Author: Steven Sahiounie

On May 28, the Russian military deployed reinforcements at al-Qamishli Airport in northeastern Syria in what appears to be a response to Turkey’s recent threats to the region. According to Russian and Syrian sources, the reinforcements included a number of Su-34 fighter bombers and Ka-52 attack helicopters. Last year, the Russian military stepped up its presence at al-Qamishli Airport turning it into its main base in northeastern Syria. The deployment came amid reports of ongoing preparations by Turkish military and its proxies to launch a new large-scale operation against the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in northern and northeastern Syria. In what…

The situation in Transnistria at the moment is quite complicated and tense. The AFU (Armed Forces of Ukraine) hold several military detachments on the border, which control the territory. The border with Moldova is one of the supply roads of equipment from Europe and a place of accumulation of Ukrainian resources for further redistribution to different fronts. However, it is impossible to state with absolute certainty that no combat operations will take place on this territory. On May 24, three military transport planes were seen flying from Romania in the direction of Moldova. As the planes were approaching, they turned…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on May 23 a new military operation in northern Syria to establish a 30-kilometer-wide zone of Turkish occupation. Erdogan terms the proposed action as a counterterrorism operation, with details to be announced in the next National Security Council meeting. Turkey views the US-sponsored Kurdish People’s Defense Units (YPG) and their allied militia, Syrian Defense Forces (SDF), as brother-in-arms with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). The US sponsorship and support of the SDF and YPG has angered Turkey for years and has created tension between Washington and Ankara who were…

In April, Musk reached an agreement with Twitter to buy the social media network for $54.20 per share, valuing the micro-blogging site at $44Bln. According to financial filings made public on Wednesday, billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has increased the amount of his obligations to finance the deal to buy Twitter by $6.25Bln.This will reduce Musk’s debt to finance the acquisition.He is prepared to spend $33.5Bln in total. According to reports, the businessman abandoned plans to partially finance the deal with the help of bank loans levied on his stake in Tesla.Musk agreed to buy Twitter at the end of April,…

The potential agreement reportedly aims to increase oil production; it also attempts to strengthen bilateral ties between Washington and Riyadh. Two of US President Joe Biden’s senior advisers are on a secret visit to Saudi Arabia to discuss a possible agreement between Saudi Arabia, “Israel”, and Egypt, Axios reported. The agreement reportedly aims to increase oil production; it also attempts to strengthen bilateral ties between Washington and Riyadh, according to three current and former US officials. All for oil Relations between Saudi Arabia and the US have been lately strained over a number of issues, most notably the kingdom’s abysmal human rights record and the…

Countries around the world have experienced spiralling inflation reminiscent of the stagflation crisis of the 1970s, with prices for food, fuel, and other essential goods on the rise. Economists have blamed factors including the global supply chain crisis, poor energy planning, COVID-related shocks, and turbulence stemming from the Ukraine crisis. Anti-Russia sanctions seem to have boomeranged on those who implemented them, and developed economies haven’t seen such high levels of inflation in decades, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said. “No matter how stable the economies of the countries that pursue such a short-sighted policy, the current state of the world…

The video shows fighters of the reconnaissance platoon of the 1st Motorized Rifle Battalion of the 4th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the LPR assaulting the Ukrainian militants’ stronghold “Rascheska”, on the approach to the “29 block post”. In the beginning of the video, a Ukrainian soldier is seen running into an assaulting unit and is killed by counter fire.Next, another AFU soldier took cover in a firing cell. One LPR soldier run forward, leaving the AFU soldier on his left, who was trapped. Then there was a mutual throwing of grenades, with the AFU soldier throwing back at least…

The presidential adviser called Westerners urging concessions in the name of peace ‘dumb f**ks’ High-profile Ukrainian presidential adviser Alexey Arestovich has resorted to obscene language to criticize those in the West urging Kiev to cede part of the country’s territory to Russia for the sake of peace. “Go f**k yourselves with such proposals, you dumb f**ks, to trade Ukrainian territory a little bit! Are you f**king crazy? Our children are dying, soldiers are stopping shells with their own bodies, and they are telling us how to sacrifice our territories. This will never happen,” he insisted in an interview on Wednesday. Arestovich criticized the…

The Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for the Middle East and African Mikhail Bogdanov expressed his country’s hope for real progress in the next meeting of talks on Syria in the “Astana” format, which will be held from June 14 to 16. Russia Today quoted Bogdanov as saying that “the new meeting in Nur-Sultan is very important in order to discuss what must be done to expedite these processes and secure the future of the Syrians and the future of all of us from potential threats by terrorists.” Bogdanov also made it clear that a full…

Japanese and US forces have conducted a joint fighter jet flight over the Sea of Japan, Japan’s Defense Ministry said Thursday, in an apparent response to a Russia-China joint bomber flight while US President Joe Biden was in Tokyo. The Japan-US joint flight on Wednesday was meant to “confirm combined capabilities of the Japanese SDF and the US forces and to further strengthen the Japan-US alliance,” the Joint Staff of the Japanese Self-Defense Force said in a statement. “In order to respond to any emergency, we are taking utmost readiness,” AP reported. The flight was also held hours after North…