Author: Steven Sahiounie

Damascus, SANA- Local Administration Minister, Hussein Makhlouf, discussed with Charge d’ affairs of the United Arab Emirates Embassy in Damascus, Abdul Hakeem al-Nuaimi, ways to enhance relations of joint cooperation between the two brotherly countries in various fields for the benefit the two peoples. Minister Makhlouf referred to the importance of the existing relations between Syria and the UAE and the possibility of exchanging experiences and expertise between the two countries and deepening joint work relations. For his part, al-Nuaimi described the relations between Syria and the UAE as deeply-rooted, hoping these relations would witness further development, which will have…

President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday he believed that only Ankara was capable of helping to reach progress in the ongoing negotiations between Russia and Ukraine Russian President Vladimir Putin has never refused in principle to hold a meeting with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, but a document must be drafted before such meeting can be arranged, Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday. “There is no detailed novation regarding this issue,” Peskov said speaking at a daily news briefing. “We have already spoken about this meeting saying that in principle the [Russian] president never refused it, but…

Two attack helicopters reportedly entered Russian airspace and delivered at least six strikes on residential buildings Russia has claimed that two Ukrainian helicopters were responsible for an attack on the border village of Klimovo in Bryansk Region on Thursday, which left seven people injured. The incident had earlier been attributed to the Ukrainian military by the region’s governor. An update on the attack was given by Russia’s Investigative Committee, which said it was treating the incident as a criminal conspiracy. Its statement said two Ukrainian military attack helicopters crossed into Russian airspace at around midday local time, flying at a…

Hundreds of people are still missing and presumed dead after the archipelago nation was hit by the strongest storm of the year, which dumped heavy rain over several days. Official figures show that the death toll from landslides and flooding caused by tropical storm Megi in the Philippines reached 115 on Thursday, as more bodies were discovered in mud-caked villages. Hundreds of people are still missing and are presumed dead after the archipelago nation’s strongest storm of the year dumped heavy rain over several days, forcing tens of thousands into evacuation centers. Devastating landslides smashed farming and fishing communities in…

Ankara has warned that current situation will have lasting effects The conflict in Ukraine has led to “a new era of cold war” with the consequences poised to last for decades, the Turkish president’s spokesperson has warned. Taking to Twitter on Wednesday to make his gloomy forecast, Ibrahim Kalin stated that the “Ukrainian crisis continues to deepen.” The search for “a new balance of power,” along with “short-term-benefit calculations,” in his opinion, in the medium and long-term perspective will cause “great strategic losses and human drama.” “We have entered a new era of cold war. The effects of this war…

The Russian official media outlet RIA Novosti quoted the Russian Defence Ministry as saying that the missile cruiser Moskva of the Russian Black Sea Fleet had detonated ammunition as a result of a fire. The Guards missile cruiser of Project 1164 Moskva is the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet. It was built at the Nikolaev shipyard and commissioned in 1982. It was originally named Slava. There were conflicting reports from the Ukrainian side. The head of the Odessa regional military administration, Maxim Marchenko, said that the cruiser was hit by two Neptun anti-ship missiles. According to Oleksiy Arestovych, an…

All targets were eliminated, the Russian Defense Ministry reported Russian Ka-52 attack helicopters eliminated armored vehicles belonging to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Russia’s Defense Ministry told journalists. “Using guided missile armaments, strikes were delivered on the Ukrainian army’s armored vehicles. All targets were eliminated by the attack helicopters,” according to the statement accompanying a video of the attack. The pilots worked in pairs. They also attacked the positions of an artillery division camouflaged in a wooded area. During the special operation, the military aviation fulfills tasks on accompanying convoys, destroying armored vehicles, transporting troops and military cargo, providing air support.…

Moscow has slapped retaliatory penalties on hundreds of members of Congress Russia has introduced sanctions on nearly 400 US lawmakers in a tit-for-tat response after Washington took a similar step against members of the State Duma and Federal Assembly. The new penalties were imposed on 398 representatives on Wednesday, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced in a statement, noting that the sanctions “mirror” similar measures against local MPs by Washington. All of the US lawmakers targeted have been banned from entering Russia. “With ongoing US sanctions, further announcements of Russian countermeasures are planned in the near future, involving an increase in the number…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, warned of foreign intervention by the US to oust him from office, and now Khan has been replaced by Shahbaz Sharif, who enters office having involved in a major corruption scandal involving sugar. In December 2021, Adviser to PM Khan on Accountability and Interior Barrister Mirza Shahzad Akbar gave a trail of “billions of rupees laundered through the Ramzan Sugar Mills”.“Shehbaz Sharif is the ringleader of a money laundering gang. He and his son Hamza have been found involved in corruption and money laundering worth Rs16 billion…

The $800 million package includes cannons, radars, armored vehicles and helicopters Washington is expanding the range of weapons deliveries to Ukraine to include artillery, armored vehicles and helicopters, the Pentagon revealed on Wednesday. US President Joe Biden credited the $2.6 billion in weapons he has supplied to Kiev since February with defeating what he called the Russian plan to “conquer and control” Ukraine. “The steady supply of weapons the United States and its allies and partners have provided to Ukraine has been critical in sustaining its fight against the Russian invasion. It has helped ensure that Putin failed in his initial war…