Author: Steven Sahiounie

Late last week, Beijing made it clear that if anyone “dares to split Taiwan from China, the Chinese Army will definitely not hesitate to start a war no matter the cost”. The president of Taiwan’s Legislative Assembly, You Si Kun, has warned that his country would not hesitate to use supersonic cruise missiles should China invade the island. In an interview with Taiwanese press, You claimed that the Yung Fend missiles “can already hit” the Chinese capital, and that Taiwan “has the ability to attack Beijing”. The missile’s newer variant reportedly has an extended range of 1,200 miles (1,900 km),…

Furious demonstrators have torched a government building over the new military recruitment system Angry crowds have taken to the streets of India over the past two days to protest the government’s proposed overhaul of the country’s military recruitment system, which critics say could lead to unemployment and compromised security. As reported by Reuters, protests first flared up in the eastern state of Bihar on Wednesday and have since spread into neighboring states such as Uttar Pradesh and Haryana. Agitated youths have so far reportedly set an office of the country’s ruling party on fire, attacked railway infrastructure, burned several trains…

Vital food supplies will be provided to the nations that need it most, the Ministry of Agriculture says Russian Minister for Agriculture Dmitry Patrushev said on Thursday that the country’s grain harvest could reach 130 million tons this year, which would be enough to cover both domestic needs and ensure export potential. Speaking on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), he pointed to numerous challenges including broken supply chains and difficulties with financial calculations. Patrushev said Russia has to overcome these obstacles in order to provide food to the countries that need it most. “Our [agricultural] products…

Russian Deputy Prime Minister reveals that most of Gazprom European clients have switched to paying for gas in rubles Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak told reporters on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum that the majority of Gazprom’s European clients have switched to paying for gas in rubles, accounting for 90-95% of supplied volumes (SPIEF). “Those who expressed a desire to switch, they switched, I think, about 90-95 percent, if we take into account the total volume of consumption,” he said, speaking about gas buyers in Europe and payment in rubles. Yesterday, Gazprom said it had…

The Russian Defence Ministry earlier reported discovering files in seized bio laboratories in Ukraine which indicated that scientists were carrying out tests on dangerous pathogens with the presumed intent to use them as components in biological weapons. The ministry said these laboratories were funded by the US for over a decade. The Ukrainian biological laboratories studied fever-carrying mosquitoes Aedes – the same genus of insects that was presumably used by the US to spark a pandemic of type 2 dengue in Cuba in the 1970s and 1980s, head of the Russian Armed Forces’ Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection Unit Igor…

They condemned increased presence and activities of terrorist groups and their affiliates under different names in various parts of the country Russia, Iran and Turkey are determined to continue working together to combat terrorism in Syria, the three guarantor countries of the Astana process said in a joint statement adopted at the 18th Astana Format international meeting on Syria on Thursday. The parties “expressed their determination to continue working together to combat terrorism in all forms and manifestations and stand against separatist agendas aimed at undermining the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Syria as well as threatening the national security…

The US-led coalition revealed that it captured an experienced bomb maker of ISIS during the June 16 northern Syria raid. The raid took place in the Turkish-occupied village of al-Humayrah in the northern countryside of Aleppo in the early morning hours. The special operation force that carried out the raid moved into the village in six helicopters, at least some of which were reportedly from the US Army’s elite 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment. The raid was launched from Syria’s northeastern region where the US-led coalition maintains a number of bases in cooperation with tis proxy, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).…

Ankara earlier said that a new military operation in Syria’s north was in the works, but not cast in stone. Turkey lambasted the lack of progress on establishing security in the region exhibited by its Syrian and Russian counterparts. Russia openly warned Turkey against launching a new military operation in Syria because it could lead to a new round of violence and armed conflict in the region, as well as prompt separatism, the Russian President’s Special Envoy on Syria Alexander Lavrentiev stated. “As we all know, the decision on holding the military operation [in Syria] has not been made yet. [We believe]…

Syrian army units repelled a violent attack by terrorists on the axis of Saraqib near Idlib province on Wednesday and early hours of Thursdays. The Syrian army’s reconnaissance units who were monitoring movements of armed groups said have been able to inform the military of and attempt by the militants to advance towards army positions along the line of contact near the city of Saraqib in the southern countryside of Idlib, resulting in violent clashes in which the Syrian army used artillery and missiles to halt the terrorists’ advance. A field source confirmed to “Sputnik” that the Syrian army units…

Early on June 16, a series of airstrikes hit positions of US-backed Maghaweir al-Thowra (MaT) in the southeastern Syrian area of al-Tanf, where the US-led coalition maintains a garrison. A US military official told BBC journalist Nafiseh Kohnavard that the airstrikes were carried out by warplanes from the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) in response an attack with a roadside bomb that resulted in Russian military casualties. The unnamed official said that Russia blamed MaT for the attack. The US-led coalition was alerted ahead of the airstrikes. MaT shared photos showing the aftermath of the Russian airstrikes on Twitter. The group claimed that…