Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator On September 12, 2022, clashes erupted between Armenian and Azerbaijani troops along the Armenia–Azerbaijan border resulting in almost 300 deaths and dozens injured, with…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator On September 10, two Greek Coast Guard boats opened fire on a Turkish cargo ship with an international crew while it sailed in international…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Thousands of Iraqis flooded the streets on Friday demanding a political overhaul.  In scenes reminiscent of similar past protests in Lebanon, the Iraqi people…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is headed by Secretary General Haitham Al Ghais, who said on August 18 that the OPEC+ oil…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Turkish President Recip Tayyip Erdogan told reporters recently, that Ankara needs to “secure further steps with Syria.” He added, “You have to accept that…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator The latest death toll has risen to 30 Iraqis as Baghdad descends into chaos and violence, with another 390 protesters wounded from bullets and…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator On August 24, the US military in Syria carried out a retaliatory airstrike on a militia that the US claims previously attacked the Al…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator While the world has sympathy for the plight of Europeans facing a cold winter because of their energy crisis, Syrians have been suffering a…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator The world is inching closer to restoring a deal to prevent Iran from building a nuclear bomb. The US is examining the Iranian response…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator On August 16, 2022, the Syrian Arab News Agency reported that the US occupation forces have stolen 398 tankers full of Syrian oil in…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator On August 15, an illegal US military base in Syria came under a drone attack.  The base is located at Al-Tanf in southern Syria…

Steven Sahiounie , journalist and political commentator Russian President Vladmir Putin and Turkish President Recep Erdogan held a four-hour meeting on August 5 in Sochi which may change the course…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Gaza is separated from Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank by Israeli territory, and yet the current Israeli attack on Gaza, and the…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Yesterday, Muqtada al-Sadr urged his supporters to continue protests at the Iraqi parliament in Baghdad.  The Muslim cleric has a large support base who…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator On Friday, Tunisia’s foreign ministry summoned an official from the US Embassy after Secretary of State Antony Blinken caste aspersions on Tunisia’s democracy. Othman…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator The Hagia Sophia Church in Al-Suqaylabiyah, Syria was attacked by Radical Islamic terrorists using a drone which was launched from the terrorist controlled enclave…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, President Vladimir Putin of Russia, and President Ebrahim Raisi of Iran held talks yesterday in Tehran at the…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator The Syrian Defense Forces (SDF) in the northeastern region of Syria have raised up the Syrian flag which represents the government in Damascus for…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator The Syrian conflict is in a stalemate, and wasn’t even mentioned on US President Biden’s recent Middle East trip.  The proxy war in Syria…

By:Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator There is indication that the P5+1 (US, UK, Russia, China, France and Germany) will agree to a new nuclear deal.The EU foreign policy chief…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator aThe UN Security Council has agreed to extend a system for cross-border aid to Idlib, Syria until January 2023. The US and its allies…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator The battlefields in Syria are quiet, but the conflict is far from resolution.  Despite the lack of focus on Syria by the US, EU…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Jurgen Stock, Secretary General of the international policing organization INTERPOL, has warned of the eventual danger of the western weapons donated to Ukraine flooding…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator “Israel” is heading toward its fifth election in less than four years, as the Bennett-Lapid consensus ends in the Knesset. Prime Minister, Naftali Bennett’s…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator  Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi welcomed Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) on June 20 on his first stop of his Middle East…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator The leader of the group Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, recently stated that the dispute with Syria is over, and the relationship between Hamas and Damascus…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Lebanon has slipped into social, economic and financial collapse after years of systemic political corruption.  Beirut has the opportunity to be resurrected from the…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator On June 10, the National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office (PNAT) in Paris asked for sentences ranging from five years to life imprisonment for 20 defendants…

On June 18, the al-Shamiya Front launched a large-scale attack on key positions of the Ahrar al-Sham Movement in the Turkish-occupied part of northern Syria. Both al-Shamiya Front and Ahrar…

On June 18, four service men of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) Republican Guards were killed when a post they were manning near the town of al-Fatatirah in the northwestern…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) repelled an attack by terrorists on Saraqib on Wednesday and in the early hours of Thursday. Saraqib is a…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Suleyman Soylu, Turkish Interior Minister, announced on Saturday new measures affecting Syrians living in Turkey. Firstly, Ankara has banned all Syrians from visiting their…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Jim Fitton, 66, arrived at court in Baghdad and was given a 15-year sentence after being convicted of smuggling antiquities. Fitton, a British citizen…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Hundreds of Syrians took to the streets in the city of Afrin on June 3 to protest against routine blackouts and a sharp hike…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Yesterday, thousands of Israelis have pushed through the Muslim quarter of the Old City in Jerusalem in a Flag March, marking its occupation by…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on May 23 a new military operation in northern Syria to establish a 30-kilometer-wide zone of Turkish occupation.  Erdogan…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Former Virginia State Senator Richard H. Black was recently interviewed by Mike Robinson.  In the video, Black discusses the conflict in Ukraine, his views…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator The Lebanese Parliamentary elections were held on May 15, with 128 seats filled in a sectarian voting system unique to Lebanon. The country is…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator A Syrian military bus was attacked on Friday, which killed 12 soldiers and wounded 14, between the towns of Nubl and Al Zahra, west…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator The funeral of American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on Friday was one of the largest gatherings of Palestinians in recent memory in Occupied East…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator An American journalist, born in Jerusalem, was killed in Jenin in the Occupied West Bank of Palestine by Israeli Defense Forces on Wednesday.  Shireen…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator The secretary general of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, said yesterday in a televised speech, “I want the entire Lebanese nation…

In parallel, a Palestinian youth was injured while confronting the occupation forces that stormed the town, backed by more than 100 military vehicles. The Israeli occupation forces blew up the…

After losing nearly half of its value in March due to Western sanctions, the Russian currency has staged an extraordinary recovery, strengthening to levels not seen in over two years.…

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki has confirmed that President Joe Biden will sign the Lend-Lease Act of 2022 on Monday. The legislation will make it easier for Washington to…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator The European Union is debating on imposing sanctions on Patriarch Kirill, the head of The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC), also known as the Moscow…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator A 10-meter (33-foot) yacht built in 1974, equipped with two motors, left Tripoli, Lebanon on Saturday with about 60 migrants onboard, including women and…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told reporters on Saturday, that Turkey has banned all Russian planes, both military and civilian, from flying over Turkish…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator While the world is focused on the Ukrainian conflict, Turkish jets, helicopters, and drones were pounding Kurdish targets in Iraq and Syria on Monday.…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator The Al-Aqsa Mosque compound was the scene of a brutal crackdown on Muslims trying to pray on Friday during the Holy month of Ramadan.…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, warned of foreign intervention by the US to oust him from office, and now Khan has been…

By: Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Since the outbreak of military operations in Ukraine, the Russian President Vladimir Putin has encouraged Russian exports to be paid for in rubles.…

Steven Sahiounie , journalist and political commentator Raad Fathi Hazem, 28, from the Jenin refugee camp in the Occupied West Bank of Palestine, was shot dead in the early hours…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Lebanon Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh has denied statements made that the bank was bankrupt.  Salameh has led the bank for 30 years and…

