Author: Steven Sahiounie

AlMayadeen correspondent in Lebanon reported that 6 peaceful protesters were killed and 60 wounded after being shot by snipers in the Tayouneh area of ​​Beirut. In response, the Commandos Regiment of the Lebanese Army had reinforced its deployment in the Tayouneh area to contain the situation. AlMayadeen correspondent in Lebanon reported that 6 peaceful protesters were killed and 60 wounded after being shot by snipers in the Tayouneh area of ​​Beirut. In response, the Commandos Regiment of the Lebanese Army had reinforced its deployment in the Tayouneh area to contain the situation. Our correspondent also confirmed that the army arrested a sniper…

An Israeli occupation special force brutally assaulted and arrested a Palestinian citizen in his car while live streaming on Facebook in Al-Khalil. Activists on social media circulated the broadcast video that documented the assault on the Palestinian youth, Marwan al-Husseini, by the Israeli occupation forces. In addition, human rights reports also documented the moment Ahed Yousef Shomali, a Palestinian youth, bid farewell to his disabled father before he was arrested from his home in Beit Sahour, at dawn on Wednesday. This comes at a time when the Israeli occupation continues to brutally attack Palestinians and prisoners. For its part, the…

Military source: At approximately 23:34 on October 13, the Israeli enemy carried out an air attack from the direction of the Al-Tanf area towards the Palmyra area, targeting a communications tower and some points surrounding it, which led to material losses.source : sana.sy

By : Pepe Escobar It would be tempting to picture the Iraqi parliamentary elections last Sunday as a geopolitical game-changer. Well, it’s complicated – in more ways than one. Let’s start with the abstention rate. Of the 22 million eligible voters able to choose 329 members of Parliament from 3,227 candidates and 167 parties, only 41% chose to cast their ballots, according to the Iraq High Electoral Commission (IHEC). Then there’s the notorious fragmentation of the Iraqi political chessboard. Initial results offer a fascinating glimpse. Of the 329 seats, the Sadrists – led by Muqtada al-Sadr – captured 73, a Sunni coalition has…

Global finance officials gathered in Washington on Wednesday were focused on finding a way to alleviate supply chain bottlenecks that are driving prices higher and threatening to derail the economic recovery. As demand has spiked, suppliers have not been able to keep up: Ships are lined up outside American ports waiting to offload goods, US consumer inflation remained elevated in September, global oil prices have jumped over $80 a barrel, the highest in years, and British families may do without turkeys for Christmas dinner. The White House on Wednesday launched an initiative pushing for 24-hour operations at major ports to…

Record-breaking Kenyan distance runner Agnes Tirop was found dead Wednesday with stab wounds to her stomach in a suspected homicide, athletics officials said. Police said they were on the hunt for her husband over the incident at Tirop’s home in the high-altitude training hub of Iten in western Kenya. Tirop, 25, was a fast-rising athlete — a double world 10,000m bronze medallist and 2015 world cross county champion who also finished fourth in the 5,000m at the Tokyo Olympics this year. Only last month, she smashed the women-only 10km world record at the Road to Records Event in Germany, with…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Voters in Iraq went to the polls on Sunday for parliamentary elections. Shia Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has claimed victory for his nationalist Saeroun movement in Iraq’s election, and seeks an end to US and Iranian influence over Iraq’s domestic affairs, and has promised a government free from foreign meddling. Al-Sadr’s movement has won 73 of the 329 seats in parliament and Sunni Speaker Mohammed al-Halbousi’s Taqaddum coalition second with 38. The pro-Iranian Fatah alliance suffered a setback with only 14 seats won. Many Iraqis do not believe that there will be any change…

The Chinese General Customs Administration said that the volume of trade exchange between Russia and China increased in the first three quarters of 2021 by 29.8% compared to the same period last year. The Chinese customs had stated in June that the trade volume between the two countries increased during Q1 and Q2 by 23.6% to $50.65 billion, compared to the same period in 2020. The volume of trade exchange between the two countries amounted to 102.529 billion dollars this year. Chinese exports to Russia during the reported period grew by 32.4% in annual terms and amounted to $47.401 billion,…

A senior member of the political bureau of Yemen’s Ansarullah resistance movement says the liberation of the strategic central province of Ma’rib will mark an important “milestone” in the battles to expel the occupiers and retake the country’s energy resources seized by the Saudi-led military coalition and its allied militants. “The liberation of Mari’b will have significant impacts on [efforts to] expel occupation forces and return oil wealth” to the country, Mohammed al-Bukhaiti told Lebanon-based Arabic-language al-Mayadeen television news network on Tuesday night. The official said the Saudi-led coalition of aggressors runs a key command center in Ma’rib, which is tasked…

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ruled in Somalia’s favor in a major territorial row over a tract of sea believed rich in oil and gas, after a years-long dispute with Kenya, which has refused to recognize the decision. In a lengthy 79-page judgement, the UN’s top court ruled largely on the side of Mogadishu on Tuesday, backing most of its claim to a 100,000 square-kilometer (38,000 square-mile) area off the East African coast, which is thought to contain large petroleum reserves. The judges determined there was “no agreed maritime boundary” set in the area, and drew a border line mostly consistent…