Author: Steven Sahiounie

By Kevin Barrett The Israel-supported group United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) is pressuring the big pharmaceutical companies to end their Iran business at the exact moment that Iran is the second hardest-hit country by the coronavirus pandemic after China. The group United Against Nuclear Iran has paid John Bolton a quarter of a million dollars, which (money) is coming from Israel, which of course gets that money by raiding the United States Treasury to the tune of well, one estimate published in Christian Science Monitor two decades ago was that Israel had already stolen trillions, literally trillions of dollars. That’s what…

On 6 March, Lebanon’s Financial Attorney General Ali Ibrahim imposed a ban on the asset management of 20 local banks, as well as on the real estate property of their chairmen and boards of directors, according to the al-Jadeed TV channel. Lebanon will default on its Eurobond debt for the first time, Prime Minister Hassan Diab said in a statement. The prime minister said in a televised address that the country’s currency reserves had hit critical levels and that Lebanon is not able to pay a $1.2 billion Eurobond due to the “current circumstances”. Diab said that Lebanon would work…

By Walt Peretto In order for self-serving psychopathic elite to achieve a one world government, all nation states must eventually relinquish their political, economic, and cultural sovereignty. A monumental boost toward achieving this goal is the Zionist/Neocon false flag events of 9/11/2001. Twenty six days after 9/11, the Zionist colony of the United States invaded Afghanistan for the following three reasons: Offer a stunned and angry public the illusion of retaliation against the scripted ‘perpetrators’ of the 9/11 events. Revamp the global opiate trade and turn billions of dollars in profits.Coerce an obstinate Afghani government into entering a ‘cooperative’ era…

Iraqi forces have now ensured security in several rugged areas in the eastern province of Diyala following an offensive to hunt down the remnants of the Daesh Takfiri terrorists. Sabah al-Naaman, spokesman for Iraq’s Counter Terrorism Service (CTS), said on Friday that police forces along with allied fighters from the Popular Mobilization Units, better known by the Arabic word Hashd al-Sha’abi, had destroyed enemy hideouts in Khanaqin district as well as the Hamrin Mountains. Naaman said nearly 40 terrorists had been killed over the past three days. Last week, Hashd al-Sha’abi launched a major operation in the western countryside of…

US opposition reportedly blocked the UN Security Council from backing the agreement between Russia and Turkey for a ceasefire in Syria’s Idlib province. US diplomats earlier sought to back Turkey’s incursion in the area. Friday’s meeting was requested by Russia, after President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan hammered out a ceasefire after a six-hour meeting in Moscow the day before. However, “one of the parties” blocked the Security Council statement that would have expressed support for the agreement, Russian envoy to the UN Vassily Nebenzia said. Though Nebenzya refrained from naming the culprit, both AFP and TASS reported that it…

Less than 24 hours after the beginning of the ceasefire in Greater Idlib, Turkish-backed militants in the region launched a new drone attack at the Russian Hmeimim Air Base on the Syrian coast. According to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), two armed drones, which were on their way to the air base, were intercepted by air-defense means over southern Lattakia. “Air-defense means intercepted two drones coming from the direction of Idlib and destroyed them in the vicinity of Jableh [city],” the state-run agency’s reporter said. Local sources confirmed that several drones were intercepted near the Hmeimim Air Base. No…

After six-hour talks in Moscow on Thursday, Presidents Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed on a ceasefire in Idlib that went into effect at midnight. The current situation in the northwestern Syrian city of Saraqib, located in the heart of embattled Idlib Province, is relatively calm, as the warring sides seem to be observing a new ceasefire brokered by the Russian and Turkish presidents on Thursday, a military source revealed. “The situation on the ground is calm. There was no fighting at night. The Syrian Army is fully observing the ceasefire”, the source said. This is not the first…

While Russia and Turkey have once again managed to figure out a mutual solution in the Idlib standoff, the US is casting doubt on the longevity of the newly-struck ceasefire, seeking to reinstate itself as a major player in Syria and at the same time boost relations with Ankara, political analysts say. On 5 March, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan struck an agreement that envisages a ceasefire in Syria’s Idlib province beginning 6 March. However, US Special Representative for Syria Engagement James Jeffrey threw the rationale of the truce into doubt, claiming that Turkey is the only…

The Iranian missile programme has been harshly criticised by some Arab countries, as well as by the US. The latter claims that Tehran’s satellite space programme actually serves a purpose in the development of ballistic missiles, despite Iran denying this. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi has commented on recent statements by the informal Arab Ministerial Quartet Committee, made up of the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Egypt, saying that the country’s missiles do not threaten regional Arab and Muslim states. Mousavi noted that there can be no discussion regarding Iran’s missile programme. The spokesman further stressed the fact that…

By Joaquin Flores Late on March 3rd were confirmed attacks by the Turkish army in the area where the Russian military was located in the city of Sarakib in the east of Idlib province. The Russian Ministry of Defense has not spoken to this, although on Wednesday morning its official representative, Major General Igor Konashenkov, announced the merger of the Turkish “observation posts” in the Idlib de-escalation zone with the terrorist groups operating here . In the wee early hours of March 4th, these attacks continued on as Turkish artillery launched a further series of attacks on Sarakib, where Russian military police units were…