Steven Sahiounie, Journalist and political commentator Prime Minister Imran Khan of Pakistan will remain in office after the no-confidence motion to be voted on today was rejected. President Arif Alvi…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that the US dollar dominance as the global trading currency could be threatened by the sweeping sanctions…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Doha Bank of Qatar was accused in the UK High Court on March 2 of funneling money to an ISIS judge who had ordered…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator The former Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim Al-Thani, also known by the initials HBJ, has been talking to the…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Syrian President Bashar al-Assad visited the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Friday, his first visit to an Arab state since the Syrian conflict began…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator In an effort to understand the events in Ukraine, Steven Sahiounie of MidEastDiscourse interviewed Shahzada Rahim, a geopolitical analyst based in Islamabad with specialization in Eurasian politics,…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator The conflict in Ukraine has divided the world into those who support the US, and those who do not support a superpower in charge…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Mainstream western media decided for us that the Russian accusation of US-funded biological research labs in Ukraine was fake news. However, Victoria Nuland, US…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Black lives matter, except on the Polish-Ukraine border. In a blatant show of racism, African students fleeing the fighting in Ukraine were refused entry…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Russian President Putin said his troops will fight the Nazis in Ukraine. Putin said, “Its goal is to protect people who have been subjected…

US President Joe Biden boasted in January he had already sent more than $600 million worth of military aid to Ukraine since taking office a year prior. On Thursday, Congressional…

In response to the Russian operation in Donbass, Europe is sanctioning Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Sergei Lavrov, amid hesitation from Germany and Italy regarding the EU sanctions. The European Union…

The Lebanese foreign ministry’s statement condemning Russian military operation in Ukraine surprised Russia’s embassy in Lebanon, according to a statement posted on its Facebook page. “The statement… surprised us by…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Russian military forces have entered Ukraine from several directions including Chernihiv, Kharkiv and Luhansk regions.  Strikes on the military airport just outside of Kyiv,…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Yesterday, Russia officially recognised the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) and the Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR) as independent states, becoming the first UN member state…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator The western media is bombarding us with threats of imminent war, even giving out deadlines for when the invasion of Ukraine is to begin.…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Riad Salameh is splitting Lebanon into those who defend him, and those who demand he leave his job as governor of the central bank…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Negotiations between the western powers and Iran are continuing concerning a new nuclear deal.  Steven Sahiounie of MidEastDiscourse interviewed Massoud Khodabandeh to gain insight…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator The Kremlin announced intelligence findings which show the US is planning to use the CIA to instigate terrorist actions in Latakia and Damascus directed…

By: Hussain Haider, Indiana activities exclusive for Mideast Discourse India became free from the clutches of Britishers in 1947 and freedom fighters who fought against British laid down the foundation…

Steven Sahiounie journalist and political commentator Obama killed bin Laden, Trump killed Baghdadi, and now Biden has his trophy kill. President Biden said that the operation to kill Abu Ibrahim…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator The diplomatic situation and military buildup between the US-NATO and Russia over Ukraine seems to be taken out of an old drama called The…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Saad Hariri, three-time Prime Minister from 2009 to 2021, announced his retirement from political life and has returned to his new home in Abu…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator The January 20 attack on the Ghweran prison in Hasaka, Syria carried out by ISIS terrorists is being blamed on the international community, and…

Dmitry Peskov also pointed out that information hysteria in the West, not Russia, should be blamed for the increased tensions around Ukraine. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said that a…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator The Saudi-led coalition has carried out a massive airstrike on Sanaa, and the UAE has vowed retaliation for the drone attack on Abu Dhabi…

ISIS terrorists have freed 800 of their comrades and killed 200 fighters of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) since the beginning of their attack on Geweran prison in the…

Israel did not deny using “advanced technology” to track the population, and rejected allegations that the practice was illegal An Israeli minister has denied reports that police illegally used Pegasus…

Russia’s top diplomat criticized his American counterpart for comments on Kazakhstan peacekeeping operation The American reaction to the recent Russian-led peacekeeping operation in Kazakhstan is a sign that the US…

After the Saudi-led coalition launched raids on Yemen, in a continuous act of terrorism and genocide, former British MP Jeremy Corbyn condemned the attacks and called on officials to “stop…

The Lebanese cabinet will discuss next Monday the draft budget for the current year, which includes a deficit of 15,000 billion Lebanese pounds, and will adopt an exchange rate of 20…

Yemen’s Supreme Political Council says the massacres committed by the Saudi-led coalition “will not go unpunished,” condemning international silence on the atrocities against the Yemeni people. According to Lebanon’s al-Mayadeen…

Turkish combat drone targeted a vehicle of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) as it was heading form the town of Tell Tamer to al-Hasakah city in northeastern Syria. According…

Clashes continue in the northeastern Syrian city of al-Hasakah despite repeated claims by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) that ISIS’ large attack on Geweran prison has been repelled. ISIS terrorists attacked…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Kazakhstan recently was in chaos as violence broke out on the streets, in what looked like the beginning of a popular uprising, similar to…

On Tuesday, benchmark oil prices rose to their highest level since 2014, owing to the possibility of supply disruption following attacks in the Middle East Gulf, which contributed to an…

The Russian-Iranian summit took place in Moscow today, Wednesday, where Russian President Vladimir Putin received his Iranian counterpart, Ebrahim Raisi.  Raisi, at the beginning of the meeting, made it clear…

George Nader was an American adviser to the government of the United Arab Emirates, to Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed’s, while also being a convicted sex offender. According…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has jailed everyone who poses a threat to his path to becoming King. King Salman’s brother, his brother’s son,…

Mail from Canada has been declared a suspected source of an Omicron infection case in Beijing by the Chinese authorities A person diagnosed with Omicron infection in Beijing might have…

Western officials and media have spent months alleging that Russia may be preparing to invade its Ukrainian neighbour and building up troops on the border. Moscow has dismissed the claims,…

Residents of Burqa village in Nablus are standing up to the occupation forces’ attempt to set up a checkpoint at the entrance to the village, where more than 10 Palestinians…

Occupied Jerusalem, SANA- The Israeli occupation forces forcibly expelled a Palestinian family from their home in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in the occupied city of Jerusalem. Mahmoud Salhia said in a…

The naval base on Guam is the closest US military installation to China located on American territory A US Navy submarine carrying dozens of nuclear warheads sailed into a Pacific…

Iran confirms that there are several issues in Vienna, and announces the return of three Iranian diplomats to Saudi Arabia to resume their work at the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.…

George Nader was an American adviser to the government of the United Arab Emirates, to Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed’s, while also being a convicted sex offender. According…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political correspondent Tom Duggan, British war correspondent, videographer and journalist has died near Newcastle, England today suddenly while recuperating from leg surgery. His leg was originally…

January 13, warplanes of the Russian Aerospace Forces carried out a new round of airstrikes on ISIS terrorists in Syria’s central region. The airstrikes targeted a number of caves and…

The situation in Syria remains unstable despite of a slight decline in violence. As of January 13, several military and security developments were reported in the country’s northwester, northeastern, central…

the US Embassy’s compound in Baghdad was shelled with three rockets. Our reporter said three strikes were heard around Baghdad. The embassy’s defense systems were activated after the embassy was…

