Author: Steven Sahiounie

The Russian Ministry of Defense said that the terrorist organizations deployed in the de-escalation zone of Idleb carried out 13 attacks during the past 24 hours. Rear admiral Vadim Collet, deputy commander of the Russian Coordination Center in Hmemim added in a statement that 13 attacks were monitored from areas in which terrorist organizations affiliated to “Jabhat al-Nusra” organization are deployed , five attacks in Aleppo , five in Idleb, two in Lattakia, and one in Hama.source : sana.sy

Hassan Kazemi Qomi, Iranian president’s special envoy for Afghanistan said, “Afghanistan is in a complicated and critical situation and the 20 years of American occupation yielded no results but killing, aggression and destruction for the oppressed people of the country.” “Under such circumstances, we witness a new wave of terrorist attacks and the killing of the oppressed people of Afghanistan, which can be seen as a continuation of the American strategy in the region,” he added. Kazemi Qomi also noted, “The escape of US troops from Afghanistan coincided with the ISIL incursion into the country, and the fact that we see a new wave of…

A booster stack, which is the rocket used to accelerate the projectile to hypersonic speeds, failed and the test of the projectile, the hypersonic glide body, could not proceed, the statement said, CNN reported. Because the rocket failed the Pentagon was not able to test the hypersonic glide body, which is the key component needed to develop a hypersonic weapon. Officials have started a review of the test, which took place Thursday at the Pacific Spaceport Complex in Kodiak, Alaska, to understand the cause of the booster failure. “Experiments and tests — both successful and unsuccessful — are the backbone of developing highly…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has attached importance to the resistance movement of Hezbollah’s role in Lebanon’s political sphere. “I know very well that different people in different countries take different positions on Hezbollah,” the Russian head of state said on Thursday at the conclusion of a meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club held in the Russian resort city of Sochi. “Hezbollah is a significant political force in Lebanon,” he said concerning the Russian standpoint. Putin noted that Russia “practically communicates with all political forces in Lebanon and will continue to do so.” “In Russia, they are completely concerned with finding…

China’s troubled property giant Evergrande has made a key offshore interest payment a day ahead of a weekend deadline, state media said Friday, averting a default and buying the embattled company a reprieve as it struggles under a mountain of debt. The crisis at one of the nation’s biggest property developers has hammered investor sentiment, rattled the key real estate market and fuelled fears of a spillover into the wider economy. Evergrande is reported to have missed at least $150 million in offshore bond payments and while it had a 30-day grace period on some of them, there had been a general expectation it…

The US Department of Treasury released a sanctions review report on Monday explaining the effectivity and implications of US sanctions with recommendations for the future. The report focused on the idea that the use of crypto assets and trade will undermine the effictivity of the sanctions, and that if cryptocurrency continues the way it’s running now, there will be less depedency on the US dollar and US financial institutions and systems in the future. The US dollar, according to the International Monetary Fund, makes up over 60% of all central bank foreign exchange reserves and around 90% of all forex trades.…

By Pepe Escobar Facing high expectations, a five-man band Taliban finally played in Moscow. Yet the star of the show, predictably, was the Mick Jagger of geopolitics: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Right from the start, Lavrov set the tone for the Moscow format consultations, which boast the merit of “uniting Afghanistan with all neighboring countries.” Without skipping a beat, he addressed the US elephant in the room – or lack thereof: “Our American colleagues chose not to participate,” actually “for the second time, evading an extended troika-format meeting.” Washington invoked hazy “logistical reasons” for its absence. The troika, which used to meet in…

The Chinese capital has begun rolling out Covid-19 booster jabs to its residents in a bid to boost immunity levels as Beijing and its surrounding areas prepare to host the Winter Olympic games in four months. Beijing’s residents aged 18 and over who have received two jabs and are considered high-risk, including those participating in, organizing or working at the games, are eligible to come forward for a top-up dose, state media reported on Friday. The move to boost vaccine protection comes in advance of the metropolis hosting the Winter Olympic Games in February. Indoor sliding, skiing and jumping events…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has pushed back on his Turkish colleague’s proposal to remove the veto power of UN Security Council permanent members, saying it would turn the world body into another ‘League of Nations’. “If we remove the veto right of the permanent members, the UN would die the very same day – it would turn into the League of Nations. It would simply become a discussion platform, the Valdai Club 2.0,” Putin said at the annual meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club in Sochi, Russia on Thursday. This came as a response to statements Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan…

Ties between Iran and Russia have been close, especially when it comes to the joint military operations while fighting terrorists in Syria. But the relationship has been taken to a higher level with the recent visit to Russia by the Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, Major General Mohammad Bagheri. Major General Mohamed Bagheri has urged development of the country’s defense ties with Russia. General Bagheri, who made the remarks during a visit to Russia, said the ties between the two countries are deepening further and growing stronger in all areas. He pointed to his talks…