Author: Steven Sahiounie

A senior member of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas says the Israel is collapsing at all levels as the regime is committing the most egregious crimes against humanity.

US intelligence agencies estimate that the death toll among Hamas fighters from Israel’s ongoing aggression against the Gaza Strip falls short of the regime’s goal of eliminating the Palestinian resistance group.

The United Arab Emirates urges the US to support an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, emphasizing the increasing risk of a full-blown war. The United Arab Emirates has called on the United States to back an urgent cessation of the Israeli aggression on Gaza, cautioning that the potential for a broader regional crisis is escalating daily amid the ongoing three-month-long war, Bloomberg reported. “We need a humanitarian ceasefire now, we can’t wait another 100 days,” the UAE Ambassador to the United Nations, Lana Nusseibeh, said as quoted by Bloomberg. “The risks are high, the war in Gaza is very clearly an open wound and…

Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson says Tehran would respond “at the appropriate time and place” to the killing of five Iranian military advisors. Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi condemned the Israeli aggression on Syria, in which 5 IRGC advisors were killed, stressing that the Islamic Republic will not leave the Israeli crimes without respond . The continuation of such acts of the Zionist criminals is clear proof of their increasing failure to achieve their evil goals and their desperation and helplessness in confronting the Resistance, he stressed. The Iranian President also extended condolences to the leader of the Islamic Revolution, the Resistance forces,…

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said today that the right of the Palestinian people to build their own state “must be recognized by all”. “The refusal to accept a two-state solution for Israelis and Palestinians, and the denial of the right to statehood for the Palestinian people, are unacceptable,” the UN leader told the Non-Aligned Movement summit in Kampala, Uganda. Such a stance “would indefinitely prolong a conflict that has become a major threat to global peace and security; exacerbate polarization; and embolden extremists everywhere,” Guterres warned. He affirmed, “The right of the Palestinian people to build their own state must…

Syria affirmed that the barbaric aggression of the Israeli occupation entity against a neighborhood in Damascus and the genocide it is carrying out in the occupied Palestinian territories proves its criminal nature. “The racist Israeli entity launched a brutal aggression on Saturday, January 20, 2024, targeting one of the civilian neighborhoods in Damascus and this inhumane act resulted in the complete collapse of a residential building, damage to the buildings adjacent to it, and martyrdom and injury a number of civilians “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates said in a statement. The ministry added: “This barbaric aggression, in addition…

Turkish authorities expect that Russian President Vladimir Putin might visit the republic on February 12, while Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi may visit Turkey on January 24, the Türkiye newspaper reported, citing its sources. The newspaper provided no additional details regarding Putin ’s visit. On Friday, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the precise timeline for Putin’s visits to Turkey and North Korea have not been set yet, and are being negotiated via diplomatic channels. Raisi’s visit to Turkey, which was twice postponed previously, will be timed to the meeting of the highest-level Turkish-Iranian cooperation council. It is expected that about 10…

The IRGC has now named the four members that it lost in a reported Israeli air strike in Syria. Hojjatollah Omidvar, Ali Aghazadeh, Hossein Mohammadi and Saeed Karimi were named as those killed, but their ranks or any further information was not provided. But some Iranian state-linked media are reporting that Omidvar was a commander known operationally as Haj Sadegh – the intelligence deputy of the Quds Force in Syria who was operating an intelligence unit when targeted by missiles. Source: AlJazeera

The ongoing disruption to shipping in the Red Sea is more damaging to global supply chains than the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to data from maritime advisory firm Sea-Intelligence. 

The discovery could help fulfill the Southeast Asian country’s goal of becoming a regional hub for electric-vehicle production