The Israeli occupation suppressed and attempted to disperse Palestinian protests against the bulldozing of indigenous lands in Al-Naqab through violent means, such as using stun grenades, tear gas, rubber bullets,…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Lebanese parliamentary elections are set for March 27.  While the social, political, and economic crisis which has caused the collapse of Lebanon is far…

Nader Entessar, Professor Emeritus of Political Science from university of South Alabama says that if an agreement is reached in Vienna, unfreezing Iran’s assets in South Korea will be among…

The years-long war in Yemen sees no end, and 2022 is not an exception. The year began with a large-scale operation, dubbed Southern Storm aimed to expel the Houthis (Ansar…

2022 is not off with a great start for the world’s largest cryptocurrency, as Bitcoin has dipped Monday below $40,000, the coin’s lowest price since September, as it shows no…

The Pentagon has published its first Airpower Summary since US President Joe Biden took office about a year ago. According to a commentary article by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas Davies published in…

China’s imports of Iranian crude oil last year hit a record high since the US imposed sanctions on the Islamic Republic in 2018 with the aim of bringing the country’s…

A Lebanese prosecutor has issued a travel ban against Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh, who is among the top Lebanese officials widely blamed for an unprecedented financial crisis in Lebanon.…

Today, Monday, the Security Media Cell announced that it had thwarted a suicide attack by a motorcycle in Al-Anbar. The Cell revealed in a statement that “a qualitative pre-emptive operation…

Foreign ministers from oil-rich Gulf states arrived in Beijing on Monday for a five-day visit, amid concerns about China’s energy security due to unrest in neighboring Kazakhstan. According to the Foreign…

Member of the Supreme Political Council in Yemen, Mohammad Ali Al-Houthi, commented on the Saudi-led coalition’s claims regarding Yemen’s ballistic missiles, saying that the fabricated images of the missiles that…

According to state news agency SANA, the US and Kurdish armed groups have begun construction of an oil refinery in Al-Hasakah governorate in northeastern Syria. The new plant at Rmelan fields…

The United Nations Special Advisor on Libya, Stephanie Williams, called for the timetable stipulated in the roadmap of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) to be respected. In a series…

As Iranian knowledge-based people, despite their ability to supply, face sales problems, It is necessary to design specialized plans with the participation of the private and public sectors and to…

Some of those creme de la creme in the world of wealth, Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, for example, have been worth $100 billion for quite some time: Gates first…

Russia and the United States have begun talks on security guarantees in Geneva,. The meeting is being held in a closed format on the territory of the US Permanent Mission…

Israeli forces have attacked Palestinians taking part in a protest in support of Nasser Abu Hamid, a cancer patient held in Israeli jails, amid a serious deterioration in his health condition.…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Kazakastan descended into chaos and street violence on January 1.  What appears to be a popular uprising against the government has an organized crime…

The missiles were showcased a few days after the latest round of talks on the revival of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal kicked off in Vienna. The US State Department…

The prominent Iranian general was killed in a drone strike ordered by then-US President Donald Trump on 3 January 2020. Tehran responded with a barrage of rockets aimed at Iraqi…

Negotiations between Russia and the United States are scheduled to take place in the Swiss city of Geneva on 10 January, with talks between Moscow and NATO to follow on…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator US-Russia talks in Geneva are to be held January 9-10.  President Putin has presented issues to be discussed which are aimed to diffuse tensions…

Wednesday, the Palestinian Prisoners Club (PPC) confirmed that the prisoner Nasser Abu Hamid (49 years old), who has cancer, has fallen unconscious since yesterday in the Israeli “Barzilai” Hospital. The…

At dawn on Tuesday, the American occupation forces imposed a security cordon around the village of Al-Dashisha in the southern countryside of Al-Hasakah, and carried out an airdrop there, after…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Christmas might be over for the western world, but it is never over in Bethlehem, Palestine, the birthplace of the global holiday.  There were…

Massive Israeli airstrikes on Latakia, Syria Latakia: December 28, 2021: Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator reporting at the scene. The Israeli air force struck the port at Latakia at…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator The US is faced with a long list of hot-spots and tensions.  Beginning with the situation in Iraq, where the Parliament has asked the…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey had planned to be crowned the longest-serving president of Turkey when the 2023 celebration of 100 years of…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator On the Syrian-Jordanian border, just miles from the illegal US military base at Tanf, about 10,000 civilians are being held as captives to be…

Marc Finaud, Head of Arms Proliferation at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP), says “the German government, as a key member of the European Union, is committed to a…

Steven Sahiounie, Journalist and political commentator Turkish President Erdogan told reporters on December 9, ” We will take action and we will continue to do everything necessary, especially against Idlib.…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Tensions eased after US President Biden announced that putting American troops on the ground in Ukraine to deter a potential Russian invasion was “not…

Steven Sahiounie, Latakia, December 7, 2021 The main port of Syria at Latakia was attacked by Israeli missiles fired from the Mediterranean Sea at about 1:00 am today.  The Syrian…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator An attempt on the life of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was uncovered by Turkish intelligence.  The improvised explosive device was discovered under the…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator The Syrian government has warned farmers in northeast Syria against using the wheat seeds supplied by USAID, which is a department of the US…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator The news is full of startling information about the US, Europe, Turkey, Russia and the Middle East.  China has been involved as well, and…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator On Monday, November 29, the parties involved in negotiations considering a new nuclear deal with Iran, the so-called ‘5 plus 1’, will meet in…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Hundreds of migrants are roaming the forests along the huge border between Belarus and Poland as they attempt to make their way into the…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Saif al-Islam Gaddafi will run for president of Libya in the country’s first direct presidential election set to be held starting on December 24. …

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), visited the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on Tuesday.  This is…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Iraq’s National Security Council formed a committee to investigate the assassination attempt on Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, who was targeted on early Sunday…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Tunisia has issued an international arrest warrant against former president Moncef Marzouki, it was reported on November 4.  The charges may be connected to…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, UAE, and Kuwait have expelled the Lebanese ambassadors to their countries in a shocking turn of events prompted by an old…

Iran’s foreign minister says the United States has not shown any serious determination to back up its verbal claims that it is ready to return to the nuclear deal with…

By Charles Kennedy OPEC+ is ready to risk prices going higher and affecting demand rather than add more supply to curb the upward potential of benchmarks, Reuters’ John Kemp wrote in…

Sergey Lavrov has condemned the US’ move to deploy a guided-missile destroyer to the Black Sea, stating that the ship’s mission was not an “isolated incident” but part of a…

With the participation of a number of Syrian youth, activities of the Arab Youth Solidarity Initiative with Lebanon were kicked on Saturday, organized by the Arab National Forum in Lebanon.…

Meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron, his US counterpart, Joe Biden apologized for the announcement of a submarine deal with the UK and Australia, calling it “clumsy” and France an…

Iran and Russia have underlined that any new negotiations with the remaining members of the 2015 nuclear deal would succeed only if they lead to the removal of anti-Iran sanctions…

Iran says the US Treasury Department’s latest move to impose a fresh round of sanctions on Iranian natural and legal persons contradicts Washington’s claim of seeking to return to the…

Israeli media agencies quoted former senior officials in the Israeli occupation’s security establishment as ‘concerned’ about the exposure of their secret bases via satellite. “Anyone who knows how to decipher…

EU Spokesperson Peter Stano said on Friday that there are attempts between Iran and other signatories of the JCPOA to fix a concrete date as early as possible to reconvene…

