Author: Steven Sahiounie

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told reporters on Saturday, that Turkey has banned all Russian planes, both military and civilian, from flying over Turkish airspace while going to Syria. This ban will remain for three months. The surprise move is seen as a bid to increase pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin. Turkish-Russian relations have been strained, even though the two countries share interests in energy and economy. Experts are warning this new decision by Turkey may end with an escalation between Turkish and Russian forces in Syria. As the war in Ukraine enters…

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro accuses his Colombian counterpart of activating joint plans with criminals and gangs to plan sabotage attacks against Venezuela. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has accused his Colombian counterpart, Ivan Duque, of planning sabotage attacks against law enforcement officers on the territory of Venezuela. In his Saturday speech broadcast on state TV, Maduro pointed out that Colombian President “Ivan Duque has activated joint plans with criminals and gangs,” adding that infiltrating groups of criminals will “attack the police and military first” after crossing the Colombia-Venezuela border. On February 10, Venezuelan Prosecutor General Tarek William Saab announced that the Venezuelan army “arrested 35…

Baghdad (IP) – Two civilians and two policemen were injured in an attack waged by a group of ISIS militants on a security checkpoint in al-Rutbah, western al-Anbar, on Sunday. Sources announced that a group of ISIS operatives in a pickup vehicle attacked a security checkpoint on the international highway in al-Rutbah. A source stated that two policemen and two civilians had been injured in the attack; the attackers fled to an unknown destination when the police force responded. He added that the injured were transferred to a nearby hospital for medical care. Another source said one of the police…

The CEO of the Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry underscored that a complete ban on Russian gas is not justifiable. A full boycott of Russian gas would be catastrophic for Germany, considered Martin Wansleben, the CEO of the Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry (DIHK). In an interview with the German Deutschlandfunk radio on Saturday, Wansleben underscored that a complete ban on Russian gas is not justifiable. Given the enormous dependence on Russia, a full stop in gas supplies would be a catastrophe for many industries, he stressed. Moscow cannot be isolated in the long run It…

According to Trump, Biden is “taking orders from the Easter Bunny” while Putin is talking about “nuclear weapons and destroying the world.” Former US President Donald Trump claimed on Saturday that Democrats and the Biden administration are ruining the country and sending it to “hell.” “The fact is, the election was rigged and stolen and now our country is being destroyed. Our country is being destroyed, our country is going to hell. We have never had anything like this,” he stated, during a Delaware rally.   Trump referred to Biden’s shaking hands with thin air (twice) and said Biden “has absolutely no idea what…

Chief of Russia’s National Defense Management Center, Mikhail Mezentsev, warned that Kyiv regime in corporation with the British special services is planning to another provocation in Lizichansk in Luhansk People’s Republic similar to what happened in Bucha. “Members of the Ukrainian Security Service, together with the British special services, are currently preparing another fake video, this time in the city of Lisitshansk in Lugansk, and to achieve this goal, representatives of Ukrainian and Western media have arrived in the city in advance and they had previously prepared photos and videos for Bucha,” TASS news agency quoted Mizintsev as saying. Mizintsev…

Meanwhile, the Kiev authorities, still shy away from interacting with representatives of states and ship-owning companies on the issue of the safe exit of foreign vessels, Mikhail Mizintsev noted Ninety foreign citizens are being held hostage by the nationalists as human shields in Ukraine, Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev, chief of Russia’s National Defense Management Center, said on Saturday. On April 21, he reported that Ukrainian nationalists were holding hostage 6,134 foreign citizens from 10 states. “Ukrainian nationalists continue to hold 90 foreign citizens from five states hostage as human shields,” said Mizintsev, who heads Russia’s interdepartmental coordination headquarters for humanitarian response…

At least 12 people were killed as four migrant boats sank off the Tunisian coast. At least 12 people have died and another ten were missing after four boats carrying 120 African migrants and refugees sank off Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, a security official told Reuters on Saturday. Ali Aayari, a lieutenant colonel in the Tunisian Coast Guard, added that 98 people were rescued off the coast of Sfax. The coastline of Sfax has become a major departure point for people fleeing conflict and poverty in Africa and the Middle East and seeking a…

On April 23, at least six Russian missiles hit the Ukrainian region of Odessa. Missile strikes targeted AFU military infrastructure facilities. However, at least one multi-storey civilian building was hit. Casualties were reported. Russian servicemen struck a military airfield near Odessa. According to the Russian Ministry of Defence, a large batch of weapons from the United States and the EU was stored there. “This afternoon, high—precision long-range air-based missiles of the Russian Aerospace Forces disabled a logistics terminal at a military airfield near Odessa, where a large batch of foreign weapons received from the United States and European countries was…

Despite strict Israeli restrictions, thousands celebrated the outpouring of the Holy Fire inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Al Mayadeen correspondent in occupied Al-Quds reported today that the occupation forces prevented Christians from freely reaching the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, adding that one of the priests was attacked by the IOF while on his way to the church. The correspondent added that the occupation forces were heavily deployed in Al-Quds and imposed restrictions on Christians heading to the church. Earlier, the occupation forces closed the New Gate leading to the Old City of occupied Al-Quds, through which the…