Author: Steven Sahiounie

Demand is expected to reach a record high, new report shows Global coal demand could reach 8 billion tons in 2022, matching a historic high set in 2013, and further growing in 2023, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in a coal market update report published on Thursday. “Based on current economic and market trends, global coal consumption is forecast to rise by 0.7% in 2022 to 8 billion tons, assuming the Chinese economy recovers as expected in the second half of the year… This global total would match the annual record set in 2013, and coal demand is likely…

On July 31, an indirect fire attack targeted a base of the Turkish military located near the town of Sufan in the northern countryside of Syria’s Raqqa. According to the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the attack wounded four Turkish soldiers and five Syrian militants. The wounded were taken to hospitals in southern Turkey. Some of them are reportedly in a critical condition. This was the third Turkish base in Syria to be targeted with indirect fire this week. On July 24, a base located near the town of Jelbar in the northern countryside of Aleppo was targeted. The…

The frigate Admiral Gorshkov will be the first vessel to be equipped with the weapons Russia’s naval fleet will start receiving the newest Zircon hypersonic anti-ship cruise missiles “in the coming months,” President Vladimir Putin has said. The Russian president praised the weapon on Sunday, saying that “no obstacles” can stop the rockets. “The Russian Armed Forces will start receiving them in the coming months,” Putin said during a Navy Day speech in St. Petersburg. “The first ship equipped with this mighty weapon will be the frigate Admiral Gorshkov,” he added. According to Putin, the frigate’s exact deployment will be chosen “in accordance with the interest…

Russia’s new Maritime Doctrine stipulates stepping up activities in the Arctic, the document suggests The US course towards dominance in the World Ocean and NATO’s mounting activity are major security threats to Russia, as follows from the new Maritime Doctrine approved by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday. The new document was posted on the Russian government’s legal information web portal. “The major challenges and threats to the national security and the sustainable development of the Russian Federation related to the World Ocean are: the US strategic course towards dominance in the World Ocean and its global influence on international…

On July 31, Azerbaijan accused Armenia of attacking its military positions in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. In a statement, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense said that Armenian forces opened fire at its positions in Gadabay, Kalbajar and Khojavend. The ministry didn’t report any casualties or material losses were as a result of the alleged Armenian attack. “Starting from the evening of July 30 and during the night of July 31, the Armenian armed forces units using small arms subjected to intensive fire the Azerbaijan Army positions stationed in direction of the Gadabay and Kalbajar regions of the state border.Moreover,…

The Iranian Border Police units and the Taliban forces exchanged fire at a border region in east of Iran on Sunday. Reports suggest that the armed clashes broke out on Sunday noon in Hirmand border region, near the Iranian city of Doost Mohammad, which is located 30 km northeast of Zabol in the province of Sistan and Balouchestan. The exchange of fire between the two sides flared up for minutes after the Taliban forces fired bullets at the houses on the eastern outskirts of Doost Mohammad. A number of Afghan sources have reported that a Taliban fighter was killed and…

The Kiev regime continues terrorist attacks against civilians in the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are shelling residential areas in the city of Donetsk and on its outskirts with anti-personnel mines. On the morning of July 31, projectiles with scatterable anti-personnel land mines Lepestok (also known as Green Parrot or Butterfly Mines, PFM-1) hit the village of Skochinsky mine and the Kirovsky district of Donetsk. On July 31, the AFU mined the very center of the city of Donetsk. PFM-1 were shelled at the intersection of Vatutin Avenue and Universitetskaya street. There were civilians on the…

Aleksandar Vucic has urged Pristina and Western powers to avoid conflict, but vowed to use force if Serbs are persecuted Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has issued a plea for peace in Kosovo amid rising tensions with Pristina. However, he also vowed to fight to the death if ethnic Serbs in the self-proclaimed republic are targeted for another pogrom. “The atmosphere has been heated up, and the Serbs will not suffer any more atrocities,” Vucic said in Belgrade on Sunday. “My plea to everyone is to try to keep the peace at almost any cost. I am asking the Albanians to come to their senses,…

Two citizens were injured on Saturday in an artillery attack launched by the Turkish regime forces on the vicinity of Tal Tamir, northwest of Hasaka. Local sources told SANA reporter that “On Saturday evening, the artillery of the Turkish occupation attacked with a number of shells al-Salmasa, in the vicinity of Tal Tamir in the northwestern countryside, injuring two citizens and causing material damage to the people’s property and infrastructure in the area.” On Friday, the Turkish occupation forces attacked the village of Mulla Abbas in al-Qahtanyia township in Hasaka northern countryside, causing material damage. Source: SANA

Part of Beirut port’s silos in Lebanon, which were damaged in the 2020 blast, has collapsed. Part of Beirut port’s massive grain silos collapsed on Sunday following a fire that has been burning for weeks. Footage posted on social media platforms showed the section collapsing and causing a giant dust cloud in what sounded like an explosion, Deutsche Welle reported. Most of the port’s silos were severely damaged during the 2020 blast that rocked the city. The northern block, which collapsed on Sunday, had shielded the western part of the city from the explosion that killed more than 200 people and wounded over 6,000 others…