Saudi Arabia summoned its ambassador in Lebanon for consultations today, while it requested the ambassador of Lebanon to leave the kingdom within 48 hours and decided to stop all Lebanese…

Russia has registered 39,849 new confirmed COVID-19 infections over the past 24 hours with the total number of infections reaching 8,432,546 cases, the anti-coronavirus crisis center told reporters on Friday.…

 The court announced the first verdict in the case over a fire at the Zimnyaya Vishnya (Winter Cherry) shopping mall in Kemerovo where on March 25, 2018, some 60 people…

-Head of the Joint Ministerial Committee , Iranian Minister of Roads and Urban Development, Rostam Ghasemi, discussed with Syria’s Ambassador to Iran Shafiq Dayoub means of boosting strategic cooperation between…

Syria condemned, in the strongest terms, the US policy and stances of its officials towards China, supporting the one-china principle. “In coincidence with the 50th anniversary of the issuance of resolution…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Russia’s military said on Wednesday that it had agreed with Turkey to open two crossing points in the Idlib de-escalation zone in Syria and…

 France’s military doctrine on counteracting information attacks has raised serious alarm bells in Moscow because it is a declaration of militarizing the information space, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova…

In September, China raised a United Nations Security Council resolution related to the 1998 nuclear blast tests by India and Pakistan to prevent the possible maiden trial of nuclear-capable inter-continental…

By Rep. Ron Paul President Biden’s “townhall” meeting this past week was a disaster. From his bizarre poses to the incoherent answers, it seemed to confirm America’s worst fears about a…

By Manlio Dinucci “NATO has ended up in the attic,” wrote the political commentators of several newspapers a month ago, after France had withdrawn its ambassador from Washington on September 16.…

By Pepe Escobar The plenary session is the traditional highlight of the annual, must-follow Valdai Club discussions – one of Eurasia’s premier intellectual gatherings. Vladimir Putin is a frequent keynote speaker. In Sochi this…

Turkey has dispatched truckloads of military and logistical equipment to northern Syria, only a day after hundreds of Syrians staged a demonstration to denounce the presence of Turkish occupation forces in their country.…

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raeisi has expressed grief over the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, saying the United States is certainly involved in the ongoing insecurity in the war-torn country. Raeisi made…

More than 80 percent of Iran’s gas stations has returned to service, a spokesperson for the National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company says, following a massive cyberattack which disrupted the…

Over 2.9 mln people have contracted the coronavirus infection worldwide over the past week, more than 49,000 died. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the number of new infections…

The Taiwan Strait won’t become a significant obstacle for the armed forces of mainland China should an armed conflict between Beijing and Taipei break out, and US support won’t help…

 German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier presented Chancellor Angela Merkel and members of her cabinet with official resignation papers; the outgoing Chancellor and her cabinet will continue to act as interim government…

At least 11 people were martyred late Tuesday in an ISIS attack on a village in eastern Iraq. The attack on Al-Rashad in Diyala province left “11 martyred and 13…

The occupation’s al-Quds municipality resumed on Tuesday digging operations in the al-Yusufiya cemetery in occupied Jerusalem, in order to open a public park. Occupation vehicles surrounded the land it intends…

Democratic Party leader Talal Arslan, in an exclusive interview with Al Mayadeen, stressed that “It is not permissible to link the investigation of the August 4’s Beirut Port explosion to the…

Yemeni forces have liberated another district capital in the strategic west-central province of Ma’rib, killing dozens of Saudi-led mercenaries and forcing hundreds of others among them to surrender. Local Yemeni…

John Ransom is a political and financial writer and editor whose work has appeared at Townhall.com, Newsmax, the Daily Caller and IBT. He splits his time between the US and Asia.  US…

By Jonny Tickle Reports that the European Union is mulling the possible return of its diplomatic staff to Afghanistan in the near future are very welcome, but simply talking about it…

Americans are losing confidence in President Biden’s ability to steer the US out of the Covid-19 pandemic. With Biden’s ratings in freefall, a new poll shows Democrats and independents both…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator As the US downgrades its role in the Middle East and North Africa, the regional countries are looking to forge closer ties with Russia,…

The United Kingdom’s current relations with Russia are not the way London would like to see, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said during a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir…

The dialogue on strategic stability is developing in a right direction, it is professional and substantial, Russian Ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov said, speaking at the International Advisory Council…

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken condemned on Monday the measures imposed by Sudan’s military forces. A statement issued by the Department of State read: “We firmly reject the dissolution…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan rowed back on Monday from his threat to expel 10 Western envoys over their joint statement of support for a jailed ‘civil society leader.’ The…

The US Department of State welcomed the statement issued by the United Nations Security Council regarding the Iraqi October 10 election. In its statement, the Department of State congratulated “the people and…

US officials told the Associated Press on Tuesday that “Iran resourced and encouraged the attack” on the US base in Syria’s al-Tanf, “but that the drones were not launched from Iran.” US…

The Israeli occupation forces stormed the Swih neighborhood in the town of Silwan in al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).  Residents of al-Quds called for a widespread solidarity stand with the residents of…

Polish PM Mateusz Morawiecki has warned the EU against acting “with a gun to our heads,” claiming Warsaw would defend itself by any means available if the EU launched a…

The price of natural gas in Europe on Monday rose above $1,100 per thousand cubic meters on the Intercontinental Exchange in London, trading data shows. The cost of November futures…

The head of Sudan’s ruling council, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, has announced the dissolution of the transitional sovereign council and the government, enacting a state of emergency amid a military coup…

Russia’s ambassador to international organizations in Vienna says Iran’s demand from US administration to guarantee the landmark nuclear deal signed by Iran and world powers in 2015 is not only…

A senior Yemeni official has lambasted the United Nations for what he termed as a political cover-up for heinous crimes being perpetrated by Saudi Arabia and its regional allies in…

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raeisi says the Islamic Republic remains committed to obligations it has undertaken under the nuclear deal with world powers, but the United States and the European sides…

Late last week, UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak said that when announcing the nation’s Spending Review next Wednesday, he would set out how the government “will continue to invest in public…

The British monarch had to spend a night at King Edward VII’s Hospital last week, but reports say it was only needed for “precautionary tests”.Queen Elizabeth had to miss church…

The Taliban (outlawed in Russia) are waging a real war on militants of the Islamic State terrorist organization (outlawed in Russia) on the territory of Afghanistan, Special Russian Presidential Representative for…

Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his warm congratulations to Shavkat Mirziyoyev on the convincing victory in Uzbekistan’s presidential polls, the Kremlin press service said on Monday. “During the phone conversation,…

 Sudan’s army has taken control of the office of the country’s state TV and radio, Al Arabiya reported, adding that staff members who happened to be at the office at the time…

The processes of settling gunmen status, the wanted and military deserters, have been completed in all areas in Daraa countryside, according to the agreement proposed by the state. On Monday,…

Syrian Arab Army personnel intercepted a convoy of military vehicles for the US occupation tried to get through al- Damkhiya village in Hasaka northern countryside, and forced the convoy to…

Terrorist organizations deployed to Idleb de-escalation Zone have continued their attacks on safe villages and towns in the countryside of Aleppo and Lattakia and the liberated part of Idleb Province.…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator The Asayish is the US-backed Kurdish intelligence agents in Syria.  They report to the US forces illegally occupying Syria the locations of armed groups…

