Author: Steven Sahiounie

The ‘Abraham Accord’ ends the Israeli boycott Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Monday, the first historic commercial flight between Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) touched down, delivering US President Donald Trump’s adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner, US National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien, and Israeli National Security Adviser Meir Ben Shabbat. The goal of the trip is to work out the details of the ‘Abraham Accord’ between Israel and the UAE that was announced by the White House on Aug. 13. The Israeli airliner, El Al, was decorated with the word peace in Hebrew, Arabic, and English. Saudi…

Khaled Iskef, Syrian Journalist More than 25 Syrian children were poisoned and suffocated, after they were given doses of sleeping draughts by smuggling brokers in Al-Hol camp in Hasakah countryside, controlled by SDF, in order to prepare them for getting out the camp by placing them in water tanks and wooden boxes. The source pointed out that smugglers usually give children these sleeping draughts to prevent any sound or movement during smuggling operations outside “Al-Hol” camp, which is witnessing poor health and humanitarian conditions, and an acute shortage of water and food. The source also pointed out that the residents…

Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz issued an order assigning the Deputy Chief of the General Staff, Mutlaq bin Salem bin Mutlaq Al-Azima, with the task of leading the Arab coalition forces in Yemen. The following is an overview of the new commander’s resume, via the Saudi Press Al-Azima obtained a Bachelor of Military Sciences specializing in armored vehicles from the King Abdulaziz War College, and completed his military education by obtaining a Master’s of Military Sciences from the Command and Staff College of the Armed Forces in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, then a fellowship at the Higher War College…

The state-owned Anadolu Agency quoted the Turkish Interior Minister as saying that the “Emir of ISIS in Turkey” had been arrested, and dangerous plots were uncovered. “A senior leader in ISIS has been arrested,” Interior Minister Suleiman Soylu tweeted on Tuesday morninghttps://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?client=ca-pub-6569888987373952&output=html&h=300&adk=1945076245&adf=1249418162&w=360&lmt=1598983364&num_ads=1&rafmt=1&armr=3&sem=mc&pwprc=8444568826&psa=1&guci=2.2.0.0.2.2.0.0&ad_type=text_image&format=360×300&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.almasdarnews.com%2Farticle%2Ftop-isis-leader-in-turkey-has-been-arrested%2F&flash=0&fwr=1&pra=3&rh=260&rw=312&rpe=1&resp_fmts=3&sfro=1&wgl=1&fa=27&adsid=NT&dt=1598983364045&bpp=7&bdt=1288&idt=-M&shv=r20200826&cbv=r20190131&ptt=9&saldr=aa&abxe=1&cookie=ID%3D3c4643ad5ea18f01%3AT%3D1597076807%3AS%3DALNI_MYflNwEY5Qu-U5gwlaLMmERd83GTw&prev_fmts=360×300%2C360x300%2C336x280%2C360x300%2C0x0&nras=2&correlator=5414041304841&frm=20&pv=1&ga_vid=210231599.1596475763&ga_sid=1598983363&ga_hid=547693181&ga_fc=0&iag=0&icsg=46451145035760&dssz=79&mdo=0&mso=0&u_tz=180&u_his=2&u_java=0&u_h=780&u_w=360&u_ah=780&u_aw=360&u_cd=24&u_nplug=0&u_nmime=0&adx=0&ady=1174&biw=360&bih=707&scr_x=0&scr_y=311&eid=21066898%2C21066973&oid=3&pvsid=764429369160613&pem=439&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.almasdarnews.com%2F&rx=0&eae=0&fc=384&brdim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C360%2C0%2C360%2C707%2C360%2C707&vis=1&rsz=%7C%7Cs%7C&abl=NS&fu=8320&bc=31&ifi=5&uci=a!5&btvi=4&fsb=1&xpc=DNFbKtqu8x&p=https%3A//www.almasdarnews.com&dtd=104 Soylu thanked the Turkish security teams who managed to arrest the alleged emir. No further details were released at this time

 Russian Armed Forces are allegedly deploying additional Su-35 jets to its largest airbase in Syria, the publication, Avia.Pro, reported on Monday. According to the article, the Russian Aerospace Forces is deploying “at least three additional Su-35S fighters” to the Khmeimim (Hmemim) Airbase in Syria’s Latakia Governorate. “At the moment, it is known that the fighters flew from Chkalovsky, after which they went to Privolzhsky, from where, according to analysts, the planes will go to the Khmeimim airbase, while it is possible that the groups can be additionally reinforced with several more fighters,” they continued. “A few hours ago it became known…

The Palestinian-led Jerusalem Brigade (Liwaa Al-Quds) sent a large batch of reinforcements to eastern Syria this week to help their forces and the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) in the fight against the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS/Daesh) terrorist organization.According to a source in Aleppo city, the Jerusalem Brigade has sent a large number of fighters from the administrative capital to the border of Deir Ezzor and Homs, where they will participate in another operation against the Islamic State sleeper cells that are wreaking havoc in this vast desert region.The Jerusalem Brigade has been at the forefront of the fight against the Islamic…

Aggressive US policies targeting Huawei have forced the Chinese tech giant to redirect investment to Russia and expand operations in the country, Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei has revealed. “After the United States included us in the Entity List, we transferred our investment in the United States to Russia, increased Russian investment, expanded the Russian scientist team, and increased the salary of Russian scientists,” Ren said as cited by Shanghai Jiao Tong University, one of the four top Chinese universities he visited. While the visit came in late July, the university did not publish a transcript of his speech until this weekend.…

