Author: Steven Sahiounie

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Thursday that Russia will not act as the mediator to solve the Panyshir situation. Lavrov added that Russia expects that negotiations between the parties regarding Panjshir will reach a peaceful settlement, noting that the Russian Federation had repeatedly called on the Taliban and other political groups in Afghanistan to agree on the formation of an inclusive transitional government. Yesterday, spokesman for the Taliban’s Political Bureau, Mohammad Naeem, denied the movement’s intention to seize Panjshir province, the only Afghan province not under the control of the Taliban, stressing the movement’s preference for a peaceful solution. In…

Richard Blumenthal, US Senator, considered that Lebanon is in a state of “free fall” and must not become a “horror story,” expressing his hope that a government will be formed this week in order to solve Lebanon’s economic collapse. Blumenthal told reporters, at the end of a two-day visit by a congressional delegation to Beirut yesterday, that “Lebanon is in free fall…We’ve seen this movie before and it’s a horror story, but the good news is it can, should, and hopefully will be avoided.” Senator Chris Murphy, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee panel dealing with the Middle East,…

“Taliban” Spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid revealed that the new Afghan government will include half of the previous ministries and will be formed as soon as possible, without including female ministers. In an interview with the Italian newspaper La Repubblica, Mujahid mentioned that the Movement will form a new government of national unity as soon as possible. The Taliban Spokesperson said that the Taliban wants to form a combined government with only half the previous ministries and added that negotiations with the people of the Panjshir region have not yielded results yet. On women’s representation in the new government, Mujahid revealed that women…

As the world recollects the tunes of Zorba the Greek, the free recognize the loyalty of the prodigy, Theodorakis, and his love and dedication to the Palestinian cause, not to mention his support to the Palestinians in their struggle against the Israeli occupation. Theodorakis, who has passed away at 96, was the mastermind behind the Palestinian National Anthem, which is and will always be an international symbol of resistance for supporters around the world. “I am afraid that Sharon will lead the Jews in the same way that Hitler adopted with the Germans,” said Theodorakis once. “Israel has become like…

Night confusion activities were resumed on Thursday, along the apartheid wall east of the Gaza Strip, while the activities continued in the West Bank near the settlement outpost established on Jabal Sbeih in Beita, south of Nablus. Palestinians set fire to tires and used noisy air horns in their activities, demanding that the outposts be vacated. In occupied al-Quds, Israeli settlers continued to storm into the Al-Aqsa Mosque’s courtyard under the protection of occupation soldiers, while also organizing a march in the old town of Al-Quds, also under heavy guard, preventing Palestinian residents from getting to their homes. In the…

Amid growing calls for the expulsion of American forces from Iraq, a US military convoy has been attacked in the country’s central part, a news outlet affiliated with Iraq’s resistance groups reports. The logistics convoy was targeted in Babylon Province, Sabereen News reported on Wednesday, without providing further details. Sabereen News also reported that a huge explosion had occurred near a US military base in Iraq. The nature of the incident is still unknown, it added. Dozens of attacks on US forces have been reported across Iraq in recent months, as calls for the expulsion of American troops from the Arab…

Plenty of Persian-speaking Twitter users have mocked Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan over his recent remarks that anyone seeking to move “even a tiny stone” across the region must first come to Turkey for permission. “Anyone who wants to move even a tiny stone in our region will first have to look at Turkey, seek its consent and evaluate its approach to peace and stability,” Erdogan said on Sunday. He made the remarks while addressing a ceremony held in the northwestern Turkish province of Tekirdag, during which the Bayraktar Akıncı, an unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV), entered the inventory of the Turkish military.…

The Palestinian refugee camp of Jenin has now become a center of resistance in the wake of intensified Israeli settler violence and an increase in attacks by Israel’s military there. According to a Wednesday report by the Al Jazeera television network, assaults by Israeli settlers and soldiers are not the only grievance shared among the Palestinian refugees at the camp. They are also frustrated with the leadership of the Palestinian Authority (PA), whose President Mahmoud Abbas met Israel’s Minister for Military Affairs Benny Gantz in Ramallah on Sunday in the first top-level meeting between the two sides in a decade.…

A military facility housing US occupation forces in Syria’s eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr has been targeted by rockets fired from nearby areas. Local sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Syria’s official SANA news agency that two rockets hit the base, located inside the Conoco gas field, on Tuesday evening. There were no immediate reports about possible casualties or the site where the projectiles had been fired from, according to the source. There has been a rise in such attacks on US-run bases in Syria’s oil-reach eastern regions in recent months. On June 28, a rocket attack hit the US-occupied al-Omar…

The German government has pushed for Iran to reenter stalled talks about the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal after reports that Iranian uranium enrichment levels have reached a new high. Speaking at a media briefing on Wednesday, a German Foreign Ministry spokesperson said that Berlin “vehemently asks Iran to return to the negotiating table constructively and as soon as possible,” adding that time is running out for the talks. “We [Germany] are ready to do so, but the time window won’t be open indefinitely,” they stated. Germany is urging Tehran to rejoin talks about reviving the nuclear deal – or the…