The Russian Health Ministry has amended the instructions for the use of Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, giving green light to administering it simultaneously with a flu shot, the ministry’s press…

The first Russian and Chinese joint patrol in the western Pacific Ocean was held between 17 and 23 October, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense on Saturday. “The warships…

Victory eased the pressure slightly on United’s Norwegian manager after a series of disappointing results in the Premier League. Ahead of this weekend’s games they are five points off leaders…

The kingdom, one of the world’s biggest polluters, said it would also join a global effort to cut methane emissions by 30 percent by 2030. “I announce today Saudi Arabia’s…

ISIL group on Friday said it was behind an explosion that brought down electricity lines and plunged Kabul into darkness, ND TV reported. In a statement published on its Telegram channels, ISIL…

Commander of Iran’s Border Guards Police Brigadier General Ahmad Ali Goudarzi made the remarks on Sat. at the graduation ceremony of students of Samen Al-A’meh Border Science and Technology Training…

By F. William Engdahl The price of energy from all sources conventional is exploding globally. Far from accidental, it is a well-orchestrated plan to collapse the industrial world economy that has…

Saad Aljabri, who was a top official in Saudi Arabia’s government, said the Crown Prince plotted to kill him just weeks after the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, the prominent Saudi…

Between 100 and 200 Americans who wish to leave the country are still stuck there, State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters during a Friday press briefing, claiming the numbers…

A leading UK-based gas and electricity company says the county’s energy market is facing an absolute “massacre” that could lead to the bankruptcy of at least 20 suppliers in the…

The world must finally put an end to the impunity of war criminals by holding US and UK officials responsible for launching the illegal war on Iraq, done without the…

Yemeni army forces, backed by allied fighters from Popular Committees, have made new advances in the country’s central province of Ma’rib, establishing full control over a strategic region south of…

The US Central Command (CENTCOM) has announced it used a Predator drone to kill Abdul Hamid al-Matar, described as ‘senior Al-Qaeda leader,’ in northwestern Syria. The US military claimed no…

By Paul Robinson NATO membership for Ukraine may still be a distant dream, but the US is continuing to pretend otherwise to keep Kiev in the anti-Russian camp. The question is…

Search and rescue operations in the village of Lesnoi, the Ryazan Region, where an explosion took place inside a munitions disposal workshop on Friday, have been completed after the body…

Passage to Red Square has been blocked after the scaffolding partially collapsed from the Kremlin wall earlier on Friday. According to TASS, passages to the square are currently blocked from…

The Russian Special Envoy to Syria, Alexander Lavrentiev, announced that the UN Special Envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, suggested holding a new meeting in Geneva on November 22 and in…

The Secretary-General of Hezbollah, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, announced that “in Palestine, there is an oppressed people, an occupied land, and violated sanctities that no human being can be unconcerned with,”…

State Department spokesman Ned Price said during a press conference that “the US will ask “Israel” for clarifications on the basis for designating 6 Palestinian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) as terrorist…

Ahmed al-Kizbari, head of the national delegation to the meetings of the Committee of discussing the constitution in Geneva, affirmed that the national delegation discussed, in the 6th round of…

The Russian Ministry of Defense said that the terrorist organizations deployed in the de-escalation zone of Idleb carried out 13 attacks during the past 24 hours. Rear admiral Vadim Collet,…

Hassan Kazemi Qomi, Iranian president’s special envoy for Afghanistan said, “Afghanistan is in a complicated and critical situation and the 20 years of American occupation yielded no results but killing, aggression and…

A booster stack, which is the rocket used to accelerate the projectile to hypersonic speeds, failed and the test of the projectile, the hypersonic glide body, could not proceed, the…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has attached importance to the resistance movement of Hezbollah’s role in Lebanon’s political sphere. “I know very well that different people in different countries take different…

China’s troubled property giant Evergrande has made a key offshore interest payment a day ahead of a weekend deadline, state media said Friday, averting a default and buying the embattled…

The US Department of Treasury released a sanctions review report on Monday explaining the effectivity and implications of US sanctions with recommendations for the future.  The report focused on the…

By Pepe Escobar Facing high expectations, a five-man band Taliban finally played in Moscow. Yet the star of the show, predictably, was the Mick Jagger of geopolitics: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.…

The Chinese capital has begun rolling out Covid-19 booster jabs to its residents in a bid to boost immunity levels as Beijing and its surrounding areas prepare to host the…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has pushed back on his Turkish colleague’s proposal to remove the veto power of UN Security Council permanent members, saying it would turn the world body…

Ties between Iran and Russia have been close, especially when it comes to the joint military operations while fighting terrorists in Syria. But the relationship has been taken to a higher…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has reiterated support for terrorist groups in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib, warning that if necessary Ankara can use heavy weapons against Syrian government forces in…

Talk of a COVID-19 response plan B for the UK, which could presuppose a return to the mandatory wearing of masks and work from home (WFH) guidance, began after the…

Ever since Joe Biden’s early months in the Oval Office he has been known to offer up increasingly cringe worthy add-libbing when he strayed off scripted remarks. As the US…

Norway has been an active partner in the F-35 programme, with 18 Norwegian companies serving as Tier 1 suppliers. Subsequently, Norway decided to procure 52 F-35s to replace its ageing…

The death toll in a gunpowder plant blast and fire in the Ryazan Region in central Russia has risen to 16 people and the bodies of 12 of them have…

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has prevented a terror attack plotted by a supporter of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist organization (outlawed in Russia) in the Stavropol Region, a source…

Israeli media sources quoted the occupation government, saying that next week, it will approve the construction of 3,000 illegal settlement units in the occupied West Bank.  The sources mentioned that…

No party has yet claimed responsibility for targeting the US-British Al-Tanf base on Wednesday. The most likely assessment is that the attack is a response to the Israeli air aggression on the Palmyra…

The leadership body of PIJ prisoners announced reaching an agreement with the Israeli Prison Authority, ending the battle of empty stomachs with a victory for the prisoners – the agreement…

Turkish regime brought in a new convoy that includes dozens of vehicles loaded with weapons, ammunition and logistical materials to support the terrorist organizations affiliated with it in the city…

The Syrian community and students in Czech Republic affirmed that the terrorist bombing that targeted a military bus in Damascus on Wednesday is evidence on the bankruptcy and failure of…

The Taliban must not use Afghanistan as a platform to destabilize nearby nations, Russia has insisted, while praising the militant group at talks in Moscow for working to establish peace…

A volcanic eruption in Japan happened on Wednesday at 11:32 am, Tokyo time, according to Japan’s Meteorological Agency.  The eruption occurred at Mount Aso on Japan’s main southern island of…

The Palestinian prisoner, who has been on hunger strike for 98 days, Kayed al-Fasfous, announced during an interview with Al Mayadeen that he is continuing his hunger strike, “especially after the Israeli…

Sources revealed to al-Mayadeen that the US military base in al-Tanf was bombed by 5 drones and missile launchers, as soldiers’ residences and military barracks were targeted, setting fire to the base…

Syria called on UN Security Council to assume its responsibly and exert pressure on the Israeli occupation to stop its violations and illegal practices against citizens of the occupied Syrian…

Iran’s top military commander says Tehran and Moscow have come to some “good agreements” concerning expansion of the two sides’ naval cooperation.  Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff of the…

A group of Russian and Chinese naval vessels have for the first time on record sailed through a strait separating the Sea of Japan from the Pacific, Japan has claimed.…

NATO’s offer to hold a Russia-NATO Council meeting remains relevant, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday, adding that Brussels expects Moscow’s response. “The offer to meet in the NATO-Russia Council…

 Russia is not interested in the endless growth of energy prices, including gas, but this takes place beyond Moscow’s control, President Vladimir Putin said at the meeting with Cabinet members…

The Russian Foreign Ministry condemned the terrorist bombing that targeted a military bus in Damascus on Wednesday. “We strongly condemn that heinous terrorist act and express our sincere condolences to…

Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie, Jr., the head of the US Central Command (CENTCOM).

