Author: Steven Sahiounie

7 children were martyred and two civilians were injured, including a woman, when an explosive device planted by terrorists exploded in the southern neighborhood of Al-Sanamayn city in the northern countryside of Daraa. A source in the Daraa Police Command stated that seven children, four of them brothers, were martyred in the explosion of the device, while a woman was seriously injured and, and another person was injured.. Source: SANA

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Pakistani counterpart Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday discussed bilateral relations over the phone. During the call, Erdogan expressed Türkiye’s determination to strengthen ties between the two nations in all areas. Erdogan also stressed that their “exemplary” bilateral relations would be further reinforced during an upcoming meeting of their High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council. The Turkish leader offered condolences to those who lost their lives in recent terrorist attacks in Pakistan and conveyed his best wishes to Zardari for the upcoming Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr. At least five Chinese nationals and their local driver…

Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer believes that Moscow and Kiev should engage in dialogue as there is no peace possible without Russia. “There won’t be peace without the Russian Federation. The situation is hard to resolve, but reviving dialogue, in due time, will be nececcary,” the head of the Austrian government said in an interview with Le Figaro. “We should think of how to put an end to the conflict,” he added. While in April 2022 “there were still possibilities” for Russia and Ukraine to talk with each other directly, “this is not the case today as Russia is reluctant to negotiate,” Nehammer…

Iran’s highest-ranking military commander says the recent Israeli aggression on the Iranian diplomatic facilities in the Syrian capital of Damascus amounts to the regime’s lunacy and suicide. Major General Mohammad Baqeri, the chief of staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, made the statement as he was speaking at the funeral ceremony of Major General Mohammad Reza Zahedi in the Iranian city if Isfahan on Saturday. Crowds at the gathering chanted “Down with Israel!” and “Down with the United States!” Zahedi was among the seven military advisors of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) who were martyred in the Israeli airstrikes…

Professor Gentian Zyberi criticized the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague for its delayed response in holding Israeli officials accountable for crimes against Palestinians, stressing the urgency of immediate action. The professor from the Human Rights Center at the University of Oslo assessed cases and investigations against Israel and its supporters in international courts for Anadolu. Zyberi pointed out that measures ordered by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) are legally binding after Israel prevented humanitarian aid from entering Gaza. He stressed that in line with the decision, Israel should collaborate with the UN to ensure unimpeded humanitarian aid…

The US authorities continue their hunt for Russian citizens in third countries, seeking their deportation to the United States, Russian Ambassador Anatoly Antonov said. “The Americans continue their hunt for Russian citizens; they keep grabbing them in third countries and seek their deportation here, to the United States of America. And it is simply extremely difficult, if ever possible, to get out once you’re here,” Antonov told reporters after visiting Russian citizen Roman Seleznyov, who is currently imprisoned in Butner, North Carolina. According to the envoy, “this is exactly what happened” to Roman Seleznyov. Antonov will send a note to the…

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation strongly condemned Israeli forces for preventing thousands of people from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque on Friday. It also denounced a “blatant attack on worshippers in Al-Aqsa Mosque, by firing poison-gas bombs and tear gas at them inside its courtyards, which led to the injury and arrest of hundreds of them, in violation of all international norms, laws and human values.” Israeli forces prevented thousands of people from the West Bank from entering the occupied city of Jerusalem to pray at the mosque on the last Friday of Ramadan, the Jordan News Agency reported. Soldiers “imposed restrictions…

A joint letter has been penned by 40 members of the US Congress, among them former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and directed to US President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken as a plea to stop the transfer of weapons to “Israel” following last week’s strike on the World Central Kitchen convoy that killed 7 workers. It stated, “We write to express our shared concern and outrage regarding the recent Israeli airstrike which killed seven World Central Kitchen aid workers, including an American citizen. In light of this incident, we strongly urge you to reconsider your recent decision to authorize…

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