Author: Steven Sahiounie

The US Defense Secretary has ordered the sending of 3,000 more soldiers to Poland. Amid increasing tensions surrounding the Ukraine crisis, Pentagon confirmed today that the US Defense Secretary has ordered that 3,000 additional soldiers be sent to Poland. “At the direction of the President, Secretary Austin today ordered to Poland the remaining 3,000 soldiers of the 82nd Airborne Infantry Brigade Combat Team based at Fort Bragg, N.C.,” a Pentagon spokesperson said in a statement. These troops are expected to be in Poland by early next week. “This second tranche of Airborne soldiers will join in Poland the first tranche of 1,700…

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – On Friday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Joe Biden, at the initiative of the US, plan to have a phone conversation on Saturday. The Russian foreign ministry confirmed on Saturday that the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, had proposed to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to hold a phone call later in the day. While speaking at a press-conference in Fiji on Saturday, Blinken said that he will talk to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Saturday according to Reuters. During the speech, the US Secretary of State…

Late on February 11, a loitering munition launched by Russian forces struck a fortified position of al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) near the town of Kafr Nouran in the western countryside of Aleppo, which is a part of the Greater Idlib region. Syrian opposition activists didn’t report any casualties as a result of the loitering munition strike, which caused some material loses. The Russian strike was likely a response to recent violations of the ceasefire in Greater Idlib. HTS and its allies carried out several small-scale attacks in the last few days up leading to the strike. A day earlier,…

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russian diplomats and employees of the Russian consulates started leaving Ukraine, which made it more difficult to make an appointment at the diplomatic agencies, an informed source told Sputnik on Saturday. “According to Ukrainian citizens, Russian diplomats and consular officials in Ukraine have begun to leave for Russia. This, in particular, is proved by difficulties arising when making an appointment at the consulates and the embassy,” the source said. The source added that Moscow might have decided to follow the example of some Western countries which announced its evacuation from Ukraine. “By the way, [Russian Foreign Minister]…

Russian FM spokeswoman Maria Zakharova says US hysteria is more indicative than ever. Commenting on the US military dispatch in Poland, which borders Ukraine, the Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said White House hysteria was more indicative than ever. On Friday, WH national security advisor Jake Sullivan said “We continue to see signs of Russian escalation including new forces arriving at the Ukrainian border,” and that “An invasion could begin at any time should Vladimir Putin decide to order it… It could begin during the Olympics despite a lot of speculation that it will only happen after the Olympics.” Russia has been repeatedly denying…

Jen Psaki dubs joint drills ‘escalatory’ and ‘concerning’ By Jonny Tickle Russia and Belarus are escalating the crisis on the Ukrainian border by holding large joint military exercises, the White House spokesperson claimed on Wednesday. Speaking at a press briefing, Jen Psaki called the drills “concerning,” while noting that she would not be drawn into making any predictions about their significance regarding a potential “invasion.” The joint exercises, taking place over ten days in Belarus, come at the same time as Russia stands accused of placing more than 100,000 soldiers on the Ukrainian frontier, with some believing this is a sign of an impending…

Earlier, the Saudi-led coalition announced a new operation against Yemen’s Shia Houthi movement. The Saudi-led coalition said that 12 civilians at Abha airport were lightly injured by shrapnel from a destroyed drone launched by Yemen’s Houthis, which fell nearby. Saudi air defence forces intercepted and downed a drone launched towards the airport, according to Saudi Arabia’s state-run Ekhbariya channel. The conflict between Yemeni government forces and the Houthis has continued for over six years. The situation was further aggravated after a military coalition led by Saudi Arabia and UAE joined the conflict on the Yemeni government’s side in 2015 and began conducting…

Unrest erupted as the state of Karnataka sided with right-wing Hindu demands for a hijab ban, robbing Muslim girls of their freedom of expression. Karnataka, an Indian state, has closed its schools for three days after the regional administration-backed schools that imposed a hijab ban, sparking widespread demonstrations. Six female Muslim students launched a weeks-long protest in January after being forced to either remove their headscarves or cease attending classes at a government institution in the Udupi region. Other universities in the state began enforcing the religious prohibitions last week after some Hindu students, backed by extreme rightwing Hindu organizations, argued…

Tehran, SANA- Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi stressed that his country’s foreign policy aims to strengthen relations, build trust and conduct dialogue with countries of the world, especially neighboring countries, noting that this leads to achieving sustainable security in the region. President Raisi’s remarks came during a celebration on the 43rd anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution which was attended by ambassadors of foreign states and representatives of international organizations with the participation of Syria’s Ambassador in Tehran Dr. Shafiq Dayoub. “We do not accept the policy of threat, as it is not possible to obtain sustainable security and stability…

The missile’s debut comes amid longstanding tensions between the Islamic Republic and the Jewish State as Israeli officials continue to warn that they will not be bound by the terms of any international agreement on Tehran’s peaceful nuclear programme. Iranian media have released footage of the ‘Kheibarshekan’ (lit ‘Castle Buster’/’Kheibar Buster’) –a new type of long-range ballistic missile. Video provided by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) shows the weapon’s launch, and the destruction of a mock target at a firing range. The missile, unveiled Wednesday at an IRGC Aerospace Force event, is said to have a range of 1,450 km, within…