Lionel Messi scored twice in quick succession, including an exquisite Panenka-style penalty, to rescue Paris Saint-Germain as it rallied to beat Leipzig 3-2 in the Champions League after being dominated…

Life has returned to normal for millions in Britain since coronavirus restrictions were lifted over the summer. But while the rules have vanished, the virus hasn’t. Many scientists are now…

Pyongyang has tested a novel submarine-launched missile system, North Korean state media said. The launch became North Korea’s first of its kind since 2019. It comes amid talks between the…

o third country can veto Ukraine’s wish to join NATO, the Pentagon chief has said. His statement comes after Moscow warned Kiev that joining the bloc would go beyond “red…

Since the start of the Israeli Occupation of Palestine, imprisonment has been an unnervingly common experience for Palestinians. Furthermore, thousands of Palestinians have been held in administrative detention without ever being…

Turkey’s Trade Minister, Mehmet Mus, announced on his Twitter account on Tuesday, that his country’s share in world exports has bypassed 1% of global export for the first time in…

The Chinese Foreign Ministry has issued a warning aimed at Washington, calling on the US not to push its own form of democracy on other nations or split the international…

By Jonny Tickle, If NATO sincerely wishes to improve its relationship with Russia, the US-led bloc must make the first move, because all of Moscow’s attempts at communication have been ignored,…

The Saberin News reported Tuesday morning that a US military logistics convoy was targeted in the city of Nasiriyah, southeastern Iraq. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack, and…

Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has held talks with his Qatari counterpart, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, over the phone, Qatari official sources reported on Monday evening. According to…

 Russia is looking forward to exchanging views and resuming the dialogue between the parties at the Moscow format consultations on Afghanistan, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday. “[Moscow expects]…

Russia’s COVID-19 daily cases climbed by 33,740 to 8,060,752, the anti-coronavirus crisis center stated on Tuesday. In relative terms, the COVID-19 incidence increased by 0.42% in the past 24 hours.…

Do you know that the first musical composition in history was discovered in Syria? The first musical composition in history was discovered in the ancient city of Ugarit,  Lattakia coastal…

The Turkish occupation and its mercenaries of terrorist organizations have renewed the attacks on safe villages and towns in the vicinity of Tal Tamir and Ras al-Ayn areas, Hasaka northwestern…

A senior Lebanese journalist has identified a US embassy employee as one of the snipers who opened fire at supporters of Hezbollah and Amal movements who were marching peacefully towards…

By Julie Gordon and Fergal Smith  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s new government is set to impose higher taxes on Canadians, which will help fund some campaign promises but are not broad enough to…

China said Monday its launch of a new spacecraft in August was merely a test to see whether the vehicle could be re-used, denying a Financial Times report that they…

“The real endgame of the Lebanese Forces is to ignite a civil war that would lead to demographic change.” This is what the Secretary-General of Hezbollah, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, revealed…

In October, French Minister of the Armed Forces Florence Parly confirmed that “14 Rafale aircraft of the French Air Force are tightly nailed to the ground because they are simply…

The family of the former US secretary of state and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff wrote on his Facebook page announcing Colin Powell’s passing on Monday.General Colin L.…

Two questions need to be answered to understand America’s paradoxical behavior towards Syria and Lebanon in recent weeks. Years of US-sponsored asymmetrical warfare have kept these nations in states of…

The Director of the Media Office of the Palestinian Popular Resistance Committees Muhammad Al-Buraim (Abu Mujahid) stated on Monday, that the “Wafa Al-Ahrar” deal is considered a complete shift in…

Moscow has announced that it will completely suspend the operations of its mission to NATO, two weeks after the US-led bloc expelled eight Russian diplomats for alleged ‘undisclosed espionage’ at…

The blaze at the key Mina al-Ahmadi oil refinery along Kuwait’s Persian Gulf coastline north of its border with Saudi Arabia did not affect the electrical supply or oil exports,…

“We have made extensive efforts for the infrastructure and superstructure of Afghanistan and we have maintained these efforts until the very last moment,” Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters after Friday…

The Chinese Foreign Ministry has reiterated its opposition to Japan’s decision to release nuclear wastewater from the Fukushima power plant into the ocean, after Tokyo’s new leader said the discharge…

By Kit Klarenberg Building a shadowy network of NGOs, charities and other umbrella organizations abroad has been identified as a key part of the UK’s strategy to reshape the world in…

Seyyed Rouhollah Latifi Spokesman for the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) said on Monday Iran exported a shipment worth $39,000 to Saudi Arabia, marking the resumption of bilateral economic relations under…

 Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian and his visiting Venezuelan counterpart Felix Plasencia held a meeting at the Iranian Foreign Ministry compound in Tehran on Monday morning. Their meeting is…

October 18. The organization of the so-called Northern Supplies – goods deliveries to hard-to-reach territories in the Far North – requires federal support and effectively united logistics centers to make…

ANKARA, October 18. Turkey is still ready to consider purchasing Russian-made Su-35 and Su-57 fighter jets, if Ankara fails to reach agreement with Washington on the delivery of US F-16…

The Declaration of Freedom and Change (the ruling coalition in Sudan) forces called on Sunday to build a united Sudanese armed force and to go out in convoys next Thursday…

The head of Iraq’s Hezbollah Brigades security apparatus, Abou Ali Al-Askari, considered that the elections that took place in Iraq last week were fraudulent, stressing that the “general elections are…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Russian diplomacy played a major role in the international agreement to supply electricity and natural gas to Lebanon, which was facing a complete black-out. …

Erling Haaland celebrated his successful return from injury with a pitch-invading fan after scoring two goals in a 3-1 win over Mainz on Saturday to send Borussia Dortmund top of…

The Taliban say their forces will be tasked with providing security at Shia mosques in in the southern city of Kandahar, in the wake of a “brutal attack” on Friday…

The president’s Build Back Better economic plan has faced stonewalling from Republicans, and resistance from conservative Democrats seeking to keep new spending in check. Joe Biden and his allies continue…

At least three people have been killed and seven others injured after a 4.8 magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia’s tourist island of Bali just before dawn on Saturday, the country’s search…

The German state of Hesse has become the first to allow businesses to deny the unvaccinated access even to basic necessities, setting a troubling precedent as its neighbors wrestle with…

Speaking to Iranian TV on Saturday, Commander of Iran’s Army Navy Rear Admiral Irani pointed to the confrontation of 78th Naval Fleet of Iran’s Navy Force with pirates in the Gulf…

