Author: Steven Sahiounie

DOHA (Sputnik) – The Ansar Allah movement (Houthis) that controls northern Yemen urged people in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Monday to keep away from important infrastructure objects as they may soon come under attack. “The Yemeni armed forces are once again urging UAE nationals, foreigners living there, and companies to stay away from their offices and other vital facilities as they will be targeted in the near future” Sare’e said in a broadcast of Yemeni TV channel Almasirah. The Houthi attack on Monday coincided with the day of the first-ever official visit of the Israeli president to the UAE. Earlier…

Damascus, SANA- The Syrian air defenses have repelled an Israeli missile aggression from the direction of Riyaq, east of Beirut, which targeted some points in the vicinity of Damascus, and downed some of the hostile missiles. At about 03:05 a.m. on Monday, the Israeli enemy launched an aerial aggression with bursts of missiles from the direction of Riyaq, east of Beirut, targeting some points in the vicinity of Damascus, and our air defenses intercepted the hostile missiles and downed some of them, a military source told SANA.  The source added that the aggression caused some material damages. Source : SANA

Raqqa, SANA- US occupation forces -backed QSD militia, continued its repressive practices against the civilians in the areas it occupies in the Syrian al-Jazeera region as it launched a storming campaigns in the countryside of Raqqa and kidnapped a number of citizens. Local sources told SANA reporter that a number of QSD militiamen stormed the houses of citizens in the village of al-Riyash in the eastern countryside of Raqqa and kidnapped a number of citizens from one family and took them to an unknown destination. Source: SANA

Aleppo, SANA- A number of civilians were injured in blast of an explosive device, planted in a car, in Rajo district that is occupied by Turkish occupation forces and its mercenaries in the vicinity of Afrin city, Aleppo northern countryside. Local sources told SANA that an explosive device, planted in the car of one of the leaders of the mercenaries affiliated to the Turkish occupation, went off in the middle of Rajo district in the vicinity of Afrin city, causing injury of a number of civilians, including a girl who was seriously injured, in addition to material damage to the…

On January 29, the Iraqi Security Media Cell announced that the terrorist cell responsible for the January 21 Diyala attack, which claimed the lives of 11 Iraqi service members, had been eliminated. The attack, that was claimed by ISIS, targeted a position of the Iraqi military’s 1st Division to the west of the district of Hawi al-‘Azim. The terrorists stormed the position taking advantage of a harsh snow storm that was affecting all of Diyala. “The heroes in the National Security Service were able, with continuous efforts, to determine the exact location of the terrorist cell, which carried out the criminal…

The Yemeni Armed Forces Spokesperson confirms the death and injury of a large number of UAE and ISIS mercenaries, as a result of a ballistic missile launched by the armed forces. The Yemeni Armed Forces announced Sunday the launching of a ballistic missile that targeted a large gathering of the UAE and ISIS mercenaries in the Al-Naqoub, west of Shabwa city. On his Twitter account, the Armed Forces’ spokesperson, Yahya Saree, confirmed that the missile resulted in the death and injury of large numbers of mercenaries, as well as the destruction of five of their vehicles. تمكنت القوة الصاروخية بفضل الله من…

SEOUL (Sputnik) – The maximum speed of the intermediate-range ballistic missile that North Korea tested earlier on Sunday was estimated as Mach 16, or 16 times the speed of sound at takeoff, the South Korean Yonhap news agency reported, citing a military source. Intelligence services of the United States and South Korea assume that the rocket is similar to the Hwasong-12 intermediate-range ballistic missile that North fired in November 2017, the source added. Earlier in the day, the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff said that Pyongyang had launched an unidentified projectile toward the East Sea from North Korea’s Jagang…

Since the Narendra Modi government came to power, attacks on Muslims and oppressed castes have increased by Hindu groups who claim to be “cow vigilantes”. Hindus consider the cow a sacred animal, and it is also revered as a mother. Police arrested a man after a video of him beating up a Muslim man for allegedly urinating in front of a cow went viral on social media. The incident took place in the Ratlam district of India’s Madhya Pradesh state on Friday. In the video, a group of men are seen beating and verbally abusing Saifuddin Patliwala, the victim.The accused asked…

The Iranian president and his French counterpart touched on the Vienna talks, the war on Yemen, and several regional files. ranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron discussed Sunday the Vienna talks, the situation in Yemen, and the country’s relations, as well as several regional topics during a phone call. The call comes a day after the EU mediator said the latest negotiating round in Vienna had been put on pause while calling for “political decisions” to break the deadlock. Raisi stressed that Iran “has shown its will and seriousness to reach an agreement in the negotiation process.” The…

The IOF suppress a solidarity stand in Khan Al-Ahmar in solidarity with the people of Al-Naqab. The Israeli occupation forces suppressed a solidarity rally in Khan Al-Ahmar with the people of the Al-Naqab on Sunday against the bulldozing of their lands, homes, and villages. Palestinian media reported that many activists were attacked by the IOF including the people of Khan Al-Ahmar. The occupation forces also fired tear gas at the participants in the solidarity stand, which led to cases of suffocation. Palestinian activist Amal Al-Sanee told Al Mayadeen that Al-Naqab is the remaining territory that the occupation seeks to Judaize, adding that…