Author: Steven Sahiounie

The Vienna talks are threatened to be stalled on, and Iran looks for reassurance. Washington should, according to Tehran, make a “political statement” reinstating its commitment to the Vienna talks in case the negotiations come to a turning point, although they are said to be 98% complete. The Financial Times, conducting an exclusive interview with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian, said Washington had failed to address Iran’s demand for a guarantee that no party will abandon the deal, as it did under the Trump administration in 2018. Iran demands all sanctions on Iran be lifted, particularly those imposed by Trump. …

The US network called Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem “settlers” CNN has provoked anger online after describing Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem as “settlers” on Tuesday. The term is strongly associated with right-wing Jewish people taking over lands in Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories in violation of international law. The report was about continued ethnic tensions in East Jerusalem over property rights and the effort to evict Palestinian residents from their homes through the Israeli court system. The video report by CNN’s Andrew Carey detailed the latest developments in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, where, the initial description said, there are regular clashes between “Israeli…

Though Biden warns of ‘consequences’ if an invasion were to occur, he speaks of diplomatic intentions with Putin. US President Joe Biden revealed on Tuesday that Washington is ready to engage in diplomacy with Russia, while also set to respond ‘decisively’ if Russia were to invade Ukraine, believing that it is still a possibility. “The United States is prepared no matter what happens, to engage in diplomacy with Russia and our allies and partners to improve security and stability in Europe … and we are ready to respond decisively to a Russian attack on Ukraine. It is still very much a…

In light of the recent hijab ban in southern India, college students in Uttar Pradesh are calling for the same ban. The dispute over restrictions on wearing hijab in schools, in a southern Indian state, has now reached India’s Uttar Pradesh, with college students calling for a college to ban the hijab. Colleges in Karnataka, India’s south, closed last week after a new uniform policy banned students from wearing hijabs in classrooms, leading to protests by Muslim students. Muslims have criticized the ban as another way of marginalizing a community that accounts for about 13% of Hindu-majority India’s 1.35 billion people. Read…

Moscow, SANA- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres discussed the situation in Syria, Libya, Balkans and other issues. “Lavrov briefed Guterres on the detail of Russia’s ongoing negotiations with member states of North Atlantic Treaty Organization(NATO) and The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) on security guarantees,” Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday “A comprehensive exchange of views took place on a number of current international issues, such as the situation in Syria and Libya, as well the activities of UN Mission in Kosovo,” the statement added. Source: SANA

The tensions around Ukraine have been escalating over the past several weeks, as the US and the UK have repeatedly accused Russia of planning “an invasion” and wanting to install a puppet government in Kiev. Russian Permanent Representative to the EU Vladimir Chizhov stated on Tuesday that Russia won’t be taking any action against Ukraine unless Kiev provokes a response. “If Ukraine carries out an attack against Russia – don’t be surprised that we respond”, he told The Guardian. He also stressed that Moscow won’t allow the “blatant killing of Russian citizens anywhere – including in Donbass”. According to the diplomat, the number…

By Layla Guest However, the military bloc’s chief said it does not yet see real signs of de-escalation With Moscow announcing its troops have begun returning to their bases following exercises in Belarus, close to the border with Ukraine, NATO’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said he sees hope for diplomacy to put an end to the standoff between Russia and the West. Speaking at a news conference ahead of a meeting with defense ministers from member states on Tuesday, the military bloc’s chief set out his assessment of the current climate on the Russian-Ukrainian demarcation line. “So far, we have…

The Saudi-led coalition warplanes target civilian workers, intensify raids on northern Yemen, and re-target the communications building. A Yemeni worker was martyred and two others were injured as the coalition warplanes targeted a water rig with two air raids in Al-Safia area in Al-Matammah District of Al-Jawf Governorate, northeastern Yemen. The coalition warplanes also launched 9 raids on the border district of Haradh in Hajjah Governorate, northwest of Yemen, and 4 raids on the Harf Sufyan District in Amran Governorate, north Yemen. The Saudi-led coalition warplanes targeted Yemen’s Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology building in the northern side of the capital,…

Damascus, SANA- A solider was martyred, and 11 others were wounded as a result of an explosive device blast planted in a military bus near the Customs roundabout, Damascus. At about 7:25 am, on February 15,2022, an explosive device planted in a military bus near the Customs roundabout went off, leading to martyrdom of a soldier and wounding 11 others, a military source said. On October,20, 2021, 14 was martyred, and others were wounded when two explosive devices attached to a military bus were detonated at Jisr al-Raees , Damascus. Source: SANA

Morocco is furthering its ties with the Israeli occupation, purchasing a defense system from “Tel Aviv” to combat “threats” from Algeria. Israeli Aerospace Industries (IAI) will be providing Morocco with advanced air defense and anti-missile defense systems, signing a whopping $500 million deal, Israeli media reported Sunday. IAI is going to sell the Barak MX system, which intercepts all types of aircraft and missiles through surface-to-air (SAM) missiles. The deal took off with Israeli Security Minister Benny Gantz’s visit to Morocco in late 2021, Israeli Channel 12 reported Monday. During his visit, Gantz signed a memorandum of understanding on security cooperation, which paved the…