Author: Steven Sahiounie

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator “YPG is a sub-affiliate of the Kurdistan’s Working Party (PKK), which is designated by the United States government as a Foreign Terrorist Organization”, according to the US justice department. Federal law enforcement agents arrested Daniel Baker of Tallahassee, Florida. He had specifically called for others to join him in encircling any protestors and confining them at the Florida Capitol complex on January 15 using firearms. Baker, a former US Army Airborne infantryman received an other-than-honorable discharge in 2007 after he went AWOL before his unit was to deploy to Iraq. In 2017, he joined…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator The Islamic State (IS) terrorists are once again active in the Deir Ez Zor province of North-East Syria. They have attacked the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which is a US-backed Kurdish militia, and positions of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA), which are the Damascus based national army. Deir Ez Zor has suffered through almost 10 years of attacks, from various enemies, due to its strategic location on the border with Iraq. The area is home to some of the richest oil and gas fields in Syria. Former US President Trump ordered his troops to…

Today, Wednesday, the cities of Hasaka and Qamishli witnessed widespread popular protests, during which the protesters raised slogans against the violations of the “SDF”, which besieged the residents in the two cities. A local source stated that the people carried out vigils and demanded an end to the siege imposed by the “Qasd” on the center of “Al-Hasakah” and on the city of “Qamishli”. The source added that the “Qasd” elements have besieged the areas controlled by the Syrian state in the two cities for more than / 17 / days, and they prevented the entry of water, foodstuffs, flour…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator North East Syria is the scene of a stand-off between the Syrian Arab Army (SAA), based in Damascus, and the Syrian Defense Forces (SDF), who are militarily led by the People’s Protection Units (YPG), a Kurdish militia founded in October 2015, and supported by the US. The North East corner of Syria has become like a patchwork-quilt, with patches of soil controlled by opposing sides, and various international players in the proxy war in Syria. The Syrian conflict is approaching 10 years, and was a US-NATO attack on Syria for ‘regime change’. Their plan…

The Turkish Ministry of Interior announced on Tuesday, the launch of two new operations against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), as part of the “ARN” security operations that started two weeks ago. The ministry said in a statement that it continued its ARN operations against “the terrorist organization, with the aim of eradicating its roots and neutralizing the last terrorist in it,” as of January 11th. In this context, they pointed out that they are continuing operations of “ARN 1” in the state of Agri, “ARN 2” in the state of Diyarbakir, and “ARN 3” in the state of Agri.…

The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) released several new photos of the Syrian Arab Army’s (SAA) special forces in the Jabal Al-Sheikh (Mount Hermon) region that is located near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. In the photos released by SANA, the Syrian Army’s special forces can be seen moving through the heavy snow of Jabal Al-Sheikh, as the news agency captures rare images of them in their new winter gear uniforms.

The Lebanese state official National News Agency (NNA) reported on Tuesday that “an enemy Israeli tank breached the barbed wire fence in the Kroum al-Sharqi neighborhood on the occupied Lebanese-Palestinian borders, today, Tuesday.” The agency indicated that this breakthrough came with the support of a second Israeli tank and a military jeep, pointing out that more than 10 Israeli soldiers were deployed between the blue line (separating the border) and the barbed wire fence, accompanied by police dogs. The Lebanese agency said that “the enemy forces carried out a wide sweep operation today in the vicinity of the sites of…

This morning, a violent explosion rocked the city of “Tal Abyad” in the northern countryside of Raqqa, which is under the control of the Turkish forces and the factions loyal to them. A local source stated that the explosion took place in a market near the municipality roundabout in the center of “Tal Abyad”, resulting in the loss of / 3 / civilians’ lives and wounding / 7 / others, in an initial outcome of the explosion. The source explained that the people of the region were not able to know the cause of the explosion, whether it was by…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator A deadly double suicide bombing ripped through a second-hand clothing market in Tayaran Square, located in Bab Al-Sharqi commercial district of Baghdad on Thursday. Hassan Mohammed Al-Tamimi, Iraq’s Health Minister, said at least 32 people were killed and 110 others were wounded. Those at the scene report the bombers were able to move freely through the area after easing restrictions due to the Covid-19 virus, which has hit Iraq very hard. A clothing vendor told reporters at the scene that the first bomber pretended to have a stomach ache, fell to the ground complaining,…

A powerful explosion was felt throughout the Homs countryside on Tuesday night, following a blast at one of the major pipelines inside the governorate. According to a field source in the Homs Governorate, the explosion occurred at the Syrian Gas Company site in the governorate’s countryside, causing a burst of flames that required immediate assistance from the civil defense teams. The source said the civil defense teams are at the scene of the explosion; however, they have been unable to put out the flames at the site. The cause of the explosion is still unknown at this time. In the…