Author: Steven Sahiounie

At least three civilians have been killed when artillery shelling targeted an area in Yemen’s western coastal province of Hudaydah, as Saudi Arabia and a number of its regional allies press ahead with their military aggression against the crisis-hit Arab country. A local security source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Saudi-led militia forces carried out heavy artillery shelling on al-Jaah area in the Bayt al-Faqih district of the province on Monday, the media bureau of Ansarullah movement reported. The source added that the artillery shelling killed at least three people and critically injured two others at the scene. Saudi forces also…

On Sunday evening, alarm sirens were triggered as locals reported two loud explosions in the Iraqi capital. On Sunday, two Katyusha rockets fell inside Baghdad’s green zone, with one hitting an area near the US embassy, Reuters reported, citing security sources. The strike reportedly resulted in no casualties. Video emerged online showing the moment before the alleged strikes, with the alarm sirens on and loud bangs heard in the background. The Green Zone – a diplomatic quarter in central Baghdad that hosts many international facilitates including the US embassy and an Iraqi base – constantly comes under fire, with the…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has high hopes for his upcoming meeting with Vladimir Putin, saying he’s optimistic an agreement will be reached with the Russian leader on ending hostilities in Idlib, Syria. “We will evaluate the developments [in Idlib]. I hope that we [can lay the groundwork for] a ceasefire or take other steps and that we will get the job done quickly,” Erdogan said in a recent speech in Ankara. Earlier in the day, it was confirmed that Erdogan’s much-anticipated visit to Moscow will take place on March 5. The Kremlin has expressed similar expectations for the meeting, saying…

Units of the Russian military police have been deployed to the city of Saraqib — located in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province, where tensions have recently escalated — to ensure security there, the Russian Defense Ministry’s centre for Syria reconciliation said on Monday. “Taking into consideration how important it is to ensure security and unhampered movement of vehicles and civilians on M4 — M5 highways [connecting Latakia and Saraqib, and Damascus and Aleppo respectively], units of the Russian military police have been deployed to the city of Saraqib, starting 17:00, March 2, 2020,” the reconciliation centre said in a statement. On…

President Trump said the US had been speaking with President Erdogan of Turkey “a lot” over the situation in Idlib, and confirmed that the two countries were discussing Ankara’s request for the temporary deployment of US Patriot anti-aircraft missile systems. The United States will not provide air support to Turkey in the wartorn Syrian province of Idlib, Pentagon Chief Mark Esper has said, speaking to reporters in Washington on Monday. Asked directly if US assistance would include air support, Esper responded bluntly “No.” “I should add that the the United States is looking at providing increased humanitarian aid for the…

The situation in the wayward Syrian province of Idlib turned into an active shooting war between Syrian and Turkish troops last week after a Syrian Army strike targeting Nusra* terrorists killed nearly three dozen Turkish military personnel mixed in among the jihadists. The strike prompted Ankara to launch a major operation in the region. Turkish drones in northwestern Syria are targeting everything that moves if it is suspected of being Syrian military-related, Idlib-based Rossiya 1 correspondent Evgeny Poddubny has reported. “As soon as Turkish attack drones appeared over the skies of Idlib, the nature of the fighting changed dramatically,” the…

By:Lilly Martin, writer Last night, we were very close to open warfare. As you know, Turkey invaded Syria to support the Al Qaeda terrorists in Idlib. Turkey gave the terrorists shoulder-held anti-aircraft missiles. They used it to target a Russian jet over Idlib. Russia and Syria both fly over Idlib, and target specific locations on the ground which have been selected by snitches on the ground who give the location of terrorists. The Russian pilot avoided being hit by taking countermeasures against the heat-seeking missile, but he reported the event. Later, the Syrian airforce bombed a group of terrorists who…

Steven Sahiounie, political commentator Mohammed Ali al-Naim, age 27 an engineer in Gaza, and married with a child, was shot and killed by the ‘Israeli’ military on February 23, near Khan Younis.  After killing him, fellow Gazan onlookers tried to retrieve his body to deliver it to his family, but an ‘Israeli’ military ‘Caterpillar’ bulldozer arrived, and gunfire was used to disperse the onlookers, with several of them injured.   A local journalist, Muthana al-Najjar, captured the scene on video as the teeth of the bulldozer’s bucket caught the clothing of the deceased, and then the operator lifted the bucket and…

Turkish-backed terrorists launched at least two missiles at Syrian warplanes flying over Greater Idlib. Opposition activists acknowledged that both missiles missed their targets. The activists identified one of the targeted warplanes as a L-39, a training and light attack jet used by the Syrian Arab Air Force (SyAAF) in close air support missions. Turkish-backed militants likely used U.S.-made Stinger man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADs). The infrared guided missile has a range of 4,800 meters only. Last week, two Stinger missiles were launched from a Turkish “observation post” in southern Idlib at a Russian Su-24. The warplane dodged both of them by maneuvering and…

India has placed an order of five units of the S-400 missile defence system worth $5.5 billion in October 2018. The Russian side had confirmed that production of the system has already begun and the training of Indian specialists will start very soon. Indian Air Force Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria has categorically rejected the reports about delay in induction of much needed S-400 air missile defence system. He said India and Russia have been optimising the delivery schedule which will make the induction process quicker. “The programme delivery schedule is being optimised in coordination with Russia to enable…