Lebanese President Michel Aoun has designated Mustapha Adib as the new PM, tasking him with forming a new cabinet, after the previous government quit in the wake of the devastating explosion at the Beirut port. Senior diplomat Adib was tapped as the new PM after he managed to secure the support of the majority in parliament. Adib has been Lebanese ambassador to Germany since July 2013, as well as an adviser to a former PM in the early 2010s. Shortly after his designation, Adib called for the formation of a new government in record time, as well as for the…

The Ansrallah forces attempted to bomb the Abha Airport in southern Saudi Arabia last night, marking the first time in several weeks that they have attempted to target an airport inside the Gulf kingdom. According to reports from northern Yemen, the Ansarallah forces attempted to attack the Abha Airport using one of their armed drones.https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?client=ca-pub-6569888987373952&output=html&h=300&adk=4015165802&adf=822575072&w=360&lmt=1598899593&num_ads=1&rafmt=1&armr=3&sem=mc&pwprc=8444568826&psa=1&guci=2.2.0.0.2.2.0.0&ad_type=text_image&format=360×300&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.almasdarnews.com%2Farticle%2Fansarallah-forces-launch-new-attack-on-saudi-airport%2F&flash=0&fwr=1&pra=3&rh=260&rw=312&rpe=1&resp_fmts=3&sfro=1&wgl=1&fa=27&adsid=NT&dt=1598899593338&bpp=13&bdt=20622&idt=-M&shv=r20200826&cbv=r20190131&ptt=9&saldr=aa&abxe=1&cookie=ID%3D3c4643ad5ea18f01%3AT%3D1597076807%3AS%3DALNI_MYflNwEY5Qu-U5gwlaLMmERd83GTw&prev_fmts=360×300%2C360x300%2C0x0&nras=2&correlator=3500037777522&frm=20&pv=1&ga_vid=210231599.1596475763&ga_sid=1598899592&ga_hid=2123160248&ga_fc=0&iag=0&icsg=2298250958721008&dssz=78&mdo=0&mso=0&u_tz=180&u_his=2&u_java=0&u_h=780&u_w=360&u_ah=780&u_aw=360&u_cd=24&u_nplug=0&u_nmime=0&adx=0&ady=1168&biw=360&bih=707&scr_x=0&scr_y=156&eid=42530622%2C21066973&oid=3&pvsid=3200242460218931&pem=439&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.almasdarnews.com%2F&rx=0&eae=0&fc=384&brdim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C360%2C0%2C360%2C707%2C360%2C707&vis=1&rsz=%7C%7Cs%7C&abl=NS&fu=8320&bc=31&ifi=5&uci=a!5&btvi=2&fsb=1&xpc=xaOV5zcuk2&p=https%3A//www.almasdarnews.com&dtd=112 The Saudi-led Arab Coalition later said that it had intercepted an armed drone launched by the Houthis (Ansarallah group at the Saudi Abha International Airport. The spokesman for the coalition forces, Colonel Turki Al-Maliki, said, in a statement released by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA):…

The Russian Air Force responded to last week’s attack against their military police in western Idlib by launching a number of strikes over the governorate on Sunday. According to a field report from neighboring Hama, the Russian Air Force launched at least a half dozen strikes against the jihadist rebels in Idlib.https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?client=ca-pub-6569888987373952&output=html&h=300&adk=3977366636&adf=565799116&w=360&lmt=1598899307&num_ads=1&rafmt=1&armr=3&sem=mc&pwprc=8444568826&psa=1&guci=2.2.0.0.2.2.0.0&ad_type=text_image&format=360×300&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.almasdarnews.com%2Farticle%2Frussian-air-force-launches-powerful-retaliatory-strikes-over-idlib%2F&flash=0&fwr=1&pra=3&rh=260&rw=312&rpe=1&resp_fmts=3&sfro=1&wgl=1&fa=27&adsid=NT&dt=1598899307071&bpp=9&bdt=1826&idt=-M&shv=r20200826&cbv=r20190131&ptt=9&saldr=aa&abxe=1&cookie=ID%3D3c4643ad5ea18f01%3AT%3D1597076807%3AS%3DALNI_MYflNwEY5Qu-U5gwlaLMmERd83GTw&prev_fmts=360×300%2C360x300%2C336x280%2C360x300%2C0x0&nras=2&correlator=3086915617680&frm=20&pv=1&ga_vid=210231599.1596475763&ga_sid=1598899306&ga_hid=1001440096&ga_fc=0&iag=0&icsg=46451145035760&dssz=81&mdo=0&mso=0&u_tz=180&u_his=2&u_java=0&u_h=780&u_w=360&u_ah=780&u_aw=360&u_cd=24&u_nplug=0&u_nmime=0&adx=0&ady=1230&biw=360&bih=707&scr_x=0&scr_y=233&eid=21066393%2C21066973&oid=2&pvsid=4082370588313286&pem=439&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.almasdarnews.com%2F&rx=0&eae=0&fc=384&brdim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C360%2C0%2C360%2C707%2C360%2C707&vis=1&rsz=%7C%7Cs%7C&abl=NS&fu=8320&bc=31&ifi=5&uci=a!5&btvi=4&fsb=1&xpc=RTEM6TOiBG&p=https%3A//www.almasdarnews.com&dtd=32 The Russian airstrikes came in response to the attack on a group of military police by the jihadists of Kataeb Khatib Al-Shishani, who claimed the previous ambush against a Turkish military contingent. In addition to their airstrikes, the Russian military also utilized their reconnaissance aircraft to guide the…