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Idleb, SANA-Identical media reports have revealed that Turkish occupation-backed terrorist organizations deployed in Idleb, led by the “Jabhat al-Nusra ” organization, invest hundreds of millions of dollars in Turkey, which they collected by seizing humanitarian aid and selling it in the black market. A report by the Russian Sputnik news agency quoted sources it described as “informed” in the city of Idleb as saying that as soon as the aid that is brought in from Turkish territory reaches the areas controlled by “Jabhat al-Nusra” terrorist organization, which is on the international terrorism list, the organization seizes it and collects it…

Dubai index suffered a major drop as the UAE has been targeted by the Yemeni Armed Forces in response to its recent massacres. Most major stock markets in the Gulf fell in early trading on Monday with the Dubai index suffering a major drop following the second Operation Yemen Hurricane, the Yemeni Armed Forces’ response to ongoing Saudi-Emirates massacres. Dubai’s main stock index (.DFMGI) fell as much as 1.4 percent, with the majority of equities dropping, including blue-chip developer Emaar Properties (EMAR.DU), going down 1.7 percent. The Abu Dhabi index (.FTFADGI) dropped 0.7 percent, with First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB.AD), the…

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The European Union will find out from US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken why the US has decided to evacuate some of its diplomats from Ukraine, foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Monday, adding that EU diplomats will not leave Ukraine. “We are not going to do the same thing because, we don’t know any specific reasons, but Secretary Blinken will inform us and we don’t have to dramatise, as far as negotiations are going I don’t think we will leave Ukraine”, Borrell said ahead of the EU foreign affairs council. Earlier in the day, the…

DOHA (Sputnik) – The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Defence Ministry earlier said that the country’s air defence systems had intercepted and destroyed two ballistic missiles launched by the Houthis. The Yemeni Ansar Allah (Houthi) movement said on Monday that it had struck the Al Dharfa military base in Abu Dhabi, where US soldiers are also deployed, with ballistic missiles, adding that they are ready to expand their operation against the United Arab Emirates. “Ballistic missiles fired by the Yemeni armed forces reached the UAE military base of Al Dharfa in Abu Dhabi, drones were also launched at targets in Dubai, Sharorah,…

President Joe Biden is considering airdropping soldiers and equipment to the Russian border US President Joe Biden is considering deploying troops, aircraft, and warships to the Baltics and Eastern Europe as a means to deter Russia from invading Ukraine, The New York Times has reported. Citing anonymous sources, the newspaper claims the White House is currently mulling over plans to deploy between 1,000 and 5,000 troops, with the potential to increase this number tenfold if the situation deteriorates. The options were reportedly presented to the president by the US Department of Defense on Saturday, at a meeting at Camp David,…

On January 22 and 23, Russian Aerospace Forces warplanes carried out more than 82 airstrikes on hideouts of ISIS cells in Syria’s central region, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The London-based monitoring group said that the airstrikes targeted the eastern countryside of Homs as well as the deserts of Raqqa and Deir Ezzor. The Russian airstrikes were apparently a response to a large attack by ISIS cells that targeted a number of positions of the pro-government National Defense Forces (NDF) near the town of al-Resafa in the southern Raqqa countryside early on January 22. During the attack,…

ISIS terrorists have freed 800 of their comrades and killed 200 fighters of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) since the beginning of their attack on Geweran prison in the northeastern Syrian city of al-Hasakah, the terrorist group claimed in a lengthy report released by its news agency, Amaq, on January 23. ISIS revealed that its cells kicked off their attack late on January 20 by blowing up the prison’s main gate and fence with two suicide vehicle borne improvised explosive devices (SVBIEDs). The terrorist group identified the suicide attackers as “Abu Abdurrahman” and “Abu Farooq”. The group described both of them…

The country now has the world’s fourth-largest forex holdings Russia’s foreign exchange reserves surged by $7.7 billion last week, with its total holdings reaching a record $638.2 billion, according to the country’s central bank. From January 7 to 14, its international reserves grew by 1.2%, according to the latest data from the regulator. On January 7, their volume had amounted to $630.5 billion. The surge was reported to be the result of planned purchases of foreign currencies and a positive market reassessment. The increase has seen Russia move up from fifth to fourth place in the tally of the world’s…

Hasaka, SANA- SANA reporter said that units of the Syrian Arab Army and the Red Crescent in Hasaka city received On Sunday the displaced families from the southern neighborhoods after receiving warnings and threats from QSD militia to evacuate their homes immediately amid a state of chaos in the vicinity of the Industrial Secondary Prison, that witnessed bombings and fleeing of Dash terrorists. Residents of the southern neighborhoods of Hasaka continue to leave to safe areas in the city center due to the clashes and chaos in the areas surrounding the Industrial Secondary Prison, which is controlled by the “QSD…

UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) – The death toll from the airstrike that hit a prison in Yemen’s Saada province has surpassed 80, the Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF, or Doctors Without Borders) aid group said. “An airstrike carried out by the Saudi-led coalition on Yemen’s Sa’ada City Remand Prison killed at least 82 people early yesterday and injured 266,” MSF said on Saturday, citing health ministry data. The aid group added that the death toll could be higher as search and rescue efforts continue. MSF said that despite the coalition’s claims that reports of the prison having been hit are “baseless,” the…