the US occupation forces have stolen 398 tankers full of Syrian oil in one week and transported the stolen oil to US bases in Iraq using an illegal route. The US forces who invaded in 2014 are in control of the main oil and gas fields in Hasakah and Deir Ez Zor, and they are assisted by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), who were US partners in the fight to eliminate ISIS. Previously, it was ISIS who stole the oil and sold it…

Moscow says the execution of soldiers who abandoned their positions was meant to intimidate other Ukrainian fighters Some 100 Ukrainian soldiers have been executed by nationalist fighters from the “Kraken” regiment for abandoning their positions, Russia’s Ministry of Defense claimed in a daily briefing on Friday. After Russian forces carried out an assault on Ukraine’s 58th motorized infantry brigade on August 14 near the settlement of Udy in the Kharkov region, the remnants of the formation fled their positions and retreated, ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov said. In order to “suppress panic and intimidate the personnel of the Armed forces…

On August 19, at least 14 people were killed and 42 others were wounded as a result of a rocket attack that targeted the Turkish-occupied town of al-Bab in northern Syria. A salvo of rockets struck a busy market in the town’s center just a few hours before Friday prayers. The rockets were allegedly launched from a strip of land to the southwest of the town, which is jointly held by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the Syrian Arab Army (SAA). Al-Bab, one of the largest urban centers in the northern countryside of Aleppo, is the main stronghold of…

Apple releases security patches to fix a vulnerability that hackers may be taking advantage of. Apple is warning of a flaw that is allowing hackers to seize control of iPhones, iPads, and Mac computers and is urging users to install emergency software updates. Patches were released Thursday and Wednesday by the tech titan to fix what it described as a vulnerability hackers already knew about and may be taking advantage of. “Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited,” the Silicon Valley-based company said. Apple did not disclose whether it had information regarding the extent to…

Dozens of moderators were reportedly told to reapply for another position with a third-party labor provider or look for a new job Accenture, an Irish-US firm that provides contract workers for Facebook, has told some 60 people doing hourly jobs for the tech giant that their contracts are about to expire, Business Insider reported on Thursday. Some claimed they were told that an algorithm had picked them for termination. The bad news about the looming layoffs was broken by Accenture during a Tuesday video meeting and a follow-up call the next day, the news outlet said. The workers were reportedly…

Russian Foreign Ministry said that Minister Sergey Lavrov will hold talks with Syrian Foreign and Expatriates Minister, Fayssal Mikdad, in Moscow on August 23rd. “Talks between the two ministers will deal with prospects of developing the Russian-Syrian relations on all levels,” Deputy Director of the Foreign Ministry Information and Press Department Ivan Nechayev said in a statement. He added the two sides will also discuss the situation in Syria, the latest regional and international developments as well. Source: SANA

It is reported that efforts are underway to establish the cause of the fire An ammunition depot in Russia’s Belgorod Region caught fire on Thursday, regional Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said, adding that no casualties had been reported. “An ammunition depot near the Timonovo settlement in the Valuisky Urban District caught fire. According to the latest reports, there are no casualties. The district’s head ordered the residents of the Timonovo and Soloti settlements to be evacuated to a safe distance. Response teams are working on the scene, efforts are underway to establish the cause of the fire,” the governor wrote on…