Author: Steven Sahiounie

The Turkish Foreign Ministry published a statement regarding reports about the transfer of Greek soldiers in civilian clothes to the Greek island of Kastellorizo near the Turkish coast, confirming its rejection of this movement. “Press reports circulated about the Greek military build-up on the island of Meis (Kastellorizo). This island is demilitarized according to the Paris Peace Agreement of 1947,” the statement said.https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?client=ca-pub-6569888987373952&output=html&h=300&adk=3233340120&adf=3224189834&w=360&lmt=1598898482&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%2Fturkey-responds-to-reports-of-greek-military-buildup-near-mediterranean-coast%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=1598898482254&bpp=8&bdt=3496&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=5253133362851&frm=20&pv=1&ga_vid=210231599.1596475763&ga_sid=1598898481&ga_hid=2100636302&ga_fc=0&iag=0&icsg=609401098457072&dssz=80&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=981&biw=360&bih=707&scr_x=0&scr_y=0&eid=42530622%2C44726949%2C21067214%2C21066945%2C21066973&oid=3&pvsid=2504628961008419&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=4&uci=a!4&btvi=3&fsb=1&xpc=mvZIy03kAd&p=https%3A//www.almasdarnews.com&dtd=48 They continued: “If the news circulating in the press is correct, then this is a new indication of Greece’s violation of the law and it shows its true intentions in the eastern Mediterranean.” They stressed: “We reject…

The Russian news portal, Top War, released video footage on Saturday of the August 28th interception of a U.S. military aircraft over the Black Sea.“In the South, after receiving a signal about the target, which is heading to the state border, two Su-27 fighters took to the air over the neutral waters of the Black Sea. The pilots identified the target as a U.S. Air Force B-52 strategic bomber,” Top War reported.In the nearly 30-second-long footage, the Russian Su-27 jet can be seen closely approaching the U.S. B-52 bomber, coming within 30 meters of the aforementioned aircraft, according the U.S.…

In honor of Muharram on Sunday, the Secretary-General of Hezbollah, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, conducted a speech to commemorate this holy Islamic month.The Hezbollah leader began the speech by condemning all attempts to recognize Israel, whether it is done by a country or individual.“In the struggle for the region today, there are two clear sites of the struggle for right and wrong: the first is occupied Palestine, the Israelis have occupied this land since 1948, in addition to the Golan, the Shebaa farms and the Kfar Shouba hills, occupation, rape and confiscation of rights by force, and there is a right.…

The Russian publication Avia.Pro posted a satellite image on Sunday of what they claim to be an Iranian air defense system near the Syrian-Lebanese border.Citing an unnamed source, the publication posted a satellite image that allegedly shows the deployment of the Iranian-made Khordad-3 air defense system near the Syrian-Lebanese bordr.“The source of the Avia.pro news agency has provided satellite images showing at least three Iranian-made Khordad-3 anti-aircraft missile systems on the Syrian-Lebanese border, from where most of the Israeli F-16 attacks are made. The effective range of destruction of targets of the latter is from 75 to 105 kilometers, which…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Wednesday’s collision between the US military occupying the northeast of Syria, and the Russian military legally present there, showcases the drama unfolding, as the occupiers are being handed a cue: “Yankee Go Home”. Sheiks and elders of the Arab Al-Uqaydat tribe met at Deir Ez Zor, Syria on August 11 and gave the US occupation force, and the SDF, one month to “leave the Arab region to the Arabs”. US and Russian military vehicle crash The incident occurred around 10 am. Syrian time, on August 26 on a road near Dayrick in northeast Syria.…

The General Directorate of the Lebanese Internal Security Forces announced on Wednesday, the arrest of a Syrian national belonging to the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS/Daesh), who was planning to carry out terrorist operations in Lebanon. The directorate said in a statement that “within the framework of the Preventive Security Action Plan adopted by the Information Division of the Internal Security Forces, especially in terms of following up and prosecuting persons suspected of belonging to terrorist organizations, and as a result of careful monitoring, the division was able to determine the identity of a Syrian person. He belongs to the terrorist organization…

The US assassination of top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani in early January exacerbated the already tense relations between Tehran and Washington in place since the Trump administration’s unilateral withdrawal from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal in 2018. Deputy director-general of the Russian research centre Rezonans Alexander Stuchilin has argued that a radar system produced by his company helped the Iranian Army track US F-35 stealth fighters following the death of a top Iranian general in an American drone attack at the beginning of this year. In early 2020, this [Rezonans-NE] system identified the US F-35s and steadily tracked them”, Stuchilin…

The Sirte and Al-Jafrah Operations Room of the Turkish-backed Government of National Accord announced that Libyan National Army (LNA) forces targeted their troops in the early hours on Thursday morning with more than 12 rocket-propelled grenades. The GNA described this as a clear violation of the ceasefire agreement announced on Friday.https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?client=ca-pub-6569888987373952&output=html&h=300&adk=752547102&adf=3541695881&w=360&lmt=1598546611&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%2Fturkish-backed-libyan-forces-claim-troops-were-attacked-west-of-sirte%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=1598546611168&bpp=6&bdt=1703&idt=-M&shv=r20200820&cbv=r20190131&ptt=9&saldr=aa&abxe=1&cookie=ID%3D3c4643ad5ea18f01%3AT%3D1597076807%3AS%3DALNI_MYflNwEY5Qu-U5gwlaLMmERd83GTw&prev_fmts=360×300%2C0x0%2C360x300%2C336x280&nras=2&correlator=4815548342493&frm=20&pv=1&ga_vid=210231599.1596475763&ga_sid=1598546610&ga_hid=1447132838&ga_fc=0&iag=0&icsg=46451145035760&dssz=76&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=930&biw=360&bih=707&scr_x=0&scr_y=0&eid=21067034%2C21066973&oid=3&pvsid=2534481461800395&pem=439&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.almasdarnews.com%2Farticle%2Fturkish-backed-libyan-forces-claim-troops-were-attacked-west-of-sirte%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=4&uci=a!4&btvi=4&fsb=1&xpc=Gi6Hxbx9Z2&p=https%3A//www.almasdarnews.com&dtd=115 The Sirte and Al-Jafrah Operations Room promised that it would not hesitate to respond to such actions, according to what was decided by field operations. In turn, the Libyan National Army spokesperson, Brigadier General Ahmed Al-Mismari, denied these allegations, pointing out that the LNA did not launch any attacks…

The Turkish Foreign Ministry considered that “the landing of French military aircraft in the Republic of Cyprus under the pretext of conducting maneuvers violates the 1960 Treaty.”The Turkish Foreign Ministry stated that, with this step, France “seriously encourages Greece, which is responsible for the tension in the eastern Mediterranean, to escalate the tension further.”The ministry confirmed that Turkey “will thwart all attempts by those who seek to exclude Ankara and Turkish Cyprus, in the eastern Mediterranean.”The Greek Ministry of Defense announced that Greece, France, Italy and Cyprus will hold military exercises from Wednesday, August 26 to Friday, August 28 to…

By: Eslam abdelmagid, journalist Since the success of the Islamic revolution in Iran in 1979, relations between Washington and Tehran have been in continuous deterioration, especially after the detention of the employees of the American embassy in Tehran, as a result of which the United States severed its diplomatic relations with Iran on April 7, 1980. It is worth noting that former US President George Bush included Iran in 2002 in what he called the axis of evil with Iraq and North Korea. Until the relationship between the two parties witnessed a real breakthrough during President Obama’s term by reaching…