Author: Mideast discourse

 A US military convoy smuggled crude oil from Syria to bases in Iraq, a report said, as Washington continues to loot energy resources in the war-ravaged country. The convoy of 122 tankers laden with oil from the energy-rich Jazira region in Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah moved on Sunday through the illegal Mahmoudiya border crossing into neighboring Iraq, where