Author: Steven Sahiounie

Yemeni armed forces Spokesperson Brigadier General Yahya Saree announced on Saturday that Yemeni units succeeded in liberating the districts of Mahlia and al-Rahba within the third phase of Operation Manifest Victory. Saree added during a press conference that Yemeni units have dealt with the prisoners, as well as the bodies of dead mercenaries, as per the morals and principles of Islam, noting that 151 members of the Saudi-led coalition mercenaries were killed or injured. He also pointed out that the operations led to the liberation of the majority of the area of Mahlia and al-Rahba districts estimated at 1,200 square…

Russia sent 12 armored vehicles and an array of military equipment to Tajikistan as Moscow looks to shore up its Central Asian ally that neighbors Afghanistan, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday. Moscow has held military exercises in Tajikistan, where it expanded hardware at its military base, which is Russia’s biggest in a foreign country, since the US withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Taliban’s lightning takeover. “Against the backdrop of growing instability near Tajikistan’s southern border, we are working together to ensure the security of our states,” a Defense Ministry statement said. The Ministry also announced that “the transfer…

For the second day in a row, angry marches continue throughout Palestine in protest of the occupation’s treatment of prisoners, following last night’s mass marches that spanned a number of cities in the West Bank, the Gaza strip, occupied al-Quds, and the occupied 48′ territories. In the West Bank, hundreds took part in mass protests, while resistance fighters fired on the occupation’s Jalama checkpoint north of the city. The checkpoint has witnessed four shootings in the past few days coinciding with Palestinian marches confronting the occupation’s aggression. The marches spanned many regions of Jenin Province, with the marchers chanting statements…

Senior Energy Security Advisor at the US State Department Amos Hochstein announced that Washington is ready to resort to countermeasures if Russia halts its gas transit through Ukraine, noting that the measures will be considered jointly with Germany. For her part, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that “Ukraine should remain the country through which Russian gas passes after 2024, when the agreement between the two sides expires.” During talks on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, Merkel made it clear that “our concern now is for Ukraine to remain a country through which Russian…

A day after the US withdrew its troops through Kabul’s airport, US President Joe Biden defended his decision to end his country’s war on Afghanistan, which is currently controlled mostly by the Taliban. The US President revealed that the two-decade war had an estimated daily cost of $300 million on his country, without mentioning the human costs. On September 11, 2001, four hijacked commercial airplanes carried out “suicide attacks” against targets in the US, American media reported. Of the four, two airplanes crashed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. The third airplane hit…

Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi says his government is intent on reopening schools after two years of closures because of the coronavirus as he insists that his pandemic control program is on the right path. Raeisi said on Thursday that his administration had taken four major steps in controlling the pandemic since taking office in early August. He told a meeting of Iran’s National Headquarters for Battling Coronavirus that a fifth major step in pandemic-related measures would be to reopen schools despite concerns that the move could cause a fresh surge in the infection numbers in the country. “Today preparations are ready for reopening of…

The construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, running from Russia to Europe across the Baltic Sea, has been finished as scheduled within three years, despite political resistance from the US and a number of European countries. This can be seen as “a geopolitical victory for Moscow,” Dmitry Marinchenko, senior director at Fitch Ratings, told TASS. “The project was completed despite the negative attitude from the European Commission, a number of European countries and the United States… and thanks to Berlin’s consistent position, which [like Moscow] has always emphasized that the pipeline is a commercial and not a political project,” he said. According to…

Sleep deprivation is a significant issue that may negatively impact your mental and physical health. According to World Sleep Day data, sleep disorders are a “global epidemic” that threatens the quality of life and health of up to 45% of people globally. A recent study revealed that even for the younger population, recovering lost sleep is not an easy feat. Thirteen individuals in their twenties who slept 30% less than they needed for ten nights had not fully recovered most of their cognitive functioning after seven nights of rest. Sleep specialist Dr. Raj Dasgupta, from the University of Southern California, confirms…

The US Treasury Secretary urged Congress to act quickly to raise the debt ceiling, saying that in the meantime, uncertainty may hurt the global economy. According to Politico, the US Treasury Secretary warned congressional leaders yesterday that she expects the US debt to peak next month, which will deal a potential blow to the global economy without the possibility of quick action. Addressing a letter to bipartisan lawmakers in Congress, Janet Yellen divulged that recent calculations from the Biden administration indicate that the US will run out of cash during the month of October. “We have learned from past debt limit…

The Energy giant Gazprom has announced the completion of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. Chairman of the Management Committee Alexei Miller announced that “the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline was fully completed”. Specialist technicians on the Russian pipelay barge Fortuna welded together the very last pipe section of the Nord Stream 2 Pipeline. The pipe, numbered 200,858 for the massive twin-pipeline project, was lowered onto the seabed in German Baltic Sea waters, according to the company. The section of the pipe that runs to the German shore will then be connected to the section that comes…