Author: Steven Sahiounie

Intelligence Online reports on Egypt’s opposition to Syria’s return to the Arab League, all for the sake of aligning itself with Saudi Arabia in this aspect. Intelligence Online cited sources saying that Egypt is now opposed to Syria’s return to the Arab League, which is to hold its next summit in November. The site added that this constitutes a major shift in Cairo’s position, especially that it was the head of Egyptian intelligence, Abbas Kamel, who led the Arab efforts to bring Damascus back to the Arab League since 2020. Egypt aligns itself with Saudi Arabia, which strongly opposes the return…

Originally published by ZeroHedge Amid community protests over Akron police officers’ fatal shooting of 25-year-old Jayland Walker on June 27, the Akron Police Department on Sunday released officer body-camera video of the incident, which started with an alleged traffic violation and ended in a huge eruption of fire from eight officers who were chasing him on foot. While unarmed at the moment of the shooting, police say Walker fired a shot from his vehicle during the car chase that preceded the foot pursuit. They also say they found a pistol in his car and a shell casing near the site of Walker’s alleged…

On July 4, the Russian National Guard reported that it found documents of the OSCE which testified to the cooperation of the OSCE international monitoring organization with the Ukrainian special services and the special services of NATO countries. The documents were found by the Special Forces of the Russian National Guard in the house of Ukrainian General Vyacheskav Savchenko, former head of the regional department of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), in the city of Kherson. The fashionable mansion of the Ukrainian general located on Budyonny Street was stormed during a security mission of the Russian Special Forces. The…

The July 4 weekend in Chicago, Illinois, witnessed a series of shooting incidents in which at least 37 people were injured and 7 killed in gun shootings, local media reported. This is a new string of horrific shootings that took place in the United States where the latest is the killing of a 30-year-old man who was shot dead on Saturday morning (local time) in Chicago. The shooting incident took place in the 9000 block of Escanaba at about 12:19 a.m. when the victim was shot in the head by an unknown person, police said. The victim was taken to…

Indifference might be something Vladimir Putin is counting on, the Polish prime minister said Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki warned on Monday that growing fatigue with the Ukraine crisis among Western populations might be something Russian President Vladimir Putin is counting on. Speaking to Polska Times, the prime minister said that while the Polish population was closely following developments in Ukraine, the same isn’t true for the West in general. For that reason, Western leadership is doing its best to revive public interest in the matter, he added. “This is very important, because Western communities must understand that this war is also about their…

Protocols on accession of Finland, Sweden to be signed on July 5, countries will enter alliance after their ratification. According to the NATO press release, allies will sign the Accession Protocols for Finland and Sweden on July 5, 2022. No media are allowed to cover the procedure. Then, the NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jens Stoltenberg, will give a joint press conference with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Finland, Mr. Pekka Haavisto, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden, Ms Ann Linde, at NATO Headquarters. On Monday, 04 July 2022, NATO Headquarters will host accession talks between NATO officials…

The Russian city of Belgorod located 30 kilometers from the border with Ukraine since has been constantly shelled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine February 24. However, the last night has become the most dangerous for the city residents since the start of the Russian special operation in Ukraine. At about 3 a.m. local time, the Ukrainian military launched massive strikes on the city of Belgorod. As a result of the shelling, at least 5 civilians were killed, about 5 more were injured, including a 10-year-old child. According to Russian media, 3 members of a family from Kharkov, who moved…

On July 3, two soldiers of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) were wounded when a Turkish drone targeted a position they were manning in the center of the town of Tell Rifaat in the northern countryside of Syria’s Aleppo. Tell Rifaat is held by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). However, the SAA maintains a large presence in the town and its surroundings. A few units of the Russian Military Police are also deployed there. The drone strike on the SAA position was followed by a second strike that targeted a house in the outskirt of Tell Rifaat. At the…

A Logistical convoy of the US forces in Iraq’s Saladin was attacked on Sunday, according to Iraqi news outlets. According to “Sabrin News” telegram channel, today (Sunday, July 3) at noon, a logistics convoy of the American army was targeted in “Makishefa” area of Saladin, in the country’s south. Details of the damage or possible casualties of this operation have not yet been published. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack. Anti-US sentiments have intensified in Iraq since the assassination of top Iranian anti-terror commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani in 2020. General Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force…

Sweden’s Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson refused Sunday to deny Turkey’s claim that it had promised to deport individuals sought by Ankara as part of Stockholm’s efforts to join NATO. Despite questioning by journalists and concerns among Kurdish and Turkish refugees in Sweden, Andersson would not say whether such a commitment had been given to Ankara for it to lift objections to Sweden’s membership. “I’ve been a minister for eight years and I never talked about what is said in the negotiation room,” she said, AFP reported. “(That) actually puts me in a bit of a difficult situation right now,” she…