Author: Steven Sahiounie

On Thursday, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby announced that US Spec Ops forces had successfully completed a counterterrorism operation in Idlib province, northwestern Syria. At least a dozen people, including civilians, are reported to have died in the raid. The United States has eliminated Daesh’s* top commander, President Joe Biden has announced. “Thanks to the skill and bravery of our Armed Forces, we have taken off the battlefield Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi- the leader of ISIS. All Americans have returned safely from the operation,”Biden said in a statement Thursday. Al-Qurashi, 45, was dubbed the second ‘caliph’ of the Islamic State, aka…

Occupied Jerusalem, SANA-The Israeli occupation forces launched an attack on Thursday on Palestinian farmers in the southern Gaza Strip. Maan News Agency reported that the occupation forces opened fire on farmers east of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, forcing them to leave their lands. On Wednesday, a number of Palestinian farmers suffered suffocation in al-Bureij and al-Maghazi camps in the central Gaza Strip after the occupation forces threw toxic gas bombs on them to force them to leave their lands. Source: SANA

Saudi coalition warplanes launched 5 raids in the Al-Nahdin area, south of the Yemeni capital. Al Mayadeen correspondent reported at dawn on Thursday that the Saudi coalition warplanes launched 5 raids on the Al-Nahdin area, south of the Yemeni capital, Sanaa. In the past hours, the Saudi coalition has amped its aggression against Yemen and its warplanes launched 38 air raids on the governorates of Marib, Taiz, Al-Jawf, Hajjah, and Abyan. With 17 airstrikes, coalition warplanes targeted the districts of Al-Wadi, Al-Juba, Madghal, and Raghwan in Marib, northeastern Yemen, and with two raids, they targeted the Jabal Habashi District in Taiz, southwest Yemen.…

A ‘counterterrorism mission’ in the Idlib province is said to have involved a massive gun battle The US military has confirmed it conducted a counterterrorism operation in northwestern Syria. Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby was short on details, calling the mission a success and saying the American troops suffered no casualties. Sources on the ground described a large gun battle to the media and said some civilians were killed. The US raid targeted a house in the village of Atmeh in Syria’s Idlib province near the border with Turkey, the Associated Press said, citing local sources. The operation involved helicopters, explosions, and…

In a message to the foreign ministers of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov affirms the indivisibility of security. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stressed that the West is trying to ignore the basic principle of indivisibility in Europe, as well as documents that do not allow strengthening the security of the West at the expense of other countries. In a letter to foreign ministers of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Lavrov said the ministers give priority literally and exclusively to the principle of free choice of alliances, completely ignoring…

The chief Iranian negotiator in Vienna confirms that the negotiations require goodwill and seriousness from the West. Iran’s chief negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani spoke, in a meeting with members of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, about the developments of the recent negotiations taking place in Vienna on the Iran nuclear deal. Bagheri Kani said that the ground and the necessary conditions for a win-win situation were provided, yet the fulfillment of negotiations depends on the West’s goodwill and seriousness. He added that Iran has not held any direct negotiations with the Americans yet. Despite the…

Three people arrested during ‘Convoy to Canberra’ rally Australian police clashed with anti-vaccination protesters on Wednesday afternoon, using pepper spray and arresting three people while trying to move participants illegally camped in front of the National Library in Canberra. According to ACT Policing, one woman was charged with trying to assault a police officer, and two men who allegedly interfered with the woman’s arrest were charged with obstructing police. The clashes began as the police officers moved through the protesters’ camp, located on the Patrick White Lawns outside the National Library of Australia in Canberra’s parliamentary zone, distributing written notices…

Late on February 1, a series of Turkish airstrikes hit an electrical substation located near the northeastern Syrian town of al-Malikiyah. The North Press Agency reported that four civilians workers were wounded as a result of the airstrikes. However, Syrian Observatory for Human Rights claimed that four workers and personnel of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which controls al-Malikiyah and most of northeastern the region, were killed. The Turkish airstrikes placed al-Malikiyah substation out of service, which resulted in a power outrage in the town and all nearby areas. An unexploded heavy MK-84 general-purpose warhead and a drop fuel…

Occupied Jerusalem, SANA- The Israeli occupation forces arrested on Wednesday eight Palestinians in several areas of the West Bank. Wafa News Agency reported that the occupation forces stormed Hebron city and Za’atara town, east of Bethlehem, and Silwad town, northeast of Ramallah, and raided the Palestinians’ houses and arrested five of them. The occupation forces also arrested a liberated prisoner from Beit Anan town, northwest of occupied Jerusalem, while he was passing through Za’atara checkpoint, south of Nablus, and two other young men from Halhul town in Hebron. On Tuesday, the occupation forces arrested 33 Palestinians in the West Bank.…

BEIRUT (Sputnik) – Aircraft of the Israeli air force has violated Lebanese airspace in a new episode of flights over Beirut and its outskirts on Wednesday, Lebanese media reported. According to Lebanon’s National News Agency, the sound of an explosion was heard in the outskirts of Beirut. An Israeli aircraft flew at the speed of sound in the airspace over Keserwan District in the north of the city, the media said. A Sputnik correspondent confirmed sounds of aviation were heard in the Lebanese capital in the morning. The Israeli air force has constantly violated Lebanese airspace, carrying out reconnaissance flights…