Author: Steven Sahiounie

Russia became Spain’s third-largest supplier of LNG this year, El Mundo reports According to the report, Spain has so far purchased the equivalent of 60,770 gigawatt of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Russia this year, a 43% increase from the same period in 2022. From January to October, Russia was the third largest exporter of LNG to Spain, supplying 18.1% of the country’s overall gas imports, surpassed only by Algeria (28.8%) and the US (20.1%). Since 2018, when Russian gas made up a mere 2.4% of Spain’s gas imports, the country’s dependence on Russian energy has spiked sixfold. Russian LNG…

Truckers and farmers have blocked border crossings in protest against the EU’s trade regulations with Kiev Ukraine’s exports through Poland have sharply dropped since Polish truckers and farmers staged a massive protest against the EU’s trade regulations with Kiev and blocked border crossings, the country’s Economy Ministry announced on Saturday. According to the ministry, some 282,000 tons of Ukrainian freight transport exports passed through the Polish border in November, a 40% decrease from the previous month. The ministry noted that at several checkpoints, exports have almost stopped entirely or have been cut in half. Earlier, Deputy Economy Minister Taras Kachka…

The bloc needs supplies from the sanctioned country for Russia-designed reactors The EU has stepped up imports of nuclear fuel and services from Russia over the past two years despite sanctions and export curbs targeting the country in connection with the Ukraine conflict, Reuters reported on Friday, citing the Euratom Supply Agency. According to the report, the bloc continues to rely on supplies from the sanctioned country to operate Russia-designed VVER reactors used by Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, and Slovakia. The five states bought 30% more conversion services from Russia and 22% more enrichment for their reactors last…

More than 6,000 Palestinian children have been killed in Gaza since the Hamas-led attack on Israel A spokesperson for UNICEF has condemned the mass killings of children in Gaza during the Israel-Hamas conflict, and called on “those with influence” to put an end to the conflict. James Elder posted an emotional video on Instagram on Friday, saying: “The ceasefire is over. We can already hear the bombing. I am at a hospital. There was a hit about 50 metres from here. This is the biggest, still functioning hospital in Gaza. It’s at 200% capacity. The health system here is overwhelmed.”…

The first batch of aid trucks since the seven-day truce in Gaza ended has entered through the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing, the Palestinian Red Crescent has said. “The Palestine Red Crescent crews have now received aid trucks through the Rafah crossing from our partners in the Egypt Red Crescent,” PRCS posted on X. No aid trucks entered the Gaza Strip on Friday as Israel renewed its attacks on the besieged enclave. Source: AlJazeera

The Yemeni movement Ansarullah censured the United Arab Emirates for hosting the Israeli president for the UN climate summit, as the Tel Aviv regime continues its deadly aggression on Gaza. In a post on X, Muhammad Abdulsalam, a spokesman for the movement, said such a move emboldens the Zionist regime to commit even more acts of massacre against the Palestinian people. A conferences should be held to address Israeli atrocities that have polluted “the humanitarian climate”, he said. “The humanitarian climate is polluted by Israel’s crimes and those who encourage, support, and assist it, and this is what requires conferences…

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said two of its servicemen serving as military advisers in Syria have been martyred at the hands of the Zionist regime. The IRGC Public Relations department announced in a statement on Saturday that Mohammad Ali Ataee Shoorche and Panah Taqizadeh have been martyred by the Zionist regime during an advisory mission in the Islamic resistance’s battlefront in Syria. The IRGC said the two servicemen have been martyred against a backdrop of the relentless and barbaric crimes the fake Zionist regime has been committing against Gaza with the blatant support provided by the US and a number of…

‘No matter what anybody says, I can never accept Hamas as a terror group,’ says Recep Tayyip Erdogan Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has reiterated his stance on Palestinian group Hamas and said he can “never accept” Hamas as a terror group. “I stand by my position. No matter what anybody says, I can never accept Hamas as a terror group,” Erdogan said while speaking to journalists on board the presidential plane returning from Dubai, where he attended the COP28 climate summit. Emphasizing Türkiye’s approach centered around seeking opportunities for permanent peace in the region, he said Ankara acts with…

The Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate announced that 67 journalists and media workers were killed in the Israeli aggression on Gaza Strip since October 7. “Continuity of the Israeli aggression and the intensity of the bombing pose a major obstacle to documenting the facts and conveying the correct information and the truth of the crimes that the occupation is working hard to suppress” WAFA news agency quoted the syndicate as saying in a statement on Friday. It added that three journalists were killed on Friday in the Israeli brutal bombing on Gaza. Source: SANA

The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel petitioned the Supreme Court of Israel against the Israeli police’s unlawful policy of prohibiting demonstrations in Palestinian towns in Israel against the ongoing war in Gaza, and in support of a ceasefire and the exchange of prisoners. The petition was filed on behalf of Adalah and Mohammad Barakeh, Chairman of the High Follow-Up Committee for Arab Citizens in Israel. The petition follows several weeks during which the police, systematically and unlawfully, have blocked the High Follow-Up Committee from holding a small protest vigil that does not require a permit under Israeli…