Author: Steven Sahiounie

Occupied Jerusalem, SANA- the Israeli Occupation forces arrested on Sunday six Palestinians in different area in the West Bank. Wafa News Agency reported that the occupation forces stormed Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in occupied Jerusalem and the town of Beit Fajjar in Bethlehem, and arrested six Palestinians. on Saturday, the occupation forces arrested six Palestinians in the West Bank. Source: SANA

Relations between Ankara and Tel Aviv began to sour in 2008, following an Israeli military campaign in Gaza. In 2010, the fallout continued after the Mavi Marmara incident when ten Turkish nationals were killed by the IDF as they tried to break a naval blockade of the Strip. Last week, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan announced that Israeli President Isaac Herzog is expected to visit Turkey in mid-March as both countries are looking to improve their strained bilateral ties. Turning a New Page Dr Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak, a Turkey expert at the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security and the…

A heartbreaking conclusion to a brief story of hope, whose hero is a child who has united the hearts of millions of people all over the world. Morocco was overwhelmed with tremendous grief on Sunday as emergency services discovered five-year-old Rayan Oram at the bottom of a well, bringing a tragic end to a five-day rescue operation that engulfed the country and the rest of the world. The plight of “little Rayan” since he fell down the well on Tuesday afternoon has united the Arab world and triggered a massive outpouring of sympathy, with the Arabic hashtag #SaveRayan trending on social media. Moroccan Authorities…

Hasaka, SANA-The US occupation backed-SDF militia has continued its violation against the locals as it prevented on Sunday 2,500 students of Agriculture Faculty in al-Kallasa neighborhood, Hasaka city from taking their exams. Dr. Jamal al-Abdullah, Director of al-Furat University branch in Hasaka, said that SDF militia prevented 2500 male and female students, the teaching staff and the administrative cadre from entering the faculty. He noted that the university branch is trying to solve the problem of preventing the students from taking their exams. Al-Abdullah added “despite all the difficulties, the university branch resumed university exams in the colleges and institutes…

Yemen’s government voices its concern against the UN’s neglect of its duties regarding to FSO Safer leak. Yemen’s government said it was disappointed with the UN for its disregard of its commitments to FSO Safer, and its attempts to back out of the execution of the immediate maintenance agreement, warning of an impending environmental disaster in the Red Sea. The FSO Safer committee in Yemen warned that the UN bears responsibility for an explosion in the tanker and the possible ensuing environmental disaster, warning that such an explosion would cause an unprecedented environmental disaster in the Red Sea. The committee also added…

Washington’s lifting of sanctions is “good but not enough,” Iranian foreign minister says Iran’s foreign minister has welcomed the US’ lifting of some sanctions on his country’s civilian nuclear program, but said that the move is “not enough.” The sanctions were waived as part of the Biden administration’s efforts to talk Iran back into the 2015 nuclear deal. “The lifting of some sanctions can, in the true sense of the word, translate into the good will Americans talk, but it should be known that what happens on paper is good but not enough,” Amir-Abdollahian told Iran’s state-run INSA news agency on Saturday. “Good…

Late on February 4, one of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) units deployed in the Kurdish-held pocket in the northern Aleppo countryside targeted a pickup truck of the Turkish-backed Mu’tasim Division near the town of Marea with an anti-tank guided missile. According to the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a militant was killed and two others were wounded as a result of the missile attack. The casualties were identified as Ali Abu al-Hasan, a commander of the Mu’tasim Division, his brother Mustafa and a militant called Mahmod al-Ahmad al-Abbas. It remains unclear who of them was killed. The missile…

Recep Tayyip Erdogan has revealed that he contracted the Omicron variant of the virus Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan revealed that he has become infected with Covid-19 on Saturday afternoon. “Thank God, I have a mild illness, which I learned is an Omicron variant. I’m on duty. I will continue to work from home,” Erdogan announced on Twitter. The Turkish leader was due to attend the opening of a road in Turkey’s northern Zonguldak Province on Saturday, but decided to participate in the event via video link. The president visited Kiev on Thursday, where he met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. He flew back…

Kremlin responds to Bloomberg’s false ‘Russia invades Ukraine’ alert Bloomberg’s ‘Russia invades Ukraine’ blunder “perfectly demonstrates the dangers of the [tensions] whipped up by countless aggressive statements coming from Washington, London, and other European capitals,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Saturday. “It’s an illustration of the consequences an atmosphere of extraordinary tensions can have,” the spokesman told RIA Novosti. He also warned that what happened serves as an example of how such announcements could lead to “irreparable damage.” “I guess, instead of ‘fake news’, we can now say ‘Bloomberg news’, which makes sense [given the circumstances],” Peskov added. The New York-based business news agency…

Hasaka, SANA-The US occupation backed-SDF militia continued its siege of Ghwairan and al-Zohour neighborhoods, amid increasing of locals’ suffering who were unable to flee to the center of Hasaka city and to safe neighborhoods during clashes and shelling of the US occupation forces under the pretext of pursuing those who ran away from the Industrial High School Prison since January 20th Local sources from al-Zohour neighborhood told SANA that SDF militia closed the neighborhood, raised the earth mounds in its vicinity, and prevented the entry of the vehicles and individuals completely, amid great suffering due to lack of services and foodstuffs.…