Author: Steven Sahiounie

Syrian Arab Army Units deployed in several areas in the northern countryside of Aleppo and Raqqa , adjacent to the border strip have reinforced their posts to counter the aggressions carried by the Turkish occupation forces and their affiliated terrorist mercenaries . “this procedure come in line with the governments efforts to profilate stability and security all through the Syrian terrotries ” SANA reporter stated. These reinforcements come at the time of the aggravated aggressions launched by the Turkish occupation forces and its terrorist mercenaries on safe areas, villages and towns by targeting citizens’ homes, properties and infrastructure with heavy…

The approval of a fifth tranche has taken the bloc’s overall military assistance to Kiev to €2.5 billion The European Union agreed Monday to allocate an additional 500 million euros in military aid to Ukraine. With the approval of the fifth assistance package, the bloc’s aid to Kiev has reached €2.5 billion ($2.5bn), the head of the European Council Charles Michel announced following a meeting of EU foreign ministers. In his post on Twitter, Michel noted that the funds are being released in the framework of the European Peace Facility (EPF) – a financial mechanism created in 2021 to enhance the bloc’s…

Bern has refused to treat Ukrainian civilians, arguing that they are “indistinguishable” from soldiers, local media report The Swiss federal government has turned down a request to treat wounded Ukrainians, arguing that the move would violate the Alpine nation’s neutral status, the country’s Tages Anzeiger newspaper has learned. The request was made by a NATO department. The Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre – a NATO structure that currently coordinates international medical evacuations and treatment of Ukrainians injured during the ongoing conflict between Moscow and Kiev – reportedly reached out to the Swiss Army’s Coordinated Medical Service (KSD) in May. The military…

The head of state stressed that Russia cannot be isolated from the rest of the world, or fenced off from it Russia is not going to lose heart or have decades of its progress reversed, despite inhospitable forecasts from opponents, President Vladimir Putin told the Council for Strategic Development at a meeting on Monday. The president said Russia was being completely denied access to foreign hi-tech products. “We understand that this is a major challenge to our country, however we are not going to lose heart or have decades of our progress reversed, despite predictions from a number of our…

A Russian Su-34 fighter-bomber was shot down by Ukrainian forces in the area of Alchevsk in the Luhansk People’s Republic. The incident took place last night. The city of Alchevsk, as well as the entire territory of the Luhansk People’s Republic, is under control of Russian-led forces. According to Russian military reporters, the warplane was flying over the area at the moment when Ukrainian forces opened fire with MLRS HIMARS supplied by the U.S.. The aircraft was reportedly intercepted by Russian air defence systems aimed at intercepting Ukrainian missiles. The same sources reported that the crew successfully ejected and was…

Oil prices have taken to new heights after it was revealed that US President Joe Biden failed to persuade Saudi Arabia and the UAE to increase their oil output into the global market. The price of oil rose on Monday after US President Joe Biden left West Asia without striking a deal with Saudi Arabia on Riyadh pumping out more oil into the global oil market. Biden traveled to Saudi with hopes of persuading Saudi Arabia to promise to increase its oil output in a bid to relieve the pressure on the global supply chain. Following his meeting with Saudi Crown…

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in a virtual meeting with his Syrian counterpart Faisal Mekdad called on the US to refrain from interfering in the internal affairs of the Middle Eastern countries. Taking a dig at Biden’s recent visit to Saudi Arabia, Wang Yi blamed the US for attempting to transform the region based on their own standards and called on the United States and other Western nations to truly respect the national sovereignty of countries in the Middle East, China Daily reported. They should contribute more to peace and development in the Middle East by listening to the needs…

On July 18th, the Russian Ministry of Defence reported that Russian Forces in Ukraine destroyed hundreds of foreign mercenaries, including members of the Ukrainian Foreign Legion. According to the report of the Ministry, Russian high-precision missiles hit the enemy military positions in the village of Konstantinovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic. The village is located 15 kilometers to the west of Bakhmut (Artyomovsk). As a result of the strike, up to 250 foreign fighters, seven armored vehicles, as well as 12 special vehicles were destroyed. Another target of Russian missiles were military positions of the battalion of the 118th Brigade of the…

Iraqi forces killed a militant of the Daesh (ISIS or ISIL) terrorist group in northern parts of the country, the Iraqi military said. Acting on intelligence reports, a joint force from the army and Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), also known as Hashd al-Shaabi, shot dead a Daesh militant wearing an explosive belt in the Tarmiyah area, some 30 km north of the capital Baghdad, the media office of the Iraqi Joint Operations Command said in a statement. In a separate incident, a soldier was killed and another wounded in an attack by militants from the terrorist group on an…

An unprecedented heat wave is underway in France and the U.K. that is likely to topple all-time national high temperature records and potentially kill several thousand people. The scorching heat is moving north into a more vulnerable region after tormenting Spain and Portugal. This is a climate change-related public health emergency. Already, hundreds are dead from heat-related causes in Portugal and Spain and the toll is likely to climb much further. The U.K. Met Office is forecasting the country’s first-ever occurrence of 104°F (40°C) temperatures during this event, with a high of 97°F Monday. The U.K.’s national temperature record stands at 101.66°F (38.7°C) set in 2019. That…