Author: Steven Sahiounie

Steven Sahiounie, Middle East observer A recent report issued by the U.S. Pentagon’s Inspector General warns of conditions in Syria and Iraq which potentially could allow for ISIS to spread once again. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had not read the report but recalled the U.S. defeat of ISIS. The report warned of an ISIS goal to create turmoil in areas it had previously lost in Iraq and Syria. The Iraqi government forces have continued to fight terrorism, and have conducted raids in Northern Iraq for ISIS sleeper cells. The military track is not the only way to fight ISIS, which espouses…

Syrian Army units on Thursday established control over al-Sakhir town , Tal al-Sakhir , and Sawam’a al-Jaisat in Hama northern countryside after fierce battles against terrorists , inflicting heavy losses upon them in personnel and weaponry. A military source told the Syrian media that “Our forces operating in Hama northern countryside continue to carry out their combat missions with high efficiency against Jabhat al-Nusra and other armed terrorist organizations positioned in this area.” The source affirmed that our forces managed to destroy the terrorists’ gatherings, and storm their fortified positions and command centers after fierce battles, establishing control over al-Sakhir town , Tal…

The loss of China as the fourth largest market for US agricultural exports has put the already weakened sector in danger of further decline, experts warn, despite billions in federal aid already paid and more promised. Chinese companies have stopped buying US agricultural goods, the Commerce Ministry announced on Monday. While farming exports are not that large a portion of the United States’ annual GDP of $20 trillion, China has until recently been its fourth largest market, behind Canada, Mexico, and Japan. Overall, China accounted for $5.9 billion in US agriculture exports in 2018, according to the US Census Bureau. Its loss…

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Wednesday claimed that the United States was attempting to starve the Iranian people by tightening economic sanctions against Tehran. “Terrorism is not only an armed attack on citizens, starvation of 82 million Iranians is also a form of terrorism,” Zarif said, aired by the Iranian television. He also added that the United States’ sanctions on Iran forced it to rely on its own people to produce the weapons they needed. In late July, the US Treasury Department sanctioned Zarif as part of its maximum pressure policy on Iran amid escalating tensions between the two countries. The sanctions…

Padraig McGrath, political analyst When the Royal Marines seized the Iranian-owned Grace 1 supertanker off Gibraltar on July 4th, then British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt hailed the seizure as a sign that Iran had “no place to hide.” On July 19th, when the Iranian government retaliated by authorizing the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps to seize the Swedish-owned, British-registered tanker Stena Impero in Hormuz, Hunt described it as an act of “state-piracy.” Now, at first glance, this looks like just another tedious example of the blatant double-standards which we’ve come to expect from western politicians in relation to non-vassal states, and…

Syrian terrorist on Thursday fired four rockets from a multiple-launch rocket system in the direction of Russia’s Hmeimim airbase, no damages or casualties were sustained as the rockets hit a nearby village, the Russian Defence Ministry said “On August 8, at about 04.00 pm Moscow time [13:00 GMT], air defenses at Russia’s Hmeimim airbase detected a launch of four multiple salvo rockets approaching the base from the Kbana area in Latakia,” the ministry said in a statement. According to the statement, the airbase is operating normally as no damage or injuries were caused by the rockets, which hit a settlement…

By Mark Taliano The war on Syria is a war against children, and men, and women.  It is a war against Christians, and Muslims, and civilization itself.  It is a war for terrorism and sectarianism and extremist ideologies.  It is a war for dictatorship, permanent war, and enduring poverty. It is a war that seeks to destroy Syria as a functioning state, to balkanize, to loot, to plunder. It is a war that empties Western treasuries, and impoverishes the aggressors, the countries that commit Supreme International War Crimes as policy.The West and its agencies that are perpetrating this holocaust are degrading themselves, and…

Syrian army units have repelled a massive attack launched by terrorist groups at Zakat-Hasraya axis in the northern countryside of Hama and have inflicted heavy losses upon them . Terrorist groups, holed up in the northern countryside of Hama, sent yesterday at 11:00 pm a huge number of armed gunmen and car bombs to launch an attack at Zakat-Hasraya axis, so the army units positioned there withdrew from some of their posts .” The source stressed that the terrorists’ attack was repelled and the army units carried out a counter-attack and returned to their posts after inflicting a heavy toll…

Sarah Abed, independent journalist and analyst In what would be Turkey’s third cross-border military operation in Syria since the war began, in as many years, Erdogan announced on Sunday that he would be launching a military operation east of the Euphrates river, to push back Kurdish militias on Turkey’s southern border. Although Erdogan did not set a timeframe, preparations have been underway for well over a month. Increased deployment of Turkish military forces along with weaponry, and tanks, etc. have been reported by various sources, on the Turkish side of the southern border with Syria. Preparations are also underway by Kurdish militias, to counter…

By: Lilly Martin  the ceasefire In Syria has been broken by the Al Qaeda terrorists in Idlib, who attacked the Hmeimim Airbase , which injured 4 civilians living nearby. They also attacked using missiles area north of Hama. There is loss of life. The ceasefire was supposed to remove the missiles and heavy weapons from Al Qaeda, which Turkey had agreed upon. We were all hopeful, but now the ceasefire is broken, and our side has no alternative but to bombard Idlib. Not all the people inside Idlib are terrorists, but they are all under the control of Al Qaeda…