Author: Steven Sahiounie

The authorities concerned in Aleppo province found a tunnel, left behind by terrorist groups, in the center of Aleppo city. The tunnel extends from the old al-Hal market to the south and ends in the old Intilak center to the north with nearly three meters’ depth. Member of the Executive Office of Aleppo city council, Kumait Assi al-Sheikh, told SANA that as soon as the tunnel was discovered, the traffic movement leading to the place was shut and the civil defense, military engineering, traffic and the authorities concerned verify the place. Al-Sheikh added that explosive devices, of the terrorists’ remnants,…

Israeli forces shot Shireen Abu Akleh in the head while she was on assignment in Jenin in the occupied West Bank. Israeli forces have shot dead Al Jazeera’s journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian health ministry. She was hit by a live bullet on Wednesday while covering Israeli raids in the city of Jenin and was rushed to the hospital in critical condition, according to the ministry and Al Jazeera journalists. Abu Akleh was wearing a press vest when she was killed. She was declared dead at the hospital, the ministry said. Another…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator The secretary general of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, said yesterday in a televised speech, “I want the entire Lebanese nation to know that those who are calling for the disarmament of the resistance are unaware of what the southerners went through since 1948.”  Referring to a brutal military occupation of the south of Lebanon by Israel from 1985 to 2000.  Nasrallah added that those making demands for Hezbollah’s disarmament have not yet offered “an alternative” in the face of Israeli acts of aggression. Lebanese citizens elect a new parliament, comprised…

Lithuania has called for the world to investigate Russia’s actions in Ukraine Lithuania’s parliament, the Seimas, unanimously passed a resolution on Tuesday accusing Russia of genocide and terrorism in Ukraine. The “large-scale armed aggression” launched by Russia against Ukraine on February 24 amounts to “genocide of the Ukrainian people,” the document said. “The Russian Federation, whose military forces deliberately and systematically bomb civilian targets, is a state that supports and practices terrorism.” The Seimas called on the international community to set up a special tribunal to investigate the behavior of Russian troops in Ukraine. The vote on the resolution took…

The US forces by mistake opened fire at 11 residential houses in the Kurdistan region of Iraq during military exercises, local authorities said on Tuesday. “The US troops stationed at the Harir base mistakenly shelled 11 houses in the centre of the Basirma district at night during the drills,” the head of the Basirma district told Iraqi broadcaster Alsumaria.According to the official, while the houses were damaged, there are no casualties. The Iraqi Kurdistan Region is a region of Iraq in which the Kurds – a distinct ethnic, cultural, and linguistic group located in parts of Iraq, Turkey, Syria, and…

The US and its allies have committed well over $4 billion in military aid for Ukraine in recent months, with the conflict becoming an arms bonanza for defence contractors, and a chance for NATO armies to get rid of old inventories. Congress could vote Tuesday to authorise up to $33 billion more in “military and humanitarian” support for Kiev. Ukraine needs a permanent “mechanism” for coordinated weapons deliveries from Western countries, and expects Washington to complement deliveries of old Soviet-era arms with American-made heavy weapons, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has said. Speaking to the Financial Times on Tuesday, Kuleba said Kiev’s “picture…

Russia’s missile troops, artillery eliminate up to 380 Ukrainian nationalists Russian forces have eliminated 163 Ukrainian combat aircraft, 124 helicopters, 793 unmanned aerial vehicles and 2,979 tanks and other armored vehicles since the start of their special military operation in Ukraine, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Major-General Igor Konashenkov said on Tuesday. “Overall, the following targets have been destroyed since the beginning of the special military operation: 163 aircraft, 124 helicopters, 793 unmanned aerial vehicles, 300 surface-to-air missile systems, 2,979 tanks and other combat armored vehicles, 351 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,440 field artillery guns and mortars and 2,789 special military…

White House urges Congress to pass both, but weapons for Ukraine are deemed more urgent Democrats will make a separate $10 billion coronavirus funding proposal so that nearly $40 billion in weapons and other aid to Ukraine can be approved more quickly ahead of a “critical” deadline, US President Joe Biden said on Monday. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi originally had funding for Covid-19 treatments, tests, and vaccines tacked onto a $33 billion proposal for supplemental aid to Ukraine. Republicans, who fully backed funding Ukraine but had a problem with how the Covid funding proposal would affect border policy, had threatened to block it…

Four people were trampled to death in Bolivia after a gas grenade disrupted elections at a university Four students were killed in a stampede after a chemical agent was dispersed inside a packed university sports hall in Bolivia on Monday, police said. According to reports, up to 80 were injured. Rector Pedro Lopez said the students had gathered inside a sports hall at the Tomas Frias Autonomous University in the southern city of Potosi to elect their representative to the Local University Federation. The meeting immediately descended into chaos after someone threw a gas grenade into the crowd. Some reports…

The sanctions target more that 130 people Japan’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday released expanded sanctions that were announced by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. The sanctions target more that 130 people including Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Deputy Security Council Secretary Rashid Nurgaliyev, the leaders of the LPR and DPR and the relatives of Gennady Timchenko. The sanctions stipulate asset freezes. Japan also imposed additional export sanctions, expanding the list of affected companies that it believes to be associated with the defense industry. The list added 70 companies including Almaz-Antey and the Tactical Missile Armaments corporation. Japan’s sanctions have now included…