Author: Steven Sahiounie

The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) in Afghanistan said that 16 children have been killed in the country in only the last two days. Mohamed Ag Ayoya, the UNICEF representative in Afghanistan, stated in a tweet on Friday, May 27, that violence against children should be stopped immediately, in addition to informing people about the surge in violence against children. “In the past two days 16 children were killed in attacks in Kabul & Mazar-e-Sharif and one other in Uruzgan due to unexploded remnants of war,” he wrote. The UNICEF representative offered condolences to the families of the…

Russian artillery and missile forces hit more than 600 areas of concentration of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and more than 40 artillery and mortar units The people’s militia of the Donetsk People’s Republic and the Russian armed forces liberated the city of Krasny Lyman from Ukrainian nationalists, official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Igor Konashenkov announced on Saturday. “As a result of the joint actions of the people’s militia units of the Donetsk People’s Republic and the Russian armed forces, the city of Krasny Liman was completely liberated from Ukrainian nationalists,” Konashenkov said. Russian artillery and…

Moscow’s ambassador to Washington was responding to media reports that the US will ship multiple launch rocket systems to Kiev The risk of escalating the conflict in Ukraine would be considerably heightened if the US provides Kiev with long-range multiple launch rocket systems, Russia’s ambassador to the US, Anatoly Antonov, warned on Friday. Earlier, several US media outlets reported that the Biden administration had given the green light to the deliveries. When asked for comment on the claims, Antonov said the allegations have to be verified first, and that so far, no official announcement had been made by US officials.…

On May 28, the Russian military deployed reinforcements at al-Qamishli Airport in northeastern Syria in what appears to be a response to Turkey’s recent threats to the region. According to Russian and Syrian sources, the reinforcements included a number of Su-34 fighter bombers and Ka-52 attack helicopters. Last year, the Russian military stepped up its presence at al-Qamishli Airport turning it into its main base in northeastern Syria. The deployment came amid reports of ongoing preparations by Turkish military and its proxies to launch a new large-scale operation against the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in northern and northeastern Syria. In what…

The situation in Transnistria at the moment is quite complicated and tense. The AFU (Armed Forces of Ukraine) hold several military detachments on the border, which control the territory. The border with Moldova is one of the supply roads of equipment from Europe and a place of accumulation of Ukrainian resources for further redistribution to different fronts. However, it is impossible to state with absolute certainty that no combat operations will take place on this territory. On May 24, three military transport planes were seen flying from Romania in the direction of Moldova. As the planes were approaching, they turned…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on May 23 a new military operation in northern Syria to establish a 30-kilometer-wide zone of Turkish occupation. Erdogan terms the proposed action as a counterterrorism operation, with details to be announced in the next National Security Council meeting. Turkey views the US-sponsored Kurdish People’s Defense Units (YPG) and their allied militia, Syrian Defense Forces (SDF), as brother-in-arms with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). The US sponsorship and support of the SDF and YPG has angered Turkey for years and has created tension between Washington and Ankara who were…

In April, Musk reached an agreement with Twitter to buy the social media network for $54.20 per share, valuing the micro-blogging site at $44Bln. According to financial filings made public on Wednesday, billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has increased the amount of his obligations to finance the deal to buy Twitter by $6.25Bln.This will reduce Musk’s debt to finance the acquisition.He is prepared to spend $33.5Bln in total. According to reports, the businessman abandoned plans to partially finance the deal with the help of bank loans levied on his stake in Tesla.Musk agreed to buy Twitter at the end of April,…

The potential agreement reportedly aims to increase oil production; it also attempts to strengthen bilateral ties between Washington and Riyadh. Two of US President Joe Biden’s senior advisers are on a secret visit to Saudi Arabia to discuss a possible agreement between Saudi Arabia, “Israel”, and Egypt, Axios reported. The agreement reportedly aims to increase oil production; it also attempts to strengthen bilateral ties between Washington and Riyadh, according to three current and former US officials. All for oil Relations between Saudi Arabia and the US have been lately strained over a number of issues, most notably the kingdom’s abysmal human rights record and the…

Countries around the world have experienced spiralling inflation reminiscent of the stagflation crisis of the 1970s, with prices for food, fuel, and other essential goods on the rise. Economists have blamed factors including the global supply chain crisis, poor energy planning, COVID-related shocks, and turbulence stemming from the Ukraine crisis. Anti-Russia sanctions seem to have boomeranged on those who implemented them, and developed economies haven’t seen such high levels of inflation in decades, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said. “No matter how stable the economies of the countries that pursue such a short-sighted policy, the current state of the world…

The video shows fighters of the reconnaissance platoon of the 1st Motorized Rifle Battalion of the 4th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the LPR assaulting the Ukrainian militants’ stronghold “Rascheska”, on the approach to the “29 block post”. In the beginning of the video, a Ukrainian soldier is seen running into an assaulting unit and is killed by counter fire.Next, another AFU soldier took cover in a firing cell. One LPR soldier run forward, leaving the AFU soldier on his left, who was trapped. Then there was a mutual throwing of grenades, with the AFU soldier throwing back at least…