Author: Steven Sahiounie

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator The Kremlin announced intelligence findings which show the US is planning to use the CIA to instigate terrorist actions in Latakia and Damascus directed against Russian and Iranian presence.  This action would be used as a US promoted media campaign within Syria to produce fear and instability leading to an uprising, or call for ‘regime change’. When the US-NATO war machine began their Syrian ‘regime change’ project in 2011, many thought that the project would be given up after the Syrian Arab Army and their Russian ally fought the terrorists that the US CIA…

On February 13, a militant of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) was killed and two others were wounded when a series of Turkish artillery strike hit the outskirts of the town of Ain Issa in the northern countryside of Raqqa, according to Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The London-based monitoring group said that the fighters were overseeing the construction of fortifications near Ain Issa refugee camp. From its side, the Hawar News Agency reported that Turkish artillery strikes on Ain Issa outskirts killed a civilian man. The agency identified the victim as 35-year-old Muhyiddin Hajj Ahmed Ibrahim. The Turkish…

Russia’s ambassador in Sweden has called NATO’s expansion “the biggest threat” to Moscow Viktor Tatarintsev, Russia’s ambassador to Sweden, did not mince his words when he delivered a strong rebuke to Western sanctions on Sunday. “Excuse my language, but we don’t give a s**t about sanctions,” Tatarintsev told Swedish daily Aftonbladet. The US, Britain, and the EU have all threatened to impose new sanctions on Russia if it invades Ukraine. Moscow, meanwhile, has denied any plans to attack its neighbor. The Russian diplomat accused the US and NATO of stoking tensions in Europe. “The expansion of NATO is the biggest threat to…

Israelis attack the Salem family home, threatening to set it on fire. Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians gathered near the Salem family house today at dawn, which is threatened with eviction from the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, occupied Al-Quds. According to Al Mayadeen’s correspondent, the settlers attacked the Palestinian homes and vehicles with stones, and pepper-sprayed the neighborhood’s residents right by the Salem home, west of the neighborhood. Israeli settlers also attacked the neighbors within the vicinities. Fatima Salem, a resident, joined and supported other neighborhood residents who were worried that the settlers would set Salem’s house on fire. In response to the…

Kabul, SANA- A crowd of Afghan citizens demonstrated in the capital, Kabul, demanding the United States to pay compensations for tens of thousands of victims of its war on their country, and denouncing its decision to seize half of the Afghan Central Bank frozen funds under the pretext of financing humanitarian aid. The Associated Press (AP) reported today that the demonstrators condemned US President Joe Biden’s order to release 3.5 billion dollars of Afghan assets owned in the United States to the families of the September 11 victims, saying that these funds belong to Afghans and therefore the US administration…

Hasaka, SANA-The US occupation – backed SDF militia raided on Sunday a number of houses in Ghwairan neighborhood in Hasaka City under the pretext of searching for fugitives from the Industrial Secondary School Prison during the last month. SANA’s reporter in Hasaka said that the SDF militia raided a number of houses in Ghwairan neighborhood under the pretext of searching for fugitives from the Industrial Secondary School Prison after completely encircling the southeastern part of the neighborhood and tightening the repressive practices against the locals at the checkpoints. Last Wednesday, the SDF militia stormed a number of houses in the…

The Saudi-led coalition’s large-scale attack on the city of Harad in the northwestern Yemen province of Hajjah has been going nowhere. Harad, one of the key cities held by the Houthis (Ansar Allah), is located less than 15 kilometers away from al-Tuwal border crossing with Saudi Arabia. The attack on Harad began in the first week of February. Forces from the Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF) 5th Military District, which was trained and equipped by the Saudi-led coalition, have been leading the attack. After failing to advance inside Harad or even to tighten its siege on the city, the coalition pushed fresh reinforcements into…

As part of the joint Russian-Belarusian military exercises, dozens of Russian attack helicopters have accumulated in the Belgorod region of Russia. This is not the first such event in recent years. Russia has been conducting large-scale maneuvers for several years in a row, as a response to the activity of NATO forces near its borders. Today these forces could be used in the case of aggression by Ukraine and its global patrons against Russia or the People’s republics (DPR/LPR) that were formed eight years ago on the border of Russia and Ukraine. In recent weeks, the United States, Britain and…

Late on February 11, an artillery rocket that was allegedly launched by the Houthis (Ansar Allah) struck the junction of Harib district center in the central Yemeni province of Ma’rib. According to several sources, including the Yemeni Landmine Record monitoring group, the rocket attack claimed the lives of three children. The Houthis have not claimed responsibility for the attack, yet. It’s worth noting that Harib was recently captured by Saudi-led coalition proxies. A few hours after the deadly rocket attack, early on February 12, warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition carried out three airstrikes on the Houthi-held Yemeni capital, Sanaa. One…

There will be no UK soldiers in Ukraine amid fears of a Russian attack, the armed forces minister said London will remove all of its troops from Ukraine amid fears that Russia could invade its neighbor, the UK’s armed forces minister, James Heappey, said on Saturday. “All of them will be withdrawn,” Heappey told BBC Radio 4’s Today show. “There will be no British troops in Ukraine if there is to be a conflict there.” “They will be leaving over the course of the weekend,” Heappey added. He urged British nationals to leave Ukraine immediately, arguing that Russia can attack “at no notice.” On Friday,…