Author: Steven Sahiounie

The chief Iranian negotiator in Vienna confirms that the negotiations require goodwill and seriousness from the West. Iran’s chief negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani spoke, in a meeting with members of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, about the developments of the recent negotiations taking place in Vienna on the Iran nuclear deal. Bagheri Kani said that the ground and the necessary conditions for a win-win situation were provided, yet the fulfillment of negotiations depends on the West’s goodwill and seriousness. He added that Iran has not held any direct negotiations with the Americans yet. Despite the…

Three people arrested during ‘Convoy to Canberra’ rally Australian police clashed with anti-vaccination protesters on Wednesday afternoon, using pepper spray and arresting three people while trying to move participants illegally camped in front of the National Library in Canberra. According to ACT Policing, one woman was charged with trying to assault a police officer, and two men who allegedly interfered with the woman’s arrest were charged with obstructing police. The clashes began as the police officers moved through the protesters’ camp, located on the Patrick White Lawns outside the National Library of Australia in Canberra’s parliamentary zone, distributing written notices…

Late on February 1, a series of Turkish airstrikes hit an electrical substation located near the northeastern Syrian town of al-Malikiyah. The North Press Agency reported that four civilians workers were wounded as a result of the airstrikes. However, Syrian Observatory for Human Rights claimed that four workers and personnel of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which controls al-Malikiyah and most of northeastern the region, were killed. The Turkish airstrikes placed al-Malikiyah substation out of service, which resulted in a power outrage in the town and all nearby areas. An unexploded heavy MK-84 general-purpose warhead and a drop fuel…

Occupied Jerusalem, SANA- The Israeli occupation forces arrested on Wednesday eight Palestinians in several areas of the West Bank. Wafa News Agency reported that the occupation forces stormed Hebron city and Za’atara town, east of Bethlehem, and Silwad town, northeast of Ramallah, and raided the Palestinians’ houses and arrested five of them. The occupation forces also arrested a liberated prisoner from Beit Anan town, northwest of occupied Jerusalem, while he was passing through Za’atara checkpoint, south of Nablus, and two other young men from Halhul town in Hebron. On Tuesday, the occupation forces arrested 33 Palestinians in the West Bank.…

BEIRUT (Sputnik) – Aircraft of the Israeli air force has violated Lebanese airspace in a new episode of flights over Beirut and its outskirts on Wednesday, Lebanese media reported. According to Lebanon’s National News Agency, the sound of an explosion was heard in the outskirts of Beirut. An Israeli aircraft flew at the speed of sound in the airspace over Keserwan District in the north of the city, the media said. A Sputnik correspondent confirmed sounds of aviation were heard in the Lebanese capital in the morning. The Israeli air force has constantly violated Lebanese airspace, carrying out reconnaissance flights…

The Saudi coalition warplanes launched 38 raids on different governorates of Yemen. The Saudi-led coalition launched 38 raids on the governorates of Marib, Taiz, Al-Jawf, Hajjah, and Abyan during the past hours. The coalition launched 17 missiles on Al-Wadi, Al-Juba, Madghal, and Raghwan districts in Marib, and conducted two raids on Jabal Habashi District in Taiz, southwest of Yemen. The Saudi-led coalition conducted eleven airstrikes in the districts of al-Hazm, Khub and Al-Shaaf, and Al-Maslub in Al-Jawf, northeastern Yemen, and six air raids in the districts of Haradh and Abs in Hajjah, western Yemen, and two raids on Aqabat Halhal…

Raqqa, SANA- The US occupation forces backed-SDF militia kidnapped two women after raiding their house in al-Terwaziyeh village, north of Raqqa city, according to local sources A number of SDF militia’s gunmen raided one of the citizens’ houses in al-Terwaziyeh village, Raqqa northern countryside, and they abducted his mother and wife to pressure him to hand himself in to the militia, the sources added On Tuesday, SDF militia kidnapped a number of young men while raiding Khashman neighborhood, east of Hasaka city, and took them to an unknown destination to force them fight among its ranks, and the militia also…

The US is calling for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council to discuss North Korea’s latest missiles test. The United States has requested an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Thursday regarding North Korea, which earlier tested its most powerful missile since 2017, according to diplomatic sources. In a statement, the US State Department indicated that the US envoy in charge of North Korea, Sung Kim, had discussed the recent missile test with Japanese and South Korean officials. State Department Spokesperson Ned Price said that Sung Kim denounced the launch and considered it a violation of Security…

The Secretary-General of Asa’ib Ahl Al-Haq Movement in Iraq, Qais Khazali, condemns in a tweet the Turkish targeting of areas in Iraq. The Secretary-General of Asa’ib Ahl Al-Haq Movement, Qais Al-Khazali, condemned Turkey’s violation of Iraqi sovereignty in a tweet, adding that “it is going too far with targeting safe civilians under different claims and pretexts.” Al-Khazali added that Iraq’s Resistance will teach the Turkish occupation a harsh lesson.  He had previously affirmed that the resistance party is capable of expelling foreign forces from Iraq. Security information revealed that Turkish warplanes roamed over Makhmour, east of Mosul, and explosions were…

London, SANA- Networks specializing in fake passports with official visas and travel stamps spread in Turkey and they are offering forged passports and official visas for terrorists from Daesh (ISIS) terrorist organization, the British Guardian newspaper revealed. This has become a booming online industry and it gives opportunity to Daesh terrorists and people with links to it to travel onwards to the UK, EU, Canada and the US, a Guardian investigation has found. One such network, run by an Uzbek with extremist links living in Turkey, is now selling high-quality fake passports for up to $15,000 and to various countries,…