Author: Steven Sahiounie

Meanwhile, the Kiev authorities, still shy away from interacting with representatives of states and ship-owning companies on the issue of the safe exit of foreign vessels, Mikhail Mizintsev noted Ninety foreign citizens are being held hostage by the nationalists as human shields in Ukraine, Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev, chief of Russia’s National Defense Management Center, said on Saturday. On April 21, he reported that Ukrainian nationalists were holding hostage 6,134 foreign citizens from 10 states. “Ukrainian nationalists continue to hold 90 foreign citizens from five states hostage as human shields,” said Mizintsev, who heads Russia’s interdepartmental coordination headquarters for humanitarian response…

At least 12 people were killed as four migrant boats sank off the Tunisian coast. At least 12 people have died and another ten were missing after four boats carrying 120 African migrants and refugees sank off Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, a security official told Reuters on Saturday. Ali Aayari, a lieutenant colonel in the Tunisian Coast Guard, added that 98 people were rescued off the coast of Sfax. The coastline of Sfax has become a major departure point for people fleeing conflict and poverty in Africa and the Middle East and seeking a…

On April 23, at least six Russian missiles hit the Ukrainian region of Odessa. Missile strikes targeted AFU military infrastructure facilities. However, at least one multi-storey civilian building was hit. Casualties were reported. Russian servicemen struck a military airfield near Odessa. According to the Russian Ministry of Defence, a large batch of weapons from the United States and the EU was stored there. “This afternoon, high—precision long-range air-based missiles of the Russian Aerospace Forces disabled a logistics terminal at a military airfield near Odessa, where a large batch of foreign weapons received from the United States and European countries was…

Despite strict Israeli restrictions, thousands celebrated the outpouring of the Holy Fire inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Al Mayadeen correspondent in occupied Al-Quds reported today that the occupation forces prevented Christians from freely reaching the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, adding that one of the priests was attacked by the IOF while on his way to the church. The correspondent added that the occupation forces were heavily deployed in Al-Quds and imposed restrictions on Christians heading to the church. Earlier, the occupation forces closed the New Gate leading to the Old City of occupied Al-Quds, through which the…

Ukrainian troops, civilians reportedly stranded in Azovstal plant with Russian forces surrounding them Russian military spokesman Igor Konashenkov said Friday that Moscow informed Kyiv about the order of civilian evacuations from the Azovstal plant in Mariupol. Konashenkov said the situation in Mariupol had normalized and residents could calmly wander the streets and humanitarian aid was provided to the city. Noting that the Azov Battalion and foreign mercenaries from the EU and the US were besieged at the Azovstal metallurgical plant, he said their demands for the release of Ukrainian women and children allegedly standing by Ukrainian troops were ignored. The…

A number of US occupation backed-QSD militia armed men were killed and wounded in an attack with rocket shells that targeted a military point in Theban town, Deir Ezzor eastern countryside. Local sources told SANA that an attack with rocket shells, carried out by unknown individuals, targeted a military point of SDF militia in Theban town in the eastern countryside. Meanwhile, violent clashes erupted that led to the killing and injury of a number of the militia members. Most of areas in the countryside of Deir Ezzor, Hasaka and Raqqa seized by SDF militia are witnessing a state of anger…

According to Chief of Russian Radiation, Chemical, and Biological Protection Force Igor Kirillov, the plan is a reaction to Russia’s success in the special operation The United States is preparing provocations to accuse the Russian side of using chemical, biological, or tactical nuclear weapons, Chief of Russian Radiation, Chemical, and Biological Protection Force Igor Kirillov announced on Saturday. “The Russian Ministry of Defense has information about the United States preparing provocations to accuse the Russian Armed Forces of using chemical, biological, or tactical nuclear weapons,” he said. According to Kirillov, the plan is a reaction to Russia’s success in the…

At least three people were killed and eight others injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a popular beach restaurant in the Somali capital in Mogadishu on Friday evening. Police spokesman Abdifitah Aden Hassan said the wounded were rushed to a hospital after the security forces controlled the new Pescatore Seafood restaurant, which recently opened on Lido Beach and is frequented by celebrities. According to Xinhua, he said the security officers who rushed to the scene prevented other al-Shabab fighters who attempted to force their way into the restaurant after the blast, which happened at 8:40 p.m. (1740…

Three Pakistani soldiers were killed in the country’s northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in a cross-border attack from Afghanistan, a Pakistani military statement said on Saturday. Terrorists from inside Afghanistan across the international border opened fire on Pakistani troops in the North Waziristan district of the province, the Pakistani military’s media wing Inter-Services Public Relations said in the statement. Pakistani troops responded in a befitting manner, causing heavy casualties to the terrorists, the statement added. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is one of the most insecure states in Pakistan. Hundreds of Pakistani soldiers and civilians have been killed so far in attacks by terrorist…

The Russian Ministry of Defence shared a video showing the demining of the areas left by Ukrainian forces in the Kharkiv region. The demining operations are carried out by the engineering troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation at the request of local residents. The residential areas, homesteads and farmland were heavily mined in the region by the AFU. According to the Russian Ministry of Defence, “engineering reconnaissance is carried out on the spot, the situation is assessed, after which the mine clearance group begins to clear the area of explosive objects.” The detected ammunition is loaded into…