Author: Steven Sahiounie

Hasaka, SANA-The US occupation – backed SDF militia raided on Sunday a number of houses in Ghwairan neighborhood in Hasaka City under the pretext of searching for fugitives from the Industrial Secondary School Prison during the last month. SANA’s reporter in Hasaka said that the SDF militia raided a number of houses in Ghwairan neighborhood under the pretext of searching for fugitives from the Industrial Secondary School Prison after completely encircling the southeastern part of the neighborhood and tightening the repressive practices against the locals at the checkpoints. Last Wednesday, the SDF militia stormed a number of houses in the…

The Saudi-led coalition’s large-scale attack on the city of Harad in the northwestern Yemen province of Hajjah has been going nowhere. Harad, one of the key cities held by the Houthis (Ansar Allah), is located less than 15 kilometers away from al-Tuwal border crossing with Saudi Arabia. The attack on Harad began in the first week of February. Forces from the Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF) 5th Military District, which was trained and equipped by the Saudi-led coalition, have been leading the attack. After failing to advance inside Harad or even to tighten its siege on the city, the coalition pushed fresh reinforcements into…

As part of the joint Russian-Belarusian military exercises, dozens of Russian attack helicopters have accumulated in the Belgorod region of Russia. This is not the first such event in recent years. Russia has been conducting large-scale maneuvers for several years in a row, as a response to the activity of NATO forces near its borders. Today these forces could be used in the case of aggression by Ukraine and its global patrons against Russia or the People’s republics (DPR/LPR) that were formed eight years ago on the border of Russia and Ukraine. In recent weeks, the United States, Britain and…

Late on February 11, an artillery rocket that was allegedly launched by the Houthis (Ansar Allah) struck the junction of Harib district center in the central Yemeni province of Ma’rib. According to several sources, including the Yemeni Landmine Record monitoring group, the rocket attack claimed the lives of three children. The Houthis have not claimed responsibility for the attack, yet. It’s worth noting that Harib was recently captured by Saudi-led coalition proxies. A few hours after the deadly rocket attack, early on February 12, warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition carried out three airstrikes on the Houthi-held Yemeni capital, Sanaa. One…

There will be no UK soldiers in Ukraine amid fears of a Russian attack, the armed forces minister said London will remove all of its troops from Ukraine amid fears that Russia could invade its neighbor, the UK’s armed forces minister, James Heappey, said on Saturday. “All of them will be withdrawn,” Heappey told BBC Radio 4’s Today show. “There will be no British troops in Ukraine if there is to be a conflict there.” “They will be leaving over the course of the weekend,” Heappey added. He urged British nationals to leave Ukraine immediately, arguing that Russia can attack “at no notice.” On Friday,…

The US Defense Secretary has ordered the sending of 3,000 more soldiers to Poland. Amid increasing tensions surrounding the Ukraine crisis, Pentagon confirmed today that the US Defense Secretary has ordered that 3,000 additional soldiers be sent to Poland. “At the direction of the President, Secretary Austin today ordered to Poland the remaining 3,000 soldiers of the 82nd Airborne Infantry Brigade Combat Team based at Fort Bragg, N.C.,” a Pentagon spokesperson said in a statement. These troops are expected to be in Poland by early next week. “This second tranche of Airborne soldiers will join in Poland the first tranche of 1,700…

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – On Friday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Joe Biden, at the initiative of the US, plan to have a phone conversation on Saturday. The Russian foreign ministry confirmed on Saturday that the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, had proposed to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to hold a phone call later in the day. While speaking at a press-conference in Fiji on Saturday, Blinken said that he will talk to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Saturday according to Reuters. During the speech, the US Secretary of State…

Late on February 11, a loitering munition launched by Russian forces struck a fortified position of al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) near the town of Kafr Nouran in the western countryside of Aleppo, which is a part of the Greater Idlib region. Syrian opposition activists didn’t report any casualties as a result of the loitering munition strike, which caused some material loses. The Russian strike was likely a response to recent violations of the ceasefire in Greater Idlib. HTS and its allies carried out several small-scale attacks in the last few days up leading to the strike. A day earlier,…

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russian diplomats and employees of the Russian consulates started leaving Ukraine, which made it more difficult to make an appointment at the diplomatic agencies, an informed source told Sputnik on Saturday. “According to Ukrainian citizens, Russian diplomats and consular officials in Ukraine have begun to leave for Russia. This, in particular, is proved by difficulties arising when making an appointment at the consulates and the embassy,” the source said. The source added that Moscow might have decided to follow the example of some Western countries which announced its evacuation from Ukraine. “By the way, [Russian Foreign Minister]…

Russian FM spokeswoman Maria Zakharova says US hysteria is more indicative than ever. Commenting on the US military dispatch in Poland, which borders Ukraine, the Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said White House hysteria was more indicative than ever. On Friday, WH national security advisor Jake Sullivan said “We continue to see signs of Russian escalation including new forces arriving at the Ukrainian border,” and that “An invasion could begin at any time should Vladimir Putin decide to order it… It could begin during the Olympics despite a lot of speculation that it will only happen after the Olympics.” Russia has been repeatedly denying…