Author: Steven Sahiounie

SIMFEROPOL, October 11. /TASS/. The court session in Amsterdam, where the ownership of the Scythian gold collection will be considered, is likely to be postponed to late 2021 due to the pandemic, Director of the Central Museum of Tavrida, Andrei Malgin, said on Monday. “The court of appeal is being postponed all the time due to COVID-19, no one knows when it will take place. It will not be held in October, it will be postponed, perhaps, to the end of 2021,” Malgin noted. Earlier, it was reported that the meeting scheduled for September 14 was suspended to October. The…

Iran announced on Monday that it is committed to strategic cooperation with Russia in the coming months, seven months after signing a similar deal with China as part of its program of moving east towards neighboring nations. “The east axis is taking shape between Iran, China, and Russia, and in recent years, it has become important to enhance relations between Iran and Russia and focus on strategic alliances,” said Saeed Khatibzadeh, spokesperson for Iran’s foreign ministry. Khatibzadeh revealed that preparatory procedures for the Comprehensive Charter on Cooperation between the two nations had been completed. Iran’s rapprochement with Chinese and Russian…

France must forget that Algeria was once a French colony, said Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Sunday. The president asserted that the Algerian ambassador returning to Paris is conditional on France’s respect for the Algerian state. The president demanded France’s “total respect” after the diplomatic crisis that took place between Paris and Algiers over visas and comments from French President Emmanuel Macron disrespecting Algeria and undermining its sovereignty. “History should not be falsified,” President Tebboune stated. The tensions between France and Algeria stem from statements from Emmanuel Macron, in which he questioned the existence of an Algeria prior to French colonization.…

Hasaka, Two QSD militants were killed in an attack by the poplar factions in Tal Hamis township, Hasaka eastern countryside. “The popular factions have targeted a vehicle carrying two of the US backed-QSD gunmen, west of Jaz’aa village in the eastern countryside of Tal Hamis township, causing their death and the burning of the vehicle”, local sources told SANA reporter. Over the past few months, the attacks on positions of the QSD militia have escalated, during which scores of militants have been killed in the countryside of Deir Ezzor, Hasaka and Raqqa.source : sana.sy

Belgrade, Works of the high-level meeting starts tomorrow Monday in the Serbian capital of Belgrade marking the 60th anniversary of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). Syria participates in this meeting through a delegation headed by Foreign and Expatriates Minister, Fayssal Mikdad, Deputy Foreign and Expatriates Minister, Bashar al-Jaafari, Director of the Special Office, Abdullah Hallaq, and Acting charge d’affaires at the Syrian Embassy in Belgrade, Ammar Awad. Mikdad will meet with a number of his counterparts participating in the meeting, as discussions will touch upon the situations of the NAM, the international developments and bilateral relations. The Syrian delegation was received…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Saudi-Iran talks are on track and may produce results. The discussions were launched under former President Hassan Rouhani, and have continued since President Ebrahim Raisi took office in August. “We have achieved results and agreements, but we still need more dialogue,” Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said on October 8 in Beirut. He added, “The role of these two countries in [ensuring the] sustainable security of the region is significant.” “Iran-Saudi dialogue is in the right direction and we need more dialogue,” he said. “We were not the first to cut ties with Saudi…

Iraqis voted Sunday in legislative elections a year early, and voters were seen flocking to polling stations, as high-security measures were put in place to guarantee a safe electoral process are implemented throughout the national event.Iraqis voted Sunday in legislative elections a year early, and voters were seen flocking to polling stations, as high-security measures were put in place to guarantee a safe electoral process are implemented throughout the national event. The Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) in Iraq had announced that the polls would be closed at 6 PM local time and that there would be no extension. Polling…

by : Kirill Kurevlev .The move reportedly comes as the NSO Group heard that the British court determined that Pegasus most likely had been used by Dubai’s ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, to hack into his ex-wife Princess Haya’s phone, as well as those of her lawyers, who were involved in a child protection battle with him.The infamous Israeli-made spyware Pegasus, which was reportedly used to hack into the phones of UAE’s Princess Haya and her divorce lawyer Fiona Shackleton, is no longer effective against UK phone numbers, which start with a +44 prefix, The Guardian reported.Sources within the software’s…

by : IMEMC Israeli forces continued to commit crimes and multi-layered violations against Palestinian civilians and their properties, including raids into Palestinian cities that are characterized with excessive use of force, assault, abuse, and attacks on civilians, turning the West Bank into isolated blocks of land. Dozens of Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians in Hebron under Israeli military protection. The Israeli settlement expansion works continued on Palestinian lands and properties. Meanwhile, the Gaza Strip enters its 15th year under closure, exacerbating the humanitarian hardships across the territory. Army shooting and violation of right to bodily integrity: Israeli forces killed 2 Palestinians,…

Due to fuel shortages, two of Lebanon’s biggest power stations were forced to shut down on Saturday, leaving the crisis-hit country in the dark, an official source has said. The blackout in the country of almost six million is expected to last for several days, the government source told Reuters. “The Lebanese power network completely stopped working at noon today, and it is unlikely that it will work until next Monday, or for several days,” the official told the agency. The authorities will attempt to use the military’s oil reserves so the power plants can temporarily resume operations, he said, but…