Author: Steven Sahiounie

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says Iran has a fixed policy of providing support to Palestine and the people in Gaza who have been suffering from brutal Israeli aggression for nearly six months. Ayatollah Khamenei made the remarks in a meeting in Tehran on Tuesday with a Palestinian resistance movement Hamas delegation led by the group’s politburo chief Ismail Haniyeh. “The Islamic Republic of Iran would never hesitate to support the Palestinian cause and the oppressed and resilient people of Gaza,” he said. The Leader praised the people of Gaza for the “historic patience” they have shown…

Saudi Arabia has condemned Israel’s seizing of 800 hectares of Palestinian land in the West Bank, the Saudi Press Agency said early Wednesday. The Kingdom said that the move is a blatant violation of relevant international laws and is an extension of the brutal practices of the Israeli occupation’s forced settlement operations, a foreign ministry statement read. “The Kingdom affirms that the continued Israeli violation of the rules of international law and legitimacy resolutions without deterrence weakens the credibility of the international system and undermines the chances of a just and sustainable peace based on the two-state solution,” the statement…

Syria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office and other international organizations working in Geneva, Ambassador Haider Ali Ahmed, has reaffirmed Syria’s inalienable right to restore the occupied Syrian Golan. In a statement at the 55th session of the Human Rights Council, under “item VII” on the human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories, Ali Ahmad added that the impunity of the Israeli occupation entity has encouraged it to persist in its criminal and terrorist attacks, which constitute a threat to global peace and security. He stressed Syria’s categorical condemnation of the criminals of the Israeli occupation…

The US has backed itself into a corner by jumping the gun to lay blame on the Islamic State terrorist group (IS, outlawed in Russia) for the terrorist attack on Crocus City Hall even as the incident was still in progress, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. “The very fact that within the first 24 hours [after the attack], even before the fire was put out, the Americans started screaming that it wasn’t Ukraine, I think, is a piece of incriminating evidence. I can’t classify it otherwise; it is evidence in and of itself,” the diplomat said on air…

Behrouz Vahedi, a military advisor of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), was assassinated during an overnight airstrike by US warplanes in eastern Syria, as confirmed by Syrian media reports. The attack occurred in Deir ez-Zur Province early Tuesday, with the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) verifying the assault, stating, “Seven soldiers and one civilian” were killed in the US airstrike on various locations, causing casualties and significant damage to property. Amidst the strikes, which targeted residential areas and military sites across the province, including cities of Deir ez-Zur, Mayadin, and Bukamal, 19 soldiers and 13 civilians were wounded,…

The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland today issued a fervent plea for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, amid “cataclysmic” suffering in the Gaza Strip and continuing violence in the occupied West Bank. The call by Special Coordinator Tor Wennesland followed Monday’s adoption by the Security Council of a resolution “demanding” an immediate ceasefire in the enclave for the remainder of Ramadan. He said he was “appalled” by the immense scale of killings, destruction and suffering wrought by Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, with civilian killings at an unprecedented rate. “Nothing can justify the collective punishment…

UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini had warned last month that the funding crunch was so great the organization might not be able to operate beyond March“But we are still working from one month to the next,” he said, adding that now “we have funding until the end of May“ GENEVA: The UN agency for Palestinian refugees has enough funds to keep operating until at least the end of May, its chief told Swiss media on Tuesday.UNRWA, which coordinates nearly all aid to Gaza, has been in crisis since Israel accused about a dozen of its 13,000 Gaza employees of being involved…

Russia expresses indignation over the unprofessional behavior of the French delegation that has disrupted the UNSC meeting on NATO’s aggression against Yugoslavia, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said in a commentary. “We are outraged by the incorrect and unprofessional behavior of France, which is one of the ‘five’ permanent members of the Security Council with a special historical obligation to comply with the Council’s provisional rules of procedure and other norms, developed over many years on the basis of mutual respect and consideration of interests,” she said. Zakharova explained that on March 25, the French delegation to the…

Annalena Baerbock describes the situation in Gaza as horrific, with residents trying to satisfy their most basic daily needs to survive.  International organizations must be permitted to transport help to Gaza without interference, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Tuesday. Baerbock expressed that the situation in Gaza was horrific, with residents trying to satisfy their most basic daily needs to survive. During a trip to “Israel” meeting officials, Baerbock called the humanitarian situation in Gaza “hell” and called for “unhindered” delivery of vital aid while she was in “Tel Aviv”. Aid groups estimate only about a fifth of the supplies needed…

The terror attack on Moscow’s Crocus City Hall was meant to destabilize the situation in Russia, director of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) Alexander Bortnikov said. “To rock the boat, to stir panic in society. You see what is going on along the combat engagement line. Ukraine’s notorious counteroffensive has failed and they need to do something to show their worth,” he told journalists. He also noted that Donbass and the Belgorod Region are at the epicenter of Ukraine’s attacks. “Now, our armed forces are pushing terrorists and militants further away from Donbass. What is happening in the Belgorod Region?…