Author: Steven Sahiounie

France is not at war with Russia

Türkiye on Monday welcome Palestinian group Hamas announcing it had agreed to a Gaza cease-fire deal, adding that Ankara expects the same step to be taken by Israel, said the country’s president. “We welcome Hamas’ announcement that it accepted a cease-fire deal in Gaza with our efforts, and the same step should be taken by Israel,” Recep Tayyip Erdogan said after a Cabinet meeting. Erdogan also urged “Western actors” to pressure the Israeli government to accept the cease-fire deal. “We believe that there is no door that dialogue and negotiation cannot open,” he said, underlining the importance of “good intentions…

President Mahmoud Abbas tonight welcomed the announcement of successful Egyptian-Qatari efforts to reach ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip. The president expressed satisfaction with this agreement which has been a priority for the Palestinian leadership since the first day of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, expressing hope that Israel will commit to ending the aggression and its full withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. President Abbas called on the international community to exert pressure on Israel to compel it to abide by this agreement. He also called on the international community to continue efforts aimed at ending the Israeli occupation of…

Hamas has accepted a ceasefire

President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke Monday morning, a White House official and a National Security Council spokesperson said, as Israel appeared closer to launching an offensive on the southern Gaza city of Rafah — a move staunchly opposed by the US on humanitarian grounds.The NSC spokesperson said Biden reiterated US concerns about an invasion of Rafah — where more than 1 million civilians from other parts of Gaza are sheltering after 7 months of war sparked by Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel — and said he believes reaching a ceasefire with Hamas is the…

Israeli occupation forces begin to forcefully displacement Palestinians formerly displaced to Rafah amid the increased likelihood of the start of the imminent invasion. The Israeli occupation forces officially began, on Monday, the forceful displacement of the already-displaced Palestinian people currently seeking shelter in Rafah, which had been designated by the Israelis as an alleged “safe zone” early in the war. With flyers dropping from the skies, SMS, and social media broadcasts, the Israeli occupation’s action on Rafah is set to be yet another episode of this live-streamed genocide. According to Israeli spokesperson Avichay Adraee, the IOF has allegedly expanded the alleged “humanitarian…

The deployment of Western troops to Ukraine would be akin to these countries declaring war on Russia, and lead to a catastrophe on a global scale, Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said. “Sending their troops to the territory of former Ukraine will mean their direct involvement in the war. We will have to respond to this. And, alas, not on the territory of former Ukraine,” he wrote on his Telegram channel. He added that in this case, Western leaders “won’t be able to hide on Capitol Hill, or in the Elysee Palace, or on 10 Downing Street.” “A…

Iran has urged Muslim countries to cut all relations with the Israeli regime as means of pressuring Tel Aviv to end its ongoing genocidal war on the Gaza Strip. Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks on Saturday, addressing the 15th Heads of State and Government Summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Gambia’s capital Banjul. “Beyond doubt, this time period will also pass by, despite all its hardships and adversities for the Palestinian nation,” he said. “However, the manner and quality of the role that is played by us, Muslim states, in the face of this crisis…

clash between two currents of “honor” and “evil”

The Democratic and Republican parties in the United States consider Russia an enemy and will try to inflict a defeat on it regardless of the outcome of the presidential election, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said. “There will be presidential election in the United States soon. There is no division between Democrats and Republicans over Russia and China. One may be ‘tougher’, the other ‘even tougher,’ but in principle we don’t see any difference. For both, no matter who wins the election, we are by and large the enemy. Whether we are an adversary or an enemy is a nuance.…