Author: Steven Sahiounie

Early on September 1, a Chinese-made CASC CH-4 combat drone of the Iraqi Air Force (IQAF) crashed near Balad Air Base in the northern Iraqi province of Saladin. The drone crashed into a house in the town of Yathrib. The violent crash wrecked the house and started a fire. However, the residents of the house survived with some minor injuries. Iraqi security sources said that the drone was about to land in Balad Air Base when it faced a sudden technical failure. The CH-4B, which was designed to carry out reconnaissance and combat missions, has an endurance of 30 to…

Russia has launched week-long military drills involving forces from China and other nations, an exercise that shows growing defense cooperation between Moscow and Beijing as they both face tensions with the United States. The large-scale maneuvers also seem to be intended to demonstrate that Russia has sufficient military might for enormous drills even as its troops are engaged in action in Ukraine. The Russian defense ministry said the Vostok 2022 (East 2022) exercise will be held until September 7 at seven firing ranges in Russia’s Far East and the Sea of Japan, and that it involves more than 50,000 troops…

IAEA inspectors have reached the facility in Ukraine amid an escalation in fighting The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors have reached the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine amid reports of renewed shelling and combat. The Russian news agency RIA Novosti published a video of the convoy with UN experts arriving at Europe’s largest nuclear facility on Thursday. The visit comes hours after the Russian Defense Ministry accused Kiev of dispatching commandos in an attempt to seize the plant. According to Russian officials, the attack has been repelled. Russian troops took control of the facility shortly after Moscow…

The Israeli occupation forces storm the Balata and Qalandia refugee camps and kill two Palestinian youths. Two Palestinian youths were martyred at dawn, Thursday, when the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed the Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus, and the city of Al-Bireh in the occupied West Bank. According to local media, the first martyr was identified as Samer Khaled from the Balata refugee camp. Simultaneously, the IOF stormed the Um Al-Sharayet neighborhood in Al-Bireh, followed by violent confrontations, and shot dead the Palestinian youth Yazan Afana from the Qalandia refugee camp. A few days ago, 11 Palestinians were wounded by IOF fire…

Belgrade says drills on the boundary with Kosovo are “routine” as deadline looms in document dispute Serbian Army units kicked off exercises near the administrative boundary with Kosovo on Wednesday. Though their timing coincides with the deadline given by Pristina authorities for implementing the controversial ban on Serbian documents, Belgrade insists the drills are entirely routine. “The training is carried out to preserve the high level of combat readiness of the units involved, and their capability to, if needed, quickly react to establish peace and security along the administrative line,” the Serbian Defense Ministry said in a statement. “Particular attention is paid to…

Two persons were killed and three others injured in a blast that rocked Police District 17 of Afghan capital Kabul on Wednesday, spokesman of the Interior Ministry Abdul Nafi Takor said. “A Toyota Corolla car, carrying explosive device, exploded in Police District 17 in today’s afternoon, killing two countrymen and injuring three others,” Nafi said on his Twitter account. Without providing more details, the official said that security personnel had reached the area and initiated an investigation. The blast coincided with the first anniversary of the withdrawal of the U.S.-led forces from Afghanistan. The Taliban-run administration celebrated the first anniversary…

It is reported that the Kiev regime’s attempt of a large-scale provocation undertaken on September 1 was aimed at disrupting the arrival of a mission of the IAEA at the Zaporozhye NPP Russian troops thwarted an attempt by Ukrainian saboteurs to land on the shore near the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant (NPP) from two self-propelled barges that departed from Nikopol, both barges were sunk, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Thursday. “At about 7:00 a.m. Moscow time, units of the Russian armed forces thwarted an attempt by a tactical assault group of the Ukrainian army to land on the shore several…

Several air strikes against the Aleppo International Airport in western Syria were conducted by the Israeli regime on Wednesday, the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported, citing a military source. “At around 20:00 hours (17:00 GMT), the Israeli enemy targeted Aleppo International Airport with missile fire, causing material damage at the heart of the facility,” the agency said. The report did not make any mention of possible human losses. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based so-called monitor, said four Israeli missiles had targeted the runway and depots at the airport. Also on Wednesday, SANA added, “The army…

A Ukrainian sabotage group, detained in Enerhodar, was plotting a terrorist attack at the Zaporozhye NPP. A Ukrainian sabotage group was plotting a terrorist attack at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant during the visit of the IAEA expert mission to show that Russia is unable to provide security, Vladimir Rogov, a member of the main council of the regional administration, told Sputnik on Wednesday. “According to preliminary data, the terrorist attack was being prepared during the visit of the IAEA delegation to show the situation is not under control and that Russia could not provide security,” Rogov said. A Ukrainian sabotage group,…

With the participation of Syria, Vostok 2022, the strategic military exercises of command and staff, has opened Wednesday in Russia at the Sergeyevsky Training Ground in the Primorye Territory, attended by the military units’ commanders from the participating foreign states. The representatives of the units coming from the participating states emphasized the peaceful nature of the ongoing joint exercises, the commitment to mutual understanding and cooperation, and strengthening the military ties among the armed forces of the participating countries. They also called on the joint military personnel to demonstrate high level of  professionalism and interaction in the context of joint…