Author: Steven Sahiounie

Hama – A landmine left by terrorist outfits in the Hama region of Syria went off and critically wounded six rural farmers. Syrian News Agency SANA reported that six farmers were injured in the landmine explosion left behind by terrorist organizations in the vicinity of al-Zara village in Hama’s southern countryside. “A landmine left behind by terrorist organizations went off when a pick-up carrying farmers in the vicinity of al-Zara village, injuring six civilians,” a source in Hama Police Command told SANA. Landmine explosions in various parts of Syria have killed 66 people, including two women and 29 children, since…

 Ministers have been accused of choosing the “worst moment in history” to slash the foreign aid budget, as provisional figures showed that UK overseas humanitarian funding was cut by more than half last year. MPs and charity campaigners say the aid budget urgently needs to be increased to cope with the Ukraine conflict and the risk of famine in Africa. Up to 23 million people face acute hunger in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia due to drought, The Guardian reported. The UN has warned the Ukraine crisis risks tipping 1.7 billion people – one-fifth of the global population – into poverty, destitution and…

Turkish occupation and its mercenaries of terrorist organizations have launched new attacks on a number of villages in the northwestern countryside of Hasaka province. Local sources told SANA reporter that the Turkish occupation and terrorist groups affiliated with it bombed with artillery shells the houses and properties of citizens in the villages of Tal al-Ward and Khirbet al-Shaer, south of Abu Rasin township in Hasaka northwestern countryside. The sources added that the Turkish aggression extended to target the villages of al-Banajah, al-Dardara, Um al- Kaiyef and al-Taweelah in Tal Tamir northern countryside, and some power lines were damaged as a…

Damascus rejects Pentagon findings, demands troop withdrawal The Syrian permanent mission to the UN stated on Friday that the US must withdraw its troops from the country at once and pay reparations for the deaths of dozens of civilians in a 2019 airstrike in the town of Baghuz. Damascus categorically rejected a Pentagon report claiming it was not at fault for the attack, declaring its conclusions represent “an admission of negligence that calls for accountability.” The Pentagon had released a report on Tuesday claiming the March 18, 2019 airstrike targeting an Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) encampment in Syria’s Baghuz,…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator The Lebanese Parliamentary elections were held on May 15, with 128 seats filled in a sectarian voting system unique to Lebanon. The country is suffering from the worst economic crisis in the world in the last 150 years, according to the World Bank. In 2019, street protests began against the political elite, who were seen as corrupt, and the root cause of the country’s political, economic, and social failure. The Lebanese diaspora is estimated to be as high as 14 million, but only 225,114 had registered to vote in this election. There were 1043…

A week after Israeli cops attacked mourners and pallbearers at the burial of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, Hackney Police welcomed an Israeli police team. The Metropolitan Police in London received a barrage of criticism on Friday after welcoming an Israeli police team, only a week after Israeli authorities assassinated Al Jazeera journalist and martyr Shireen Abu Akleh and assaulted mourners at her burial. Hackney Police stated on Twitter that it was “delighted” to welcome the Israeli delegation, who also joined officers from Stamford Hill police, a Hackney sub-district, on a patrol. The visit comes only a week after Abu Akhleh was killed by Israeli…

Ukrainian fighters laid down their arms after getting a “signal” from Kiev, the president insists The Ukrainian troops and members of the neo-Nazi Azov Battalion, who had been holed up at the Azovstal plant in Mariupol for weeks, surrendered to Russian forces on orders from Kiev, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has claimed. “The guys had received a signal from the military that they have every right to come out and save their lives,” Zelensky told Ukraine 24 outlet on Friday. Russia had announced the full liberation of Azovstal on the same day, saying more than 2,400 Ukrainian combatants, including their commanders,…

Dozens of fake news about military developments on the battlefield in Ukraine are appearing online on a daily basis. Fakes are needed to assure the peoples of victory over the enemy, to raise their spirits, and to demonstrate to the enemy how inferior their army is on the battlefield.  During the war in Ukraine, the case of Bucha was most telling. There were a huge number of proceedings concerning the bodies of civilians allegedly killed by Russian servicemen in the settlement. As soon as the MSM got rid of the “Bucha massacre” and the Kiev regime failed to provide any…

Athens summoned the Turkish ambassador to Greece after two Turkish F-16 fighter jets reportedly violated Greek airspace, as Turkey claims Greece violated its airspace twice this week. Earlier Friday, the Greek foreign ministry had strongly condemned the incursion of two Turkish fighter jets within 2.5 nautical miles of the northeastern city of Alexandroupoli on Friday, calling the incident an “unprecedented violation of national sovereignty,” Ekathimerini reported. “We condemn in the strongest terms the unprecedented violation of Greece’s national sovereignty by two Turkish fighter aircraft, which illegally entered our national airspace and approached Alexandroupoli within a distance of just 2.5 nautical…

The Pentagon has denied claims made by an Internal Affairs Ministry adviser A top Ukrainian adviser has claimed that the United States is drawing up plans to sink Russian warships and ‘destroy’ its Black Sea Fleet, following reports that Washington is seeking to provide advanced anti-ship missiles to the Ukrainian military. The Pentagon has denied the allegations. Ukrainian Internal Affairs Ministry adviser Anton Gerashchenko made the statement on social media on Thursday, saying that discussions are now underway in relation to how the US could help to break a Russian blockade of Black Sea ports. “The US is preparing a plan for…