Author: Steven Sahiounie

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator The beheading of a teacher in France elicited inflammatory remarks from President Emmanuel Macron, which in turn has been met with an Arab boycott of French goods and outrage by the Muslim world. Macron is accusing Muslims of separatism and is introducing a new bill to crack-down on this sin against French values.   Arab boycott of French products Hashtags in English and French, such as #boycotfrenchproducts, as well as in Arabic are trending on Twitter and other social media following a call to boycott French products across the Muslim world, in response to an…

Khaled Iskef, Syrian Journalist The battles between the Syrian army and  “ISIS”  cells in the Syrian desert continue for the second day in a row, in sporadic clashes that take place occasionally on the axes of “Al-Rahjan” and “Athria”, Hama eastern countryside, in addition to the axes of the Aleppo-Hama-Raqqa triangle from Badia side. Violent clashes broke out on Tuesday in the aforementioned axes and the Syrian army confronted ISIS attacks, which did not result in any progress for them rather resulted in deaths and injuries within their ranks. More than / 13 / militants from the terrorist organization “ISIS”…

Khaled Iskef leader of the Turkish-backed “Hamza” division along with 17 militants were killed during the battles of  “Nagorny Karabakh” region. Around  / 25 / members of “Hamza” division were killed and wounded in the battles of “Karabakh” after being targeted with concentrated artillery strikes by Arminian forces. The leader “Adel Al-Shaher” who is directly responsible for the faction’s members in the region, was killed by targeting his car with a guided missile. Sources said that the bodies of the militants will reach the northern regions of Syria after several days on board the Turkish planes that are transporting logistical…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator China’s ping-pong team invited members of the US team to China on April 6, 1971, and the momentum was begun to establish warm relations between the two nations. However, during the current Trump administration, we have seen the relationship drop to its lowest point. The US and China have mutual political, economic, and security interests, such as in the area of the proliferation of nuclear weapons, but there are unresolved conflicts relating to the role of the US as a bully toward nations who do not share their same political ideology. To better understand…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator The US has taken Sudan off the list of state-sponsors of terrorism, and with UAE support to provide several billion dollars of aid, in exchange for normalization with Israel. US President Donald Trump wrote on Twitter Monday: “GREAT news! New government of Sudan, which is making great progress, agreed to pay $335 MILLION to U.S. terror victims and families. Once deposited, I will lift Sudan from the State Sponsors of Terrorism list. At long last, JUSTICE for the American people and BIG step for Sudan!” Sudan’s de-facto leader, Lt. Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, welcomed…

Greece has put its warships in the southeastern part of the Aegean Sea on alert, against the backdrop of Turkey’s decision to extend the period of excavation work in an area that Athens considers as belonging to its continental shelf.On Thursday, the Greek Navy issued a counter-message via the International Maritime Calcification System, “NAFTEX”, in response to another message in which Turkey announced the extension of the exploration missions carried out by three ships, including “Uruc Reis”, in the waters between the islands of Kastellorizo ​​and Rhodes until October 27 instead of October 22, as originally planned.The Greek Navy stressed…

On Thursday, the Iraqi forces carried out an operation that killed a high-ranking commander from the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS/Daesh) terrorist organization in the Kirkuk Governorate.The spokesman for the Commander in Chief, Major General Yahya Rasool, said on his official Twitter page: “For the second day in a row, the Counter-Terrorism Service is carrying out an airdrop in the Zghitoun Valley, west of Kirkuk.”Rasool added, “It resulted in the killing of the terrorist (A.M.), one of the leaders of the ISIS gangs, as this operation was characterized by its quality and speed, which was in cooperation with the Iraqi National Intelligence…

Khaled Iskef, Syrian Journalist  The residents of Rukban camp on the Syrian-Jordanian-Iraqi border, which houses more than 50 thousand Syrian refugees, are still suffering amid local and international warnings of the significant decline in the humanitarian and living conditions as a result of the US forces blocking the camp, preventing anyone from leaving and relief aid from entering.  The health conditions in the camp are among the worst to suffer, due to lack of the minimum health and medicine supplies for the residents and their children, which threatens a possible human tragedy with the spread of the novel Coronavirus. However,…

Khaled Iskef, Syrian Journalist The number of killed militants from the Syrian factions present in Azerbaijan, who are fighting in the Karabakh region against the Armenian forces, has raised. Sources stated that 27 Syrian militants sent by Turkey to Azerbaijan were recently killed, totalling more than 160 killed. Some of thier bodies were transferred secretly to Syria, while others are still in Azerbaijan. Despite the increased number of Syrian militants killed in Azerbaijan, the camps on the Syrian-Turkish borders continue to recruit more fighters in order to involve them in the Azerbaijani-Armenian conflict, noting that the new batch that Turkey…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator The UN Security Council arms embargo on Iran from 2007 has expired Sunday, which will allow the nation to buy weapons.  While Iran has repeatedly stated it has no intention of buying weapons of mass destruction, and WMD had no place in their defense. The Foreign Ministry of the Islamic Republic of Iran said Iran may now buy any necessary arms and equipment from any source without any legal restrictions and solely based on its defensive needs while adding that Iran could export defensive armaments based on its policies.  In August, the Trump administration…