Author: Steven Sahiounie

Five citizens were martyred while two women and a child were injured in an attack with machine guns launched by unidentified gunmen who targeted the house of the Head of the Agriculture Department in al-Sanamen City, Daraa northern countryside. A source at Daraa Police Command stated that unidentified gunmen targeted a group of citizens who were in the house of the Head of al-Sanamen Agriculture Department, as the former secretary of al-Baath Arab Socialist Party Branch in Daraa Kamal al-Atma was among the attacked citizens. The source added that a number of citizens sustained severe injuries in the attack and…

US President Joe Biden reportedly plans to announce the extended presence of American troops in Poland who were stationed there over the winter amid the Russia-Ukraine war. Biden will officially make the announcement while in Europe for a NATO security alliance summit he is attending with other world leaders, NBC News reported on Monday, citing two former administration officials with the matter. Several hundred more troops could be stationed in Poland more permanently, according to the news outlet, which also discussed the move with a European official, The Hill reported. The US Defense Department first sent troops to Poland in…

The French leader responds to Zelensky by saying that Paris condemns Russian “war crimes” and does not need any other “definitions” French President Emmanuel Macron did not support the proposal of his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky to designate Russia a “sponsor of terrorism,” explaining that Paris doesn’t need any “definitions” to sanction Moscow or condemn its alleged “war crimes.” On Monday, Zelensky claimed that “the Russian state had become the largest terrorist organization in the world.” “And this must be a legal fact,” the Ukrainian president wrote on Telegram. Commenting on Zelensky’s statement during a press conference on Tuesday, Macron said that…

The Chinese government is calling on NATO to stop trying to destabilize Asia in the wake of the crisis in Europe, Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said while commenting on Bloomberg’s report that China would be called a “systemic challenge” in NATO’s new strategic concept. “What NATO needs to do is to abandon the Cold War mindset, zero-sum games and the practice of creating enemy images. After the turmoil in Europe, NATO countries should abandon their attempts to destabilize Asia and the world,” Zhao told a news conference on Tuesday, TASS reported. “As a product of the Cold War and…

Sri Lanka is sending two government ministers to Russia to negotiate for fuel — one of the necessities nearly exhausted as a result of the Indian Ocean nation’s economic collapse. The plan comes as Washington and its allies aim to cut off energy imports from Russia in line with sanctions over its war against Ukraine. Since its invasion in late February, global oil prices have skyrocketed, prompting a number of countries to seek out Russian crude, which is being offered at steep discounts. Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera said the two ministers will leave for Russia on Monday to continue talks that…

Washington and other G7 capitals will target defense industry supply chains, the White House has announced The US and other G7 members are about to impose restrictions on “hundreds of individuals and entities” as part of its new round of sanctions on Russia, the White House announced on Monday. The measures will target Moscow’s military-industrial complex to deprive it of key technologies, a statement said. The leading Western economies – the US, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Canada, and Japan – will “aggressively target” Russia’s major state-owned defense enterprises, defense research institutions, and other “defense-related” entities with “blocking sanctions,” the White House outlined. The goal of the restrictions is…

Russian Deputy Representative to the United Nations Dmitry Polyansky says the US was behind the Israeli strike on Damascus airport in Syria. “Israel” conducted airstrikes and hit Damascus International Airport earlier this month with tacit US approval, Russian Deputy Representative to the United Nations Dmitry Polyansky said on Monday. “On 10 June, Israeli air force again launched strikes against the territory of Syria, this time targeting the international airport of Damascus. The airport sustained heavy material damage – the tarmac was badly hit, which put on hold all flights, including humanitarian,” Polyansky said.  According to him, Israeli actions were conducted after receiving…

On June 27th, the Kiev regime claimed another Russian attack on a civilian target in Ukraine. A shopping center on an area of over 10 thousand square meters is burning in the city of Kremenchug in the Poltava region. Ukrainian President Zelensky claimed that Russian missiles hit the building. According to him, there were more than a thousand people inside. However, the number of victims is extremely low. The head of the Poltava regional military administration Dmitry Lunin reported in his Telegram channel that as of 6 pm local time it was known about two dead and 20 wounded. The…

At the same time, Yury Ushakov was uncertain whether Putin would attend the meeting in person or participate by video link Russian President Vladimir Putin has accepted Indonesia’s invitation to take part in a summit meeting of the Group of 20, but the details are still being specified, presidential aide Yury Ushakov told the media on Monday. “Yes, we have confirmed. Our participation is due,” he said. At the same time, he was uncertain whether Putin would attend the meeting in person or participate by video link. “I do not know. For now, they have invited to participate personally, but…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator  Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi welcomed Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) on June 20 on his first stop of his Middle East tour that comes ahead of a visit from US President Joe Biden to Saudi Arabia next month. During the two-day visit to Egypt, companies from both countries signed agreements worth a total of $7.7 billion. MBS is a financial backer of the Egyptian government, with trade between Egypt and the kingdom up more than 62 percent last year compared with 2020, reaching $9.1 billion. Egyptians working in Saudi Arabia are…