Author: Steven Sahiounie

As Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine continues, western countries keep introducing and proposing new sanctions against Moscow even as their officials admit that these measures are backfiring on their economies. Former Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has called the European Union the main loser in the situation around the conflict in Ukraine apart from Ukrainians themselves, as he delivered a speech at the 86th International Exhibition of Thessaloniki. Tsipras clarified that he supports Ukraine in the conflict, but noted that support for Kiev does not mean that the government should ignore “international geopolitical realignments”. He argued that the EU…

The head of the Russian state nuclear agency Rosatom has criticized the UN atomic watchdog IAEA for allowing politics to shape its Ukrainian narrative. The IAEA’s Board of Governors passed a resolution on Thursday demanding that Russia “immediately cease all actions against, and at, the Zaporprozhye nuclear power plant” – despite the fact that Ukrainian troops have been shelling the nuclear site, as it has been under Russian control since March. “They know full well what is happening there and where [attacks] are coming from… They definitely share this information online with [the headquarters in] Vienna and a political component…

Turkish occupation forces launched shells on villages of Naqoura and Qarah Hasan in Qamishli city, causing material damage to properties, local sources told SANA reporter. The sources added that the occupation forces also targeted several villages to the north of Al-Qahtaniyah town in Qamishli eastern countryside, including Qardim Halimeh village, causing only material damages. Source: SANA

The Israeli regime destroyed 44 Palestinian buildings in the West Bank in two weeks, the United Nations said. It comes as the usurping regime presses ahead with its illegal land grab policies across the Palestinian territories. A report cited by the Palestinian Information Center on Sunday, stressed that out of the 44 buildings, “about 35 buildings are located in Area C, 19 of which were destroyed without warning, which prevented the owners from being able to protest in advance.” According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) the demolition took place over a span of…

Russian Security Council secretary Nikolai Patrushev will hold security consultations and meetings during a two-day visit to China starting Sunday, China’s foreign ministry said. Patrushev will attend the 17th round of China’s Russia strategic security consultations and the 7th meeting of the China-Russia law enforcement security cooperation during his visit, the foreign ministry said in a statement released on its website on Sunday, Reuters reported. The meetings come after Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin held face-to-face talks in Uzbekistan on Thursday, their first since the outbreak of the Ukraine war. The Russia-Ukraine war has killed tens of…

Kazakhstan’s president on Saturday signed a decree to rename the country’s capital Nur-Sultan to Astana, the presidential press service has said. The decree is effective starting from the day of its first official publication. Earlier, on September 17, Tokayev signed a law amending the Constitution to restore the capital’s previous name Astana. In addition, according to the latest amendments to the fundamental law, the term of office of the head of state is limited to one seven-year period without the right to re-election. In 1997, Kazakhstan’s first president, Nursultan Nazarbayev, moved the capital from Almaty to the city of Akmola,…

 US President Joe Biden has warned that Russia would face international consequences if it uses chemical or tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine in an interview with CBS made public on Friday. The American leader was asked as to what he would say to Russian President Vladimir Putin “if he is considering using chemical or tactical nuclear weapons.” “Don’t. You will change the face of war unlike anything since World War II,” Biden replied, TASS reported. When asked about the US’ reaction in this case, the US president stated: “You think I would tell you if I knew exactly what it…

“The collapse of Ukraine has already begun. Polish, Lithuanian and Latvian politicians, apparently, naively expect to bargain for their future in the new geopolitical realities,” Lukashenko said The United States has been pushing Europe towards an armed confrontation with Russia in Ukraine with the aim of weakening Russia and destroying Belarus, Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko told the audience at the patriotic forum This is Our History on the occasion of Popular Unity Day, marked on Saturday. “The United States is pushing Europe into a military confrontation with Russia on the territory of Ukraine. It makes no secret of its plans.…

Azerbaijan updates the death toll of the war with Armenia to 79 after they had stated on September 15 that it was 50. Azerbaijan has increased the number of its announced death toll from the two-day clash with Armenia to 79 after having declared, on Saturday, after the ceasefire, that only 50 Azeri soldiers have been killed during the conflict. According to the statement “The Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan has updated the list of those killed in the flare-up on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, bringing up the death toll to 79.” As for the wounded, Azerbaijan revealed that the total number of wounded…

Damascus continues to be the target of Israeli aggression, a mere week after Aleppo was hit. Syrian state-run news agency SANA reported the death of five Syrian soldiers were killed on Saturday by an Israeli airstrike on Damascus airport and other facilities south of the capital, which, according to the report, was carried out at 0:45 a.m. local time (21:45 GMT) on Saturday. A military source confirmed that Syria’s air defense systems have shot down most of the Israeli missiles launched, adding that aside from the five casualties, material losses were reported as well. At the beginning of this month, the Russian Reconciliation Center belonging…