Author: Steven Sahiounie

Hassan Sayad Khodai, a member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), was killed on a street of Tehran earlier this month in a brazen attack in the middle of the day. Tehran claims Israel was behind his death, while Tel Aviv declined to comment on the allegation. Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has declared that Iran’s “immunity”, which it allegedly enjoyed, was “over” as he addressed his Cabinet. “For decades, the Iranian regime has practised terrorism against Israel and the region by means of proxies, emissaries, but the head of the octopus, Iran itself, has enjoyed immunity.”Naftali BennettIsraeli Prime…

A number families have been displaced from Abu Rasen township, Hasaka northwestern countryside, after it has been subjected to shelling attacks by Turkish occupation and its terrorist groups. “Over the past two days, the number of families who have been displaced from Abu Rasen township and nearby villages towards Tal Tamir township and other safer villages has reached more than 130 families,” Director of Social Affairs Department in Hasaka, Ibrahim Khalaf told SANA. Khalaf noted that no displaced families have arrived Hasaka city so far, and for several days, the Turkish occupation has intensified its shelling attacks on Abu Rasen…

NATO Deputy Secretary-General pointed out that the alliance has no restrictions to have “robust posture” in the eastern flank. NATO is no longer bound by past commitments to hold back from deploying its forces in eastern Europe, the US-led alliance’s deputy Secretary-General Mircea Geoana told AFP. Speaking in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, Geoana claimed that Moscow has “voided of any content” of the NATO-Russia Founding Act, through its war with Ukraine and halting dialogue with the alliance. Under the 1997 Founding Act, intended to reset the relationship between Russia and the Alliance, both sides agreed to work to “prevent any potentially threatening build-up of…

The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) continue senseless shelling on civilian areas in Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics, as well as in Russia, causing infrastructure damage and increasing number of civilian casualties. The cities and villages in the DPR and the LPR have been suffering the AFU shelling on a daily basis for eight years. After the launch of the Russia’s military operation in Ukraine, the AFU were repelled from their military positions near the residential areas along the entire Donbass front lines, except the outskirts of the city of Donetsk, where the front lines remain almost unchanged since 2015.…

Authorities said a 26-year-old man was in custody after one person was killed and seven people were injured in a shooting early Sunday at an outdoor festival in eastern Oklahoma, where witnesses described frantic people running for cover amid gunfire. An arrest warrant was issued for Skyler Buckner and he turned himself in to the Muskogee County sheriff’s office Sunday afternoon, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said in a statement. OSBI said that those shot at the Memorial Day event in Taft, located about 45 miles (72 kilometers) southeast of Tulsa, ranged in age from 9 to 56. A…

Sweden and Finland have yet to address Ankara’s security demands, President Erdogan says Turkey will not approve Finland and Sweden’s bids to join NATO until they properly address Ankara’s concerns over their alleged support for terrorist organizations, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said, promising not to repeat “past mistakes.” “For as long as Tayyip Erdogan is the head of the Republic of Turkey, we definitely cannot say ‘yes’ to countries which support terrorism entering NATO,” the Turkish leader told reporters on returning from a trip to Azerbaijan, according to state media reports on Sunday. Delegations from Sweden and Finland met with their Turkish counterparts…

The Islamic Republic of Iran Army unveiled two new drone systems during a visit by Major General Mohammad Bagheri, Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, to a secret drone base on May 28. Iran’s state TV said that the army is keeping around a hundred drone in the base that is located in the “heart of the Zagros mountains”. The first system, dubbed “Heidar-1,” is a drone launched cruise missile with a range of up to 200 kilometers. The missile is equipped with an optical seeker, and possibly a data-link. Iran didn’t provide much information about the second…

Russian President told them about dangers of Western weapons supplies to Ukraine Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a telephone conversation with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, confirmed Moscow’s readiness to continue peace talks with Kiev, the Kremlin press service said on Saturday. “Special attention was given to the state of affairs on the negotiating track, which is frozen because of Kiev. Vladimir Putin confirmed Russia is open to resuming the dialogue,” the statement said. Western weapons Putin, in a telephone conversation with Macron and Scholz, stressed the danger of pumping Ukraine with Western weapons, the Kremlin press…

A top Ukrainian official had earlier admitted that Liman in Donetsk Region had fallen Russian forces together with those from the Donetsk People’s Republic have taken over the Ukrainian town of Liman, Russia’s Defense Ministry has claimed. On Thursday, Alexey Arestovich, a key adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, admitted during a livestream that Ukrainian forces had lost the town. Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov announced on Saturday that Liman had been “fully liberated from Ukrainian nationalists.” Just before Ukraine admitted the fall of Liman, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba described the situation in Donbass as “extremely bad” for Ukrainian forces during…

Kiev forces have been spotted firing FH70 155 mm towed howitzers, which were recently donated by Italy, for the first time. On May 27, Ukrainian sources shared a video showing a unit of Kiev forces setting up and firing FH70 howitzers on an unspecified front in the Donbass region, where the Russian military and its allies are advancing as a part of a special operation that began in February. The FH70 was developed by an international consortium, which included Vickers Ltd in the UK, OTO Melara in Italy, and Rheinmetall from Germany. The heavy howitzer is normally operated by a…