Author: Steven Sahiounie

The US denied reports that said it was evacuating its embassy Originally published by AntiWar Supporters of the influential Iraqi Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr stormed government buildings in Baghdad’s Green Zone on Monday after Sadr announced his “final retirement” from politics. The Sadrists clashed with Iraqi security forces and rival militias. According to The Associated Press, as of Monday night in Baghdad, at least 15 protesters have been killed in the clashes. Middle East Eye reported that rockets were consistently falling in the Green Zone late Monday night and that fighting was spreading across Iraq, with heavy gunfire reported in the southern city of Basra. The…

A military diplomatic source stated that the Russian army has actually liquidated the qualified flight personnel of the Ukrainian air force. “The entire somehow qualified flight crew of the former air forces of Ukraine – MiG-29, Su-27 and Su-25 aircraft – was actually eliminated by the effective actions of the Russian Aerospace Forces and air defense systems,” the source told Novosti News Agency. The source said that Kyiv lost the remnants of aviation due to the fact that it used inexperienced cadets of the Kharkov military institute to carry out combat missions. They are shot down, according to the source,…

Earlier, it was reported that a shell fired by Ukrainian troops from a M777 US howitzer hit the roof of the Zaporozhye plant’s special unit Ukraine continues to shell the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant to frustrate the visit of an International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) mission, Vladimir Rogov, a member of the Zaporozhye region military-civilian administration’s council, told TASS on Monday. “The key goal of [Ukrainian President Vladimir] Zelensky’s militants is to break down the IAEA mission and to prevent the establishment of cooperation between Russia, the Zaporozhye region authorities and the International Atomic Energy Agency,” he wrote on his…

According to Truss’ plans for a tougher approach to Beijing, China will be categorized as a threat to national security for the first time and will be elevated to a similar status as Russia. The Times reported on Sunday, citing the politician’s allies, that UK Foreign Secretary and PM candidate Liz Truss will announce that China poses a threat to the UK’s national security, adding: “the foreign secretary has promised to reshape foreign policy if she becomes prime minister. She has pledged to reopen the integrated review, published last year, which set out British priorities in diplomacy and defence over the next decade.”…

On August 29th, the Russian Security Service (FSB) claimed that the second member of the Ukrainian sabotage and terrorist group who took part in the assassination of Daria Dugina was identified. On August 20, Daria Dugina, Russian journalist, philosopher and war correspondent, was killed in the Moscow region. The SUV she was driving exploded and burned down in the eyes of her father Alexander Dugin, the philosopher, considered to be the ideologist of the “Russian world” concept. On August 22, the FSB blamed Ukrainian special services for the attack. The perpetrator of the crime was a 43-year-old citizen of Ukraine…

Chancellor Olaf Scholz says the measure would save money and work more effectively European “neighbors” should set up a joint air defense system amid the Ukraine conflict and other security challenges, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said. “We have a lot of catching up to do in Europe when it comes to defense against airborne and space-based threats. That is why we in Germany will be investing very significantly in our air defense over the years ahead,” Scholz said in a speech at Charles University in Prague on Monday. “At the same time, Germany will from the very start design future air defense…

The Houthi rebel militia killed seven members of Yemen’s government forces and injured another eight in the country’s southwestern province of Taiz on Monday, a military source told Xinhua. “The Houthi rebels launched an attack against a government-controlled area in Taiz, sparking intense armed confrontations that continued for hours,” the source said on condition of anonymity. An officer of the government’s 117th infantry brigade was among the victims, the source confirmed, adding a number of Houthi attackers were also killed and wounded. There was no immediate comment from the Houthis regarding the confrontations despite the ongoing truce brokered by the…

The Turkish Ministry of Defense announced on Saturday that the Turkish army and an intelligence unit killed nine militants belonging to Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in two operations in northern Iraq. Turkey regularly launches air strikes in Iraq as part of its campaign against PKK militants based in the northern part of the country. “Our operations will continue until the last terrorist is eliminated,” the Turkish ministry said on Twitter, adding that the army targeted seven members of the PKK. On the other hand, Anadolu Agency mentioned in a separate report that the National Intelligence Organization eliminated two members of…

The Joint Operations Command-JOC announced today, Monday, imposing of a total curfew in the capital, Baghdad. JOC said in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that “it was decided to impose a complete curfew in the capital, Baghdad, including vehicles and citizens.” The statement added, Total curfew in Baghdad to begin from 15:30 local time this Monday.” Source: INA

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Sunday warned of “riots in the streets” if former US president Donald Trump is prosecuted for his handling of classified materials found when the FBI searched his Mar-a-Lago home. “If there’s a prosecution of Donald Trump for mishandling classified information, after the Clinton debacle… there’ll be riots in the streets,” Graham told former South Carolina congressman Trey Gowdy, who now hosts Fox News’ “Sunday Night in America”, The Hill reported. Trump shared a clip of the interview on Truth Social later Sunday evening. Gowdy was chairman of the House Select Committee on Benghazi, which probed…