Author: Steven Sahiounie

According to the legislator, the information obtained indicates “aggressive goal-setting that underpins the foundation of these programs, de facto implemented by US Department of Defense on Ukrainian soil” The US researched Ebola and smallpox viruses in Ukraine, says Irina Yarovaya, Co-Chair of the Parliamentary Commission on Investigation of US Biological Laboratories in Ukraine. “Today, we presented an analysis of which pathogens the US was particularly interested in in Ukraine,” she told reporters Friday. “Aside from the pathogens that are territorially bound to Ukraine, [the laboratories] researched viruses and pathogens that are endemically very far from Ukraine, such as Ebola and…

The World Health Organization was holding an emergency meeting on Friday to discuss the recent outbreak of monkeypox, a viral infection more common to west and central Africa, after over 100 cases were confirmed or suspected in Europe. In what Germany described as the largest outbreak in Europe ever, cases have been reported in at least nine countries – Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom – as well as the United States, Canada and Australia, Reuters reported. Spain reported 24 new cases on Friday, mainly in the Madrid region where the regional government…

The top British diplomat said talks are underway to provide ‘NATO standard’ weapons to Moldova The UK is in active discussions to ship weapons to Moldova – a country located along Ukraine’s southwest border – according to Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, who said the arms could help to fend off a future Russian attack. Speaking to the Telegraph in an interview published on Friday, the cabinet minister claimed Moscow has “ambitions to create a greater Russia,” suggesting it could next set its sights on Moldova, which contains the Russian-speaking breakaway region of Transnistria. “I would want to see Moldova equipped to NATO standard. This…

Late on May 20, an Israeli attack with ground-launched missiles targeted the southern outskirts of the Syrian capital, Damascus. A Syrian military official told the Syrian Arab News Agency that the attack was launched from the direction of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. “At around 23:01 pm of Friday, 20-5-2022, the Israeli enemy carried out an aggression with ground-to-ground missiles from the direction of the occupied Syrian Golan, targeting some positions in southern Damascus,” the unnamed official said. “Our air defense means confronted the hostile missiles, shooting down most of them.” The official went on to acknowledge that the Israeli attack…

The entry of US military forces into the area west of the Euphrates and the areas of militants affiliated with Turkey is the first of its kind. Coordination groups close to the parties affiliated with Turkey reported that a US military force, tanks, and cars bearing the American flag, accompanied by Turkish intelligence, entered areas in the northern countryside of Aleppo, which are under the control of the “Euphrates Shield” militants. Al Mayadeen sources spoke of an intense flight of American reconnaissance planes and helicopters over the northern countryside of Aleppo, in conjunction with the movement of American military vehicles,…

All eyes are on Turkey, which objected to the admission of the two Nordic nations to the alliance Diplomats representing Sweden and Finland at NATO met with Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday to deliver their governments’ requests to admit their nations into the military bloc. Axel Wernhoff of Sweden and Klaus Korhonen of Finland met the NATO chief together to file the paperwork. The two letters were signed by the foreign ministers of both nations on Tuesday. Stoltenberg thanked the envoys for delivering the applications, which he said was a historic step for the organization, adding that all members…

According to Deputy Prime Minister Yury Borisov, Russia is “an indisputable leader” on the global arms markets in terms of this type of weapons by technical characteristics The latest S-500 anti-aircraft missile system has begun arriving for Russian troops, Deputy Prime Minister Yury Borisov said during the government’s New Horizons educational marathon on Wednesday. “Today the troops have already begun receiving the systems that actually combine the functions of air and anti-missile defenses and these are S-500 weapons,” Borisov said. The S-500, like the Tor, Buk, S-300, S-350 and S-400 surface-to-air missile systems, enjoy great demand on the global arms…

The SVR claims that Washington is “ready to use any means,” including hiring ISIS fighters as mercenaries The US has been “actively recruiting” terrorists to fight in Ukraine, Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) claimed on Tuesday, saying that it illustrates Washington’s readiness “to use any means to achieve its geopolitical goals.” The SVR revealed in a statement that, according to the intelligence it is receiving, “the United States is actively recruiting even members of international terrorist organizations, including the Islamic State (ISIS) group banned in the Russian Federation, as mercenaries to participate in hostilities in Ukraine.” The Russian intelligence service points to the American…

On May 18, the Russian Ministry of Defence reported that the militants of the nationalist Azov unit and Ukrainian servicemen blocked at the Azovstal plant continued to surrender. According to the Russian MoD, 694 militants surrendered over the past day, including 29 wounded. A total of 959 militants have surrendered since May 16, including 80 wounded, of whom 51 who needed urgent treatment were placed in the hospital of Novoazovsk of the Donetsk People’s Republic. On May 17, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that 265 militants had laid down their arms and surrendered. On May 18, Ukrainian President Zelensky commented…

Turkey has strongly opposed Sweden’s application to join NATO by criticising its ostensibly lenient treatment of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party. Consequently, the ruling Social Democrats have sought to make amends by stressing that Stockholm considers the PKK to be terrorists, despite the risk of alienating Kurdish allies. Member of Parliament, Amineh Kakabaveh, has declared that she will no longer support the Swedish government as it seeks NATO membership.The 51-year-old former member of the Left Party who is of Iranian Kurdish descent is worried that the ruling Social Democrats are “giving in” to Turkey by branding the Partiya Karkeren Kurdistan (PKK)…