Author: Steven Sahiounie

The U.S. is transferring military equipment and airborne units to Europe. On February 7th, at least two U.S. military C-17A Globemaster III cargo aircraft with military equipment and units of the 82nd Airborne Division on board arrived in Poland. The first C-17A Globemaster III landed at Rzeszow-Jasenka airport in southeastern Poland. It reportedly took off from the Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. The second aircraft took off from the Fort Bragg Army Base, North Carolina. It landed at the same Rzeszow-Jasenka airport, located 90 km from the border with Ukraine. Another U.S. aircraft has reportedly taken off from the Fort…

The US and Britain want a showdown with Russia, the Foreign Ministry has claimed The American & British governments have spread reports of a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine in order to declare victory in a “heroic fight,” after the humiliation of Afghanistan, and deflect attention from their domestic problems, Moscow has claimed. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova posted the accusation on her Telegram channel on Monday, writing, “time is passing, and Russia is not attacking Ukraine. The intention of the US, who ordered this ‘music,’ and their British allies is obvious: they thought up this ‘Russian threat’ themselves, they have prepared for a…

Occupied Jerusalem, SANA- Four Palestinians were arrested by Israeli occupation forces on Monday in the West Bank The occupation forces stormed the towns of Silat al-Harithiya in Jenin and Azzun in Qalqilya, as well al-Burj village in Hebron, and they arrested four Palestinians, Wafa News Agency reported. On Sunday, the occupation troops arrested seven Palestinians in several areas in the West Bank Source: SANA

Eight rounds of talks have so far failed to bring back the 2015 agreement Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has called on the US to fully remove sanctions imposed against Tehran, describing it as a “red line” for their nuclear negotiator during Monday’s weekly news conference. Talks between Tehran and Western powers are set to resume shortly, with the Islamic republic’s foreign ministry spokesperson Saeed Khatibzadeh dismissing America’s concerns at apparent slow progress by claiming US officials have to make a “political decision” about sanctions if they wish to “reach a deal quickly.” While talks paused on January 28, allowing both sides to return to…

Egypt has been the recipient of an average of $2 billion in annual military and economic aid from the US since 1979, when it signed a peace treaty with Israel. And an Egyptian professor claims that money has always been used as a tool to ensure political leverage. At the end of January, the United States announced it would cut $130 million in annual economic assistance to Egypt, citing human rights concerns. Washington demands that Cairo stop persecuting political critics, journalists, women, and members of civil rights groups. It also urges to release several prisoners who hold US citizenship. Consistent…

A European official says the Vienna talks will likely be resumed on Tuesday. A European official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that the Vienna talks would likely be resumed Tuesday. Also, the US Special Envoy for Iran, Robert Malley, said on Sunday that he will soon return to Vienna for the next round of talks, and said that the deal could still be revived. “President (Joe) Biden still wants us to negotiate in Vienna,” Malley told MSNBC in an interview on Sunday night. Malley further said that the US team will return to Vienna next week. The US administration made the decision…

Primaries for Israel’s largest political party are supposed to take place in May and the media is already discussing potential successors of the former PM. The ex-prime minister’s position is currently secure, but for how long that remains the case is uncertain. A plea bargain between former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the prosecution, in which he would evade a prison sentence in exchange for abstaining from politics for the next seven years, seems to be off the table. Netanyahu, who is currently on trial for charges of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust in a series of graft probes,…

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The United States is working to make necessary preparations for large-scale refugee and migrant crises that might arise amid the escalation of the situation around Ukraine, US broadcaster Fox News reported Sunday, citing a source familiar with the matter. European countries were also reported to be discussing possible housing and migration flows of displaced Ukrainians who will presumably flee to other European regions, the source added. Fox also reported, citing congressional sources, that Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley held a closed-door briefing with unnamed lawmakers, informing them that Kiev would fall within 72 hours…

The Palestinian prisoners’ movement calls for mass mobilization, announcing that the regulatory bodies will be dissolved on Monday. The Palestinian prisoners’ movement in occupied Palestine said that the Israeli occupation prison system is reneging on the agreements reached following Operation Freedom Tunnel. In a statement, the movement stressed that the Israeli administration is imposing new penalties on Palestinian prisoners who are already suffering from the Israeli occupation authorities and their prison administration’s use of repressive and abusive measures against Palestinian prisoners in an attempt to deplete their steadfastness and break their will. It is worth mentioning that Palestinian prisoners are subjected to organized…

On February 6, a new wave of Russian airstrikes hit the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib where several terrorist groups are active. The airstrikes targeted the outskirts of the town of Kafer Shalaya in the southern countryside of Idlib. The town is located some 14 kilometers away from one of the main frontlines with Syrian government forces. Russian warplanes carried out a series of airstrikes on Kafer Shalaya and the nearby town of al-Rami on February 3. The airstrikes took place a few hours after a US counter-terrorism raid that ended with the death of ISIS top leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi. The…