Author: Steven Sahiounie

The country is no place for foreign parties to settle scores, Baghdad outlined Turkey’s invasion of Iraq is “a violation of its sovereignty and the sanctity of the country” that goes against the concept of being a good neighbor, Baghdad’s foreign ministry said in a statement on Monday. Ankara launched a new military campaign against Kurdish forces in the north of the Middle Eastern state on Sunday evening. Baghdad said it denounced the Turkish military operation waged on its territory. Iraq does not and will not serve as a staging ground for attacks on neighboring countries [there is also a large Kurdish…

Kiev says the “second phase of the war” has begun The second phase of the Russian offensive has started, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his advisers claimed on Monday. The government in Kiev said there were reports of heavy fighting on the Donetsk, Lugansk, and Kharkov fronts, and that Ukrainian troops were holding the line. “We can now confirm that Russian troops have begun the battle for the Donbass, which they have been preparing for a long time,” Zelensky said in a video posted on Telegram on Monday evening. “A large part of the Russian army is now dedicated to this…

Worrying statistics on gun violence in the US project the failing security system domestically. According to data presented by the research group, Gun Violence Archive, over 140 mass shootings have taken place in the United States so far in 2022. The year hasn’t struck half yet. “Mass shootings – 144, mass murders – 5,” the Gun Violence Archive said. GVA explained that it has been gathering data on a daily basis from 7,500 sources and the number of incidents has been “reported and verified.” According to the organization, more than 11,700 people have died by firearms since the beginning of…

Over 40 people arrested following violent clashes between cops and rioters outraged over Koran burnings More than 40 people have been arrested over the weekend’s violent clashes between police and enraged rioters in several cities across Sweden after a far-right group announced plans to burn copies of the Koran. The country’s national police chief, Anders Thornberg, has stated that he had never seen such violent riots following Sunday’s clashes in the city of Norrkoping, which is 160 kilometers southwest of the capital, Stockholm. Thornberg has claimed that police believe the violence was organized by a network of criminal gangs, adding that…

On April 18, the first video showing the assault of the special operations center of the DPR on the territory of the Azovstal plant in the city of Mariupol. The assault units include the 9th regiment of the DPR People’s Militia and Russian marines from the Crimea. It is reported that some facilities have already been taken under the DPR control. The AFU fortifications at the Azovstal plant are constantly shelled by Russian forces. On April 17, members of the nationalist Azov regiment blockaded in the Azovstal were once again offered to surrender. After no one left the plant along…

On National Army Day, President Ebrahim Raisi warned the “Zionist regime” against making “the smallest movement” on Iran Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi warned Israel on Monday that his military would strike “the center of the Zionist regime” if Tel Aviv made “the smallest movement” against Iran. Tehran often makes such bellicose statements on National Army Day, a yearly occasion marked with parades and shows of strength. “Our message to the Zionist regime is that if you are after normalizing relations with some countries in the region, you must know that not even your smallest movements are hidden from our intelligence, security, and armed forces,” Raisi said,…

Vladimir Zelensky announced that Medvedchuk was seized on April 12 Ukrainian politician Viktor Medvedchuk has called on Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Vladimir Zelensky of Ukraine, to swap him for servicemen and Mariupol residents. “I, Viktor Vladimirovich Medvedchuk, want to ask Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky that the Ukrainian side exchange me for Mariupol defenders and residents, who are still there and cannot safely leave the city through humanitarian corridors,” he said in a video address posted on the Telegram channel of the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) on Monday. According to the SBU press service,…

The Turkish defense minister pledged to fight Kurds in northern Iraq “until the last terrorist is neutralized” The Turkish military operation in northern Iraq, which was launched on Sunday, has achieved all of its initial objectives, the country’s defense ministry said in a Monday morning update. Ankara is targeting Kurdish militant forces in Iraqi Kurdistan. The military has reported killing a large number of “terrorists” and destroying many sites associated with them. “As of now, all of the planned targets have been achieved,” Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said. He added that the operation will continue “with determination until the last terrorist is neutralized,” although no projected…

To date, the main developments continue in the city of Mariupol, where the DPR and Russian forces have strengthened their positions and taken control of the seaport and the Ilyich plant over the past few days. The crews of foreign ships that were blocked by Ukrainian nationalists were completely evacuated from the seaport. Fighting continues in the large industrial plant of Azovstal. The AFU fortifications at the Azovstal plant are constantly shelled by Russian forces. On April 17, the members of the nationalist Azov regiment blockaded in the Azovstal were once again offered to surrender. The Ministry of Defense of…

The fake bomb threat coming from Ukraine every day, Serbian President said Serbia maintains air service with Russia out of principle, despite the fake bomb threat coming from Ukraine every day, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on TV Sunday. “As for those who wants us to cut relations with Russia at any cost, to cancel the flights… Do you think that we make these flights for profit? There is none,” he noted. “Today, Air Serbia told that today was the first time that it did not receive a bomb threat; however, when the plane was somewhere over Slovakia, a bomb…