Author: Steven Sahiounie

Kiev’s act of provocation against Russia’s borderline Kursk Region will end in failure, Russian President Vladimir Putin said. “I am confident that this act of provocation will also fail,” the head of state noted at a meeting with students at School No. 20 in Kyzyl, the capital of Russia’s Siberian region of Tuva. “We certainly need to do away with the thugs that have intruded into Russian territory in the Kursk Region, and address attempts to create instability in our border regions in general,” Putin stated. Reasons behind provocation The president gave his assessment as to why the Kiev authorities…

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan discussed the latest developments in the Palestinian territories with his Moroccan and Indonesian counterparts, Saudi Press Agency reported on Monday. In a phone call, Prince Faisal and Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs Nasser Bourita discussed ways to enhance the action of Muslim and Arab countries to achieve an immediate cessation of all Israeli violations. They also discussed the establishment of a secure and stable Palestinian state in accordance with relevant international laws. Meanwhile, Prince Faisal and Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi discussed developments in the Palestinian territories in light of efforts made by Muslim…

Pope Francis appealed on Monday for peace in the Holy Land and the city of Jerusalem, stressing the need to respect the status quo at the holy sites. Following the recitation of the Angelus prayer, Pope Francis appealed for an immediate ceasefire and relief to the people of Gaza, where he stressed many diseases are spreading, such as polio. “May there be peace in the Holy Land!” he urged. “May there be peace in Jerusalem.” Source: WAFA

Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is in Mongolia on an official visit, arrived in the center of Ulaanbaatar for the official meeting ceremony. He arrived to the meeting place at a Russian-made Aurus car. Mongolian President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh, who invited the Russian leader, personally met him at the capital’s central Sukhbaatar Square, where the residences of all of Mongolia’s main government agencies are located. The two presidents met on the red carpet to the sound of a welcome march. The leaders exchanged a handshake, which opened the official part of the visit. The Russian president was accompanied by a representative…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator The Middle East sat on a razor’s edge on August 25, when Israel attacked the south of Lebanon with over 40 airstrikes, and minutes later the Lebanese resistance organization, Hezbollah, struck Israel with 340 missiles and tens of drones.Israel claimed to have destroyed several thousands of missiles that were ready to be launched on Israel. This exaggerated claim by Israel was made to cover up the Israeli military failure to protect its residents of the north, who have suffered destroyed homes, lost incomes, and general chaos because of the faulty decisions of Israeli Prime…

Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources Bandar Alkhorayef will lead a delegation to China and Singapore from Sept. 1 to 8

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has blasted the Israeli regime and its incessant atrocities as the main factor behind expansion of tensions and conflict across the West Asia region. The top diplomat made the remarks during a telephone conversation with his Jordanian counterpart Ayman Safadi on Friday. The remarks concerned the regime’s October-present genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, escalated deadly attacks in the occupied West Bank, intensified deadly aggression against Lebanon, and assassination of senior resistance figures throughout the region. As a case in point, Araghchi cited the regime’s constituting the biggest obstacle to conclusion of truce agreement that could bring…

Former Iranian acting foreign minister Ali Bagheri Kani has become a member of Iran’s Strategic Council on Foreign Relations. In a decree on Saturday, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei appointed Bagheri Kani as a member of the council. Bagheri Kani became Iran’s interim foreign minister after his predecessor Hossein Amir-Abdollahian died in a tragic helicopter crash along with President Ebrahim Raeisi and six others on May 19. The Strategic Council on Foreign Relations was established in 2006 as per a decree by Ayatollah Khamenei. According to its website, it is a leading think tank and advisory body…

Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Mohammad Mustafa, held a phone conversation today with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan that discussed the latest developments in the Palestinian territories. The conversation focused on the ongoing Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip and the northern West Bank. They also reviewed the outcomes of a recent meeting between President Mahmoud Abbas and Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh. Mustafa and Prince Faisal emphasized the continued coordination between the State of Palestine and Saudi Arabia to halt the Israeli aggression and the humanitarian crisis…

Russia is not considering exchanging its territory following the attack on the Kursk Region, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with RT television. “It is very hard to tell what goal and intent they were pursuing. But political analysts are discussing it now. And even [Ukrainian President Vladimir] Zelensky said, he sometimes makes Freudian slips, that they will need this for future exchanges. That’s why they are taking prisoners and want to seize square kilometers. It’s so simple-minded and naive. We do not discuss our territory with anyone. We do not negotiate about our territory,” the minister…