Author: Steven Sahiounie

The move comes as China increases imports of discounted oil from Russia Saudi Arabia will cut oil shipments to China in July, Reuters and Bloomberg reported on Friday, citing sources with knowledge of the matter. According to the reports, the world’s largest oil exporter, Saudi Aramco, has notified at least four Chinese refiners that it will be supplying less than the contracted volumes of oil next month. Sources say the move is due to the fact that China is increasing imports of Russian oil at a substantial discount, which Moscow offered to buyers after Western states began canceling Russian deliveries…

According to Rodion Miroshnik, up to 500 civilians may be hiding in bomb shelters at the plant Contact has been established with militants holed up in the Azot chemical plant in the city of Severodonetsk and talks are underway on providing civilians with a safe passage to leave the facility, the Lugansk People’s Republic’s (LPR) Ambassador to Russia Rodion Miroshnik wrote on Telegram on Saturday. “Contact has been established with the militants, talks are underway on the safe withdrawal of civilians from the plant. Ukrainian forces will receive guarantees that their lives will be spared and they will be given…

Five civilians were killed and nearly 30 others, who work in wheat harvest, were injured in mine explosion in Deir al-Adas town in Daraa countryside, SANA reporter said. ‘A landmine, left behind by terrorist organizations, went off in a car transporting civilians, who were going to harvest wheat crop in Deir al-Adas town in Daraa countryside, killing five of them and injuring 30 others who were rushed to the hospital, the reporter added. Three children were injured on May 22nd in a landmine explosion, left by terrorists in Inkhil city, Daraa northern countryside. Source: SANA

On June 9, the Russian Ministry of Defense released footage showing a 9K35 Strela-10 short-range air-defense system intercepting a Ukrainian A1-SM Fury tactical drone. The fairly small drone was detected by an 1L122 Harmonium short-range air surveillance and target acquisition radar. The L-Band radar, which was developed by Russia’s Almaz-Antey, has a range of up to 40 kilometers. The drone was then quickly shot down with a single missile by a Strela-10. The system, which was developed back in the Soviet Union by KB Tochmash, is typically armed with the 9M333 missile. The latest version of the missile has range…

Lawmakers have proposed an integrated air defense net for Israel and nine Arab countries The US should support Israel and nine Arab countries in establishing an integrated air defense system to counter Iran, according to a proposal by 10 members of Congress from both parties made public this week. Dubbed the Deterring Enemy Forces and Enabling National Defenses (DEFEND) Act, the bill would authorize the Pentagon to cooperate with Israel, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Kuwait, Jordan, Qatar, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates to develop and deploy integrated air and missile defenses against the alleged threat posed by Iran.…

One citizen was injured and material damage was caused in an attack launched by Turkish occupation forces with a drone loaded with missiles on Maysaloon neighborhood in Qamishli city, Hasaka northern countryside. Local sources told SANA reporter that the Turkish occupation forces targeted with several missiles fired by a drone a number of areas in vicinity of Souq al-Hal in Maysaloon neighborhood in Qamishli city, injuring a civilian and causing material damage to a number of cars and houses. In recent days, the Turkish occupation forces and their mercenaries have escalated their attacks on residential areas in the northern countryside…

 A small-sized twin-engine aircraft that took off from Hungary crossed the airspace of Hungary, Romania, Serbia and Bulgaria, the Romanian defence ministry said on Thursday. “A small-sized twin-engine aircraft, Beechcraft-type, with two persons onboard, flew at low altitude over the air space of Hungary, Romania, Serbia and Bulgaria, in the evening of 8 June”, the ministry said in a statement, adding that the aircraft showed no hostile behavior. The pilot ignored radio interrogations and the visual signals transmitted by the military interceptors, the ministry noted. The plane, which took off from Hungarian territory, was first intercepted by the Hungarian Air…

Konstantin Gavrilov also pointed out that the darknet is now abuzz with offers of selling those Javelins that Ukraine had received from the US Moscow will respond immediately if Russia is attacked with long-range weapon systems, Head of the Russian Delegation to the Negotiations on Military Security and Arms Control in Vienna Konstantin Gavrilov told the Rossiya-24 TV channel on Thursday. “We particularly put the spotlight on the delivery [to Ukraine] of long-range howitzers and HIMARS MLRS that threaten not only Donbass but Russia as well. We have clearly laid out Russia’s stance: if the Russian Federation is attacked with…

In March of this year, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards launched about a dozen ballistic missiles at the Kurdish region’s capital, an unprecedented strike on the city that appeared to be aimed at an “Israeli strategic center,” although some of the ballistic missiles reportedly fell near the US consulate. A drone allegedly fitted with explosives exploded in Iraq’s northern city of Erbil on Wednesday, injuring three individuals and destroying many cars, Reuters reported, citing the city’s Kurdish officials. According to the report, the explosive drone detonated around 9:35 pm local time on Pirmam road in Erbil’s outskirts. The drone was allegedly shot down, and…

Somalia records hundreds of deaths as the drought worsens and the country faces famine. A drought in the Horn of Africa has taken away four of Owliyo Hassan Salaad’s children this year. Now she cradles Ali Osman, her weak and squalling 3-year-old, whom she carried on a 90-kilometer walk from her hamlet to Somalia’s capital, frantic not to lose him as well. She can scarcely speak about the young bodies buried back home in the dirt too dry for planting as she sits on the floor of a malnutrition treatment clinic full of worried mothers. The death toll is rapidly…