BELGRADE, October 16. /TASS/. The meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin will be crucial for the contract on gas supply to Serbia, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said in an interview…

YEKATERINBURG, October 16. Police have detained two suspects after 18 people died from methanol-tainted liquor in Yekaterinburg, Russia’s fourth-biggest city located in the Urals, Valery Gorelykh, the spokesman for the…

Deir Ezzor, Groups of QSD militia, backed by US occupation Helicopters, raided al-Zar village in Deir Ezzor northeastern countryside. One civilian was martyred in the operation. Local source said that…

From January to August, Ireland imported a total of 4.81 billion euros (about 5.58 billion US dollars) in products from China, making the Asian country Ireland’s fourth-largest trading partner in…

Medhat al-Saleh, a liberated Syrian prisoner, was martyred after being targeted by the Israeli occupation, according to Al Mayadeen‘s correspondent.  Our correspondent reported that the Israeli occupation targeted al-Saleh in Ain…

WASHINGTON, Oct 15 (Reuters) – The White House on Friday will lift COVID-19 travel restrictions for fully vaccinated international visitors starting Nov. 8, ending historic restrictions that had barred much…

German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz took a step closer to succeeding Angela Merkel as chancellor, as his Social Democrats, the ecologist Greens and liberal FDP on Friday announced a preliminary…

Iran has condemned as an anti-human crime a terrorist attack by Takfiri groups at a Shia mosque in Afghanistan’s southern city of Kandahar, underlining the need for unity among Shia…

The Cypriot government announced on Friday that it has decided to formally strip passports from 39 people who obtained citizenship under a disgraced investment scheme, as well as six of…

Poland’s prime minister has lashed out with accusations that EU institutions impede on the rights of its member nations following a ruling by the country’s Constitutional Tribunal that Warsaw’s laws…

Addressing the UNGA’s 76 First Committee’s Combined Thematic Discussions: Nuclear Weapons, Other WMDs, Outer Space, and Conventional Weapons, Heidar Ali Balouji said, “Achieving global nuclear disarmament remains one of the most long-lasting goals…

 Major General Hossein Salami made the remarks during a visit to the IRGC’s naval units in the Persian Gulf islands and the strategic Strait of Hormuz. The IRGC’s naval forces have reached…

MOSCOW, October 15. . Russia’s COVID-19 cases surged by 32,196 in the last 24 hours to 7,925,176, which is an all-time high since the onset of the pandemic, the anti-coronavirus…

NOVO-OGARYOVO, October 15. Russian President Vladimir Putin believes that interaction should be maintained with the Taliban movement (outlawed in Russia), but there should be no haste to recognize them officially.…

In an interview with Al-Mayadeen, a member of Hamas’ Political Bureau Zaher Jabarin confirmed that there is a genuine discussion about uniting all Palestinian resistance movements to fight for the Liberation…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator French President Macron provoked Algeria’s wrath and indignation after his critical and divisive comments were reported by Le Monde newspaper.  Algeria has recalled its…

While reiterating that cryptocurrency deserves to have a place in global currency and transactions, Russian President Vladimir Putin believes that the digital currency market is too high-risk and unstable to…

Sydney is scrapping mandatory quarantine for overseas travellers from next month, officials said Friday, signalling a faster-than-expected end to tough coronavirus restrictions. Australia’s borders have been closed for the last…

WASHINGTON, October 15. Word Bank Group President David Malpass hailed as ‘informative’ talks with Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk in Washington on Thursday. “This afternoon, I was pleased to…

Moscow, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Bassam Toumeh, discussed on Wednesday with his Iraqi counterpart, Minister Ihsan Abdul Jabbar, means of enhancing cooperation and coordination between the two countries…

The United States unilaterally pulled out of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty in 2019 after accusing Moscow of breaching its terms. Moscow dismissed the allegations, and took the unprecedented…

Beijing will take a strong stance against any form of “political manipulation” that may arise during the recently announced renewed probe by the World Health Organization (WHO) to determine the…

by : Rida AL-qatreeb . Lebanese President Michel Aoun announced this evening about the developments in the clashes that took place in Tayouneh – Beirut.The statements included:“It is not acceptable…

Lebanese President General Michel Aoun held talks with the Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati, the Ministers of Defense and Interior, and the Commander of the Lebanese Army General Joseph Aoun.…

AlMayadeen correspondent in Lebanon reported that 6 peaceful protesters were killed and 60 wounded after being shot by snipers in the Tayouneh area of ​​Beirut. In response, the Commandos Regiment of…

An Israeli occupation special force brutally assaulted and arrested a Palestinian citizen in his car while live streaming on Facebook in Al-Khalil. Activists on social media circulated the broadcast video…

Military source: At approximately 23:34 on October 13, the Israeli enemy carried out an air attack from the direction of the Al-Tanf area towards the Palmyra area, targeting a communications…

By : Pepe Escobar It would be tempting to picture the Iraqi parliamentary elections last Sunday as a geopolitical game-changer. Well, it’s complicated – in more ways than one.  Let’s start…

Global finance officials gathered in Washington on Wednesday were focused on finding a way to alleviate supply chain bottlenecks that are driving prices higher and threatening to derail the economic…

Record-breaking Kenyan distance runner Agnes Tirop was found dead Wednesday with stab wounds to her stomach in a suspected homicide, athletics officials said. Police said they were on the hunt…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Voters in Iraq went to the polls on Sunday for parliamentary elections. Shia Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has claimed victory for his nationalist Saeroun…

BY TOM O’CONNOR ten years ago, it appeared to be the beginning of the end for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. His government’s brutal crackdowns on peaceful protests in 2011 had given birth…

The Chinese General Customs Administration said that the volume of trade exchange between Russia and China increased in the first three quarters of 2021 by 29.8% compared to the same…

A senior member of the political bureau of Yemen’s Ansarullah resistance movement says the liberation of the strategic central province of Ma’rib will mark an important “milestone” in the battles to…

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ruled in Somalia’s favor in a major territorial row over a tract of sea believed rich in oil and gas, after a years-long…

A training plane crashed off Lebanon coast into the Mediterranean sea, and two people on board are missing. Reuters cited a statement by the cabinet as saying that rescue workers were…

The Secretary of the Security Council of Russia, Nikolai Patrushev, described the establishment of the AUKUS military alliance as a US adventure that undermines stability in Asia. During the opening…

Daraa The settlement of the situation of the militants and wanted persons was carried out in the town of Sidon and its surroundings in the eastern countryside of Daraa in…

The spokesperson of the Al-Fateh Alliance in Iraq Ahmed al-Assadi said on Tuesday that they will not waste one single vote of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) votes and…

The bill to temporarily raise the US debt ceiling passed in the US House of Representatives on Tuesday and will now be sent to President Joe Biden’s desk for his…

By : F. William Engdahl The price of energy from all sources conventional is exploding globally. Far from accidental, it is a well-orchestrated plan to collapse the industrial world economy that…

The first day of major airpower drills by the various branches of Iran’s Armed Forces sees the forces successfully laying into medium-altitude targets using completely indigenous military hardware. Codenamed ‘Modafean…

MOSCOW, October 12. Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov at a meeting with the visiting US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland invited the United States to…

A massive trove of records, the Pandora Papers, have recently unmasked numerous facts regarding the hidden wealth of the global elite, subjecting them to public scrutiny.  More than 600 journalists from…

Hasaka, Turkish occupation troops and their mercenaries of terrorists have shelled several villages in the vicinity of Tal Tamir area in Hasaka northwestern countryside, causing damage to a number of…

By : Richard Gale and Dr. Gary Null No doubt, none of us can recall a time when the world at large has faced so many problems and crisis that impinge upon the…

France won the Nations League on Sunday after coming from a goal down to beat Spain 2-1 in Milan. Karim Benzema and Kylian Mbappe struck to claim the title for world champions France after Mikel…

Oil prices rose on Monday, continuing a trend that has been in place for weeks amid supply constraints from major producers and rising fuel demand as economies try to recover…

Amid the escalating war of words between Beijing and Taipei, the Chinese military posted a video of its troops practicing beach landings and building beachheads, in “recent” drills conducted right…

A large blaze broke out at a fuel storage tank near the Zahrani power station in southern Lebanon, just days after the country was plunged into complete darkness after the…

According to the industry association, the ongoing crisis may force plants into expensive shutdowns, which could damage equipment, increase costs and ultimately lead to “poorer environmental performance with higher emissions”.UK…

SIMFEROPOL, October 11. /TASS/. The court session in Amsterdam, where the ownership of the Scythian gold collection will be considered, is likely to be postponed to late 2021 due to…

Iran announced on Monday that it is committed to strategic cooperation with Russia in the coming months, seven months after signing a similar deal with China as part of its…

France must forget that Algeria was once a French colony, said Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Sunday. The president asserted that the Algerian ambassador returning to Paris is conditional on…

Hasaka, Two QSD militants were killed in an attack by the poplar factions in Tal Hamis township, Hasaka eastern countryside. “The popular factions have targeted a vehicle carrying two of…

Belgrade, Works of the high-level meeting starts tomorrow Monday in the Serbian capital of Belgrade marking the 60th anniversary of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). Syria participates in this meeting through…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Saudi-Iran talks are on track and may produce results. The discussions were launched under former President Hassan Rouhani, and have continued since President Ebrahim…

Iraqis voted Sunday in legislative elections a year early, and voters were seen flocking to polling stations, as high-security measures were put in place to guarantee a safe electoral process…

by : Kirill Kurevlev . The move reportedly comes as the NSO Group heard that the British court determined that Pegasus most likely had been used by Dubai’s ruler, Sheikh…

by : IMEMC Israeli forces continued to commit crimes and multi-layered violations against Palestinian civilians and their properties, including raids into Palestinian cities that are characterized with excessive use of…

Due to fuel shortages, two of Lebanon’s biggest power stations were forced to shut down on Saturday, leaving the crisis-hit country in the dark, an official source has said. The…

A 16-year-old high school girl was arrested and her entire school locked down, all over her refusal to wear a face mask. Her arrest caused outrage on the right, and…

Czech center-right opposition group Together is set to beat Prime Minister Andrej Babis’ ANO party in national elections. Babis was beset by corruption allegations after being named in the Pandora…

Social media accounts that back the Saudi leadership have in recent months been posting tributes to Saud al-Qahtani, a chief aide to crown prince and Saudi Arabia’s effective leader, Mohammed…

The questions on the alleged use of military-grade nerve agent against Russian opposition figure Navalny were presented by the US and other countries at the headquarters of the OPCW in…

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and his accompanying delegation arrived in the Syrian capital, Damascus, on Saturday morning.  The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Faisal Mekdad, who received Amirabdollahian…

The United States is supporting Syrian terrorist groups to divide it, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said. “Washington is insincere about the reason behind its presence in Syria to combat…

Militant groups in northern Mali’s Kidal region have been trained by French officers, Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga claimed in an interview with RIA Novosti, saying two-thirds of his country…

By Manlio Dinucci . “The Facebook outage was a planetary-scale demonstration of how essential the company’s services have become to daily life” headlines the New York Times, pointing out that Facebook, WhatsApp,…

By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin . In the days ahead we must not consider it unpatriotic to raise certain basic questions about our national character. We must begin to ask: Why are there forty…

Germany needed a late winner from Thomas Mueller to beat Romania 2-1 while the Netherlands eked out a 1-0 win in Latvia to stay on course for the World Cup…

At about 9.33 pm today, the Israeli enemy carried out an air aggression from the direction of the Al-Tanf area with rockets towards the T-4 military airport in the central…

The International Criminal Court (ICC) asked UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday to decide who will be representing Afghanistan at the UN. “Today, 8 October 2021, Pre-Trial Chamber II of…

The US occupation forces have sent a convoy loaded with weapons, munitions, and logistical equipment from northern Iraq to their military bases in the al-Hasakah Countryside, SANA reported. Local sources from al-Qahtaniya…

According to the US Air Force, on October 4, 2021, the last flight tests of F-35A fighters as a carrier of thermonuclear aviation bombs B61-12. Two fighters took part in…

by :  Rochelle Baker . A new ranking of the planet’s largest polluters has Canada in the top 10 for total emissions, which climate advocates say gives the country an even…

by : Pavel Alekseev . The high-profile case of Catalonian ex-head Carles Puigdemont, one of those behind the illegal (as official Madrid deems it) referendum on the autonomous community’s independence…

CAIRO, October 8. About 100 people were killed and dozens were injured in a powerful explosion in a Shia mosque in the Kunduz Province in northern Afghanistan, Aamaj News reported…

MOSCOW, October 8. Red tape, together with political pressure from European officials, and unfair competition hinder the recognition of Russia’s Sputnik V jab by the European Union, Deputy Speaker of…

Belgrade, Serbian Foreign Minister, Nikola Selaković, affirmed his country’s desire to develop and boost relations with Syria in all fields and its permanent support for Syria’s sovereignty, unity and territorial…

Hasaka,US occupation backed –QSD militia continued their terrorist practices against civilians within areas they occupy, storming on Friday morning several villages and kidnapping a number of men in Hasaka countryside.…

The United Nations Charter mandates “All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state”. Turkey and…

Crude oil prices fell in today’s tradings following a record multi-year high during which prices reached more than $83 a barrel. This occurred following a report issued by American Petroleum…

A Dutch court has given its backing to the government, dismissing a call to scrap the Netherlands’ corona pass which is required to enter restaurants, bars, museums, theatres, and other…

Thousands of French people are set to hold demonstrations against issues such as rising energy costs, changing rules for unemployment and pensions, and decreased spending power. Protests against government policies…

by : Pepe Escobar . Sides are forming around the Iran vs Azerbaijan squabble. But this fight is not about ethnicity, religion or tribe – it is mainly about who…

 Russia has been playing a significant role in resolving conflicts, triggered by the West, who seek to exploit ethnic and religious tensions for its own goals, Russian lawmaker Alexey Chepa said…

In a brief statement, Yemeni Armed Forces Spokesman Brigadier General Yehya Saree announced that the Air Defenses managed in the early morning to down a CH4 Chinese-made surveillance fighter jet…

Ali Salehabadi was appointed as the new governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) on Wednesday. According to Tasnim news agency, the cabinet of President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi gave…

The “Lawyers for Justice” group has accused the Palestinian Authority of disrupting the trial procedures for the assissnation of political activist Nizar Banat. On Tuesday, the “Lawyers for Justice,” group…