Author: Steven Sahiounie

Close to 550 ISIS terrorists surrendered to SDF forces after the prison break in the Syrian city of al-Hasakah. More than 500 ISIS terrorists have surrendered to the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) after the Al-Sinaa prison break that took place last Thursday in Syria’s Al-Hasakah. Close to 250 terrorists had barricaded themselves in a building following the prison break. This morning, they surrendered to SDF forces who raided the building, raising the tally to 550. 300 ISIS terrorists had previously been captured on Monday. ISIS began its attacks on Thursday when two car bombs exploded in front of the gates…

A number of strikes targeted Sanaa International Airport and Al-Daylami Air Base. Al Mayadeen correspondent in Yemen reported that the Saudi coalition launched Tuesday evening violent airstrikes on various parts of the capital Sanaa. Our correspondent confirmed that more than 20 coalition airstrikes were launched on the capital and its surroundings, a number of which targeted Sanaa International Airport and Al-Daylami Air Base. The coalition warplanes also launched 5 strikes on the Al-Sabaha area in the Bani Matar district, west of Sanaa, and on the Al-Nahdin area, in addition to two raids on the Al-Hafa area, south of the capital.…

Washington and Tokyo agreed to expand military cooperation on issues related to China, North Korea and Ukraine. Written by Lucas Leiroz, researcher in Social Sciences at the Rural Federal University of Rio de Janeiro; geopolitical consultant. The US and Japan are once again involved in joint plans to confront China. On January 21 US President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida held a virtual meeting to talk about various topics of mutual interest, especially in defense matters. China, North Korea and the Russian-Ukraine border were the main focus of attention during the few more than twenty minutes of meeting.…

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg reveals that his company is creating what he claims is the world’s fastest artificial intelligence supercomputer. As part of his intentions to create a virtual metaverse, Mark Zuckerberg has stated that his social media company is creating what he claims is the world’s fastest artificial intelligence supercomputer. The metaverse, a concept that mixes the physical and digital worlds via virtual and augmented reality, will require “enormous” computing power, according to the Facebook creator in a blog post. According to Zuckerberg’s Meta business, the AI supercomputer, dubbed AI Research SuperCluster (RSC), is already the fifth fastest in the world. “The…

Last week, President Biden warned that Russia would face sanctions unlike any ever seen before if it invaded Ukraine. Moscow has repeatedly denied any intention of doing so, accusing the West of hyping up the ‘Russian threat’ to justify NATO’s expansion, and calling the claims a cover for Kiev’s own plans to resolve the war in the Donbass by force. The United States is mulling a CIA-researched package of additional sanctions against Russia in the event of an escalation over Ukraine, Bild reports. The sanctions package was reportedly presented in Berlin by Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who visited the German…

LONDON (Sputnik) – The United Kingdom is unlikely to send a military contingent to Ukraine amid rising tensions no matter how the situation develops, UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said on Tuesday. “As the defense secretary has already said, it is unlikely that there will be the circumstance,” Truss told lawmakers when asked under what condition the UK can send combat units to defend Ukraine. The UK has helped train 20,000 Ukrainian troops and is also working with its partners for them to provide the same support to Ukraine, the official added. Source: Sputnik

Deir Ezzor, SANA- The popular factions targeted military points of US backed-QSD militia in al-Busayrah city and al-Shuhail town in Deir Ezzor eastern countryside The popular factions targeted with machine guns and RPGs military points of QSD militia in al-Busayrah city and al-Shuhail town, Deir Ezzor eastern countryside, amid reports of causalities among the militia’s gunmen, in addition to destroying parts of those points, local sources told SANA. QSD militia brought in reinforcements to the area, in coincide with the US occupation aircraft dropping flare bombs, as well as sounds of explosions were heard in the area, the sources added.…

Occupied Jerusalem, SANA- 15 Palestinians were arrested by the Israeli occupation troops on Tuesday in the West Bank. The occupation forces stormed Birzeit town, north of Ramallah, the villages of Abu Shkhaydam, northwest of the city and Abu Falah in the east, in addition to Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem, Housan village in the west and several Palestinian villages, raided the Palestinians’ houses and arrested 13 Palestinians, according to Wafa News Agency. The occupation forces also arrested two young men from Ramana town, west of Jenin while they were passing a checkpoint near Ramallah. On Monday, nine Palestinians were…

US President Joe Biden was caught on a hot mic swearing at a Fox news reporter, less than a week after calling another Fox news reporter’s question “stupid”. US President Joe Biden responded to a question about inflation on Monday in a very unique fashion: By insulting the reporter. As reporters were shouting questions at Biden, who was in the East Room of the White House for a meeting of the Competition Council, whose goal is to change regulations and enforce laws in order to tackle rising prices, Fox News’ Peter Doocy asked him about inflation. Doocy, whose network is critical…

57-year-old Palestinian Fahmi Hamad was martyred a few hours after he suffocated from the tear gas fired by the IOF. Palestinians gathered to attend the funeral of martyr Fahmi Hamad, who lost his life just a few hours after suffocating from the tear gas that was heavily fired by Israeli occupation forces during the violent storming of the Qalandia refugee camp, north of occupied Al-Quds. The martyr, 57, has been a lifelong resident of Qalandia from which he hails. Local Palestinian media reported Monday that six Palestinian youths were wounded and another was arrested in the Qalandia refugee camp. The Red…