Author: Steven Sahiounie

In April, half of the 18 Palestinians killed, died after statements made by Israeli PM Naftali Bennett. According to the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor, Israeli troops have considerably accelerated the killing and persecution of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Al-Quds in recent days, after getting a green light from Israeli senior authorities. Euro-field Med’s team documented the martyrdom of 18 Palestinians in the first half of this month, the majority of whom died as a result of statements made by Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on 8 April, granting the Israeli occupation forces a mandate to wage an unyielding war…

The official did not specify whether Athens had previously sent Stinger man-portable air defense systems to Kiev Greece is not going to send any more military equipment to Ukraine, Greek government spokesman Ioannis Oikonomou confirmed at a briefing on Friday. The official did not specify whether Athens had previously sent Stinger man-portable air defense systems to Kiev. The cabinet spokesman was asked whether the government plans to send additional military equipment to Ukraine. “There is nothing new in this direction from what has been done so far. Nothing like that is being discussed,” Oikonomou said. He noted that the defense…

The new sanctions are to be implemented on the British Prime Minister, Foreign Minister Elizabeth Truss, Defense Minister Ben Wallace and other high-level officials. According to the Russian foreign ministry on Saturday, Russia has implemented sanctions against UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Foreign Minister Elizabeth Truss, Defense Minister Ben Wallace and other top-level officials as they have been banned from entering Russia. According to the statement, “It was decided to include key members of the British government and a number of political figures to the Russian ‘stop list’ amid the unprecedented hostile actions of the British government, expressed in particular in the…

British special forces are in Kiev teaching troops how to use UK-supplied anti-tank weapons, according to The Times British SAS troops have trained Ukrainian forces for the first time since the Russian military offensive began, in February, Ukrainian commanders told The Times on Friday. Instructors from the UK were previously withdrawn from the country, two months ago, when NATO member states were expecting a Russian assault. The British have now returned to teach locals how to use NLAWs, UK-supplied shoulder-fired anti-tank missile launchers, the paper explained, citing Captain Yury Mironenko and two other Ukrainian commanders, identified only by their nicknames.…

Russian Foreign Minister underlines how the West has been supporting Ukraine through its Russophobic acts and how the West itself has been embarking on this line. The United States, NATO, and the EU providing unconditional support for the Ukrainian authorities is the culmination of the West’s Russophobic course, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Thursday. The culmination of this Russophobic course, Lavrov said, “has been Washington and Brussels’ unconditional support for the radical nationalist Kiev regime, the nurturing of ultra-radicals in Ukraine, and the creation of an ‘anti-Russia’ out of Ukraine.” He also asserted that the US was spearheading a…

Damascus, SANA- Local Administration Minister, Hussein Makhlouf, discussed with Charge d’ affairs of the United Arab Emirates Embassy in Damascus, Abdul Hakeem al-Nuaimi, ways to enhance relations of joint cooperation between the two brotherly countries in various fields for the benefit the two peoples. Minister Makhlouf referred to the importance of the existing relations between Syria and the UAE and the possibility of exchanging experiences and expertise between the two countries and deepening joint work relations. For his part, al-Nuaimi described the relations between Syria and the UAE as deeply-rooted, hoping these relations would witness further development, which will have…

President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday he believed that only Ankara was capable of helping to reach progress in the ongoing negotiations between Russia and Ukraine Russian President Vladimir Putin has never refused in principle to hold a meeting with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, but a document must be drafted before such meeting can be arranged, Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday. “There is no detailed novation regarding this issue,” Peskov said speaking at a daily news briefing. “We have already spoken about this meeting saying that in principle the [Russian] president never refused it, but…

Two attack helicopters reportedly entered Russian airspace and delivered at least six strikes on residential buildings Russia has claimed that two Ukrainian helicopters were responsible for an attack on the border village of Klimovo in Bryansk Region on Thursday, which left seven people injured. The incident had earlier been attributed to the Ukrainian military by the region’s governor. An update on the attack was given by Russia’s Investigative Committee, which said it was treating the incident as a criminal conspiracy. Its statement said two Ukrainian military attack helicopters crossed into Russian airspace at around midday local time, flying at a…

Hundreds of people are still missing and presumed dead after the archipelago nation was hit by the strongest storm of the year, which dumped heavy rain over several days. Official figures show that the death toll from landslides and flooding caused by tropical storm Megi in the Philippines reached 115 on Thursday, as more bodies were discovered in mud-caked villages. Hundreds of people are still missing and are presumed dead after the archipelago nation’s strongest storm of the year dumped heavy rain over several days, forcing tens of thousands into evacuation centers. Devastating landslides smashed farming and fishing communities in…

Ankara has warned that current situation will have lasting effects The conflict in Ukraine has led to “a new era of cold war” with the consequences poised to last for decades, the Turkish president’s spokesperson has warned. Taking to Twitter on Wednesday to make his gloomy forecast, Ibrahim Kalin stated that the “Ukrainian crisis continues to deepen.” The search for “a new balance of power,” along with “short-term-benefit calculations,” in his opinion, in the medium and long-term perspective will cause “great strategic losses and human drama.” “We have entered a new era of cold war. The effects of this war…