Author: Steven Sahiounie

On August 22, an American General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper combat drone was shot down over the northeastern Libyan city of Benghazi by the Libyan National Army (LNA). Ahmed al-Mismari, a spokesperson for the LNA, said back then that an unidentified drone was shot down while it was carrying out a reconnaissance mission over Benghazi. The spokesman noted that the drone was armed with at least two missiles. Footage showing what appeared to be an MQ-9 drone crashing in the outskirts of Benghazi circulating on social media at the time. Benghazi is the main stronghold of the LNA, which is led…

Two civilians were martyred and ten others were injured in shelling attacks by the Turkish occupation and its affiliated terrorist organizations on residential areas in the countryside of Aleppo and Hasaka. “Turkish occupation- backed terrorist mercenaries bombed Wednesday with a number of heavy shells the city of Tel Rifaat, from their deploying areas in Aleppo far northern countryside, killing two civilians and wounding 10 more” local sources told SANA reporter. Meanwhile, the occupation forces and terrorists in the northwestern countryside of Hasaka targeted the village of Tal al-Laban, affiliated to Tel Tamer district, causing damages to homes and public properties,…

Germany needs to stick to a ‘fact-oriented policy’ in dealing with fuel shortages, Steffen Kotre says The launch of Russia’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline could help solve the growing energy crisis in Europe, Bundestag MP Steffen Kotre told the TASS news agency on Wednesday. “Even if the gas storage facilities are full, there will be enough for about three months this winter. And then what? Ideology has to give way to a real fact-oriented policy… The only sensible solution is to launch Nord Stream 2,” Kotre, who is a member of the German parliamentary committee on energy and climate…

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has accused Ukrainian special services of carrying out the murder of the daughter of an ultranationalist Russian ideologue. Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) now says it has solved the case and that Ukraine is directly responsible.  Journalist Darya Dugina, aged 29, died on Saturday when a car she was driving exploded near Moscow. Her father, Alexander Dugin, a prominent ultra-nationalist thought to be close to the Russian president, may have been the intended target. Ukrainian officials had already denied any involvement in the explosion. But in a statement carried by Russian media outlets, the FSB…

The Armed Forces of Ukraine are constantly shelling the city of Energodar which is under control of the Russian military. The main target is the Zaporozhie nuclear power plant which is the largest one in Europe. On August 22, the AFU launched artillery strikes on the territory of the Zaporozhie thermal power plant located in close proximity to the Zaporozhie nuclear power plant. A civilian car came under fire. The driver was killed as a result of the attack. Another civilian was wounded. “Strikes were recorded on the TPP area, preliminary, from American long-range artillery weapons. One civilian was killed,…

 A US military convoy smuggled crude oil from Syria to bases in Iraq, a report said, as Washington continues to loot energy resources in the war-ravaged country. The convoy of 122 tankers laden with oil from the energy-rich Jazira region in Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah moved on Sunday through the illegal Mahmoudiya border crossing into neighboring Iraq, where American forces and trainers are stationed, Syria’s official news agency SANA reported citing local sources in al-Ya’rubiyah town. Another convoy, consisting of 15 tankers, departed Syrian territories for Iraq shortly afterwards. Local sources added that armored vehicles belonging to the US-backed…

The Israeli occupation forces arrested eleven Palestinians in the city of Bethlehem in the West Bank. Palestinian Wafa News Agency stated that the occupation forces stormed the town of al-Khader and al-Asakrah area, east of the city, and arrested 11 Palestinians. On Sunday, Yesterday, the occupation forces arrested eight Palestinians in separate areas of the West Bank. Source: SANA

The head of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee said he opposes selling F-16 fighter jets to Turkey until Ankara changes its political course and fulfills its commitment to NATO by refusing to purchase Russia’s S-400 missile defense system. “Between continued antagonistic violations of Greece’s airspace and the delaying of the accession process for Sweden and Finland’s NATO membership, I sincerely hope Turkey will change course and live up to its responsibilities to the defense alliance by being the constructive partner in the region we all hope it can be,” Robert Menendez told the Greek newspaper Kathimerini. “Until then, I…

According to Nikolay Patrushev, the financial assets of any state denominated in US dollars and euros will simply be stolen Secretary of Russia’s Security Council Nikolay Patrushev believes that the United States may default on its debt in the near future. Speaking at consultations with colleagues from the countries of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), which took place on Monday via video link, he noted that the US national debt has exceeded $30 trillion, and the debt of Japan has reached almost $10 trillion. According to Patrushev, “taking into account such dynamics, there is every reason to…

Turkey launches attacks on the Iraqi province of Dohuk, and Al Mayadeen correspondent confirms the targeting of the village of Sigiri in northern Iraq. Al Mayadeen correspondent in Baghdad reported that Turkish warplanes targeted the village of Sigiri in the Dohuk governorate in northern Iraq. Activists on social media circulated videos showing the bombing of the Nuhili area in northern Iraq. A few days ago, Turkish helicopters raided Sidekan in Soran District, Erbil Governorate, northern Iraq. The attack resulted in fires breaking out in a number of agricultural lands. It is noteworthy that Turkish planes are constantly targeting villages in the Dohuk…