Author: Steven Sahiounie

Dmitry Peskov pointed out that agreements had been reached through dialogue and clarifications Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov views the resolution of the cargo transit crisis to Russia’s westernmost exclave of Kaliningrad as a positive development. “The crisis situation has been resolved, it is a positive development. Sometimes we see some seeds of common sense even amid an anti-Russia hysteria. Let’s hope that these seeds will continue to bear fruit,” he told reporters on Wednesday. When asked if the lifting of a transit ban meant that “the collective West is retreating,” Peskov noted that he would refrain from throwing around…

Defense Minister Benny Gantz has pushed back against possibility of restoring the nuclear deal Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz suggested his country could launch a strike against Iran’s nuclear program, calling it “a global problem” at a conference on Tuesday. He also criticized the 2015 nuclear deal – abandoned by the US in 2018 – and the possibility of its revival, though the negotiations to that effect don’t seem to be going anywhere. “Iran is a global problem. It is not just Israel’s private problem,” Gantz said in Jerusalem, during a conference hosted by Israel’s Channel 13. “We are able to seriously harm…

The deputy head of the Russian Security Council considers that the EU will have to bear dire consequences of imposing anti-Russian sanctions. Dmitry Medvedev, deputy head of the Russian Security Council, described Tuesday Europe’s policy toward Russia as a “repulsive cocktail of arrogant rudeness, adolescent infantility, and primitive stupidity.” On his Telegram channel, Medvedev considered that the European Union will have to bear the consequences of imposing anti-Russian sanctions. He pointed out that the EU declared from the beginning its intention to severely punish Russia for its desire to protect people who suffer and to secure its long-term interests. The Russian official considered…

Turkish law enforcement units have detained 26 military personnel on the grounds of aiding a network accused of orchestrating a coup attempt in 2016, local media reported on Tuesday. In a joint effort by the army and the police forces detaining 35 individuals whose arrests were warranted by the prosecutor’s office following surveillance, simultaneous raids were carried out in 18 provinces, with a focus on the western province of Izmir, said the Hurriyet daily. Units from the Turkish Intelligence spotted out-of-protocol communication attempts by some army members with the network led by the U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, it added. Among…

Taiwan has performed a series of military services drills aimed at repelling a likely Chinese incursion amid soaring tensions with the mainland, as very well as reports that a leading US lawmaker wants to take a look at the island someday in the coming weeks. Air raid sirens were listened to throughout the island’s capital of Taipei on Monday as the once-a-year ‘Wanan’ drills kicked off, such as joint air and sea workouts and the mobilization of soldiers and armored automobiles – all meant to simulate an attack by Beijing, RT reported. Speaking to reporters about the drills, Taipei Mayor…

BY TYLER DURDEN Several FBI whistleblowers say that the agency’s probe into Hunter Biden was internally sabotaged during the 2020 election in order to derail the investigation, after agents wrongfully deemed verified evidence as “disinformation” to ignore. According to Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), agents investigating Hunter “opened an assessment which was used by an FBI headquarters team to improperly discredit negative Hunter Biden information as disinformation and caused investigative activity to cease,” adding that his office received “a significant number of protected communications from highly credible whistleblowers” regarding the investigation. Grassley added that “verified and verifiable derogatory information on Hunter Biden…

Two explosive devices exploded in two cars at al-Shuaib village in Jarablus , Aleppo countryside where Turkish occupation – backed  terrorist organizations are deployed. Local sources told SANA reporter that the two explosions caused material damages to the place and the burning of the two cars. The sources added that the two explosions came in the context of the ongoing infighting among terrorist organizations groups affiliated with the Turkish occupation to seize the areas they spread, stole goods and control the illegitimate routes for smuggling towards the Turkish territories. Source: SANA

The Chinese side will take firm and strong measures to safeguard sovereignty and territorial integrity if the United States insists on going ahead with its House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s potential visit to Taiwan, a foreign ministry spokesperson said Monday. “The Chinese side has repeatedly made clear to the U.S. side our serious concern over Pelosi’s potential visit to Taiwan and our firm opposition to the visit,” spokesperson Zhao Lijian told a regular news briefing. “We are fully prepared for any eventuality,” he said. The United States must assume full responsibility for any serious consequence arising thereof, Zhao added.…

Syria on Monday handed over a total of 146 Tajik nationals, who are family members of Islamic State (IS) militants, to their home country, according to the state news agency SANA. Zabidullah Zabidov, the ambassador of Tajikistan in Kuwait, was in Syria on Monday to take the Tajik nationals, who had been accommodated in the al-Hol camp in northeastern Syria. The al-Hol camp, which is run by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), is known to be housing refugees, largely family members of foreign IS militants. Zabidov said that the Tajik side had taken the necessary measures and arrangements for…

West Jerusalem’s rhetoric has been unconstructive and unobjective, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zakharova says Moscow considers Israel’s anti-Russian stance on the Ukrainian conflict regrettable, according to Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova. During a TV talk show appearance on Tuesday, she noted that West Jerusalem’s recent rhetoric was “absolutely unconstructive” and “unobjective.” Relations between Russia and Israel have soured since the launch of Moscow’s military operation in Ukraine, and Zakharova drew attention to the fact that this “did not happen by itself.” “In recent months we have heard absolutely unconstructive and, most importantly, biased rhetoric from Tel Aviv,” Zakharova stated. She noted that anti-Russian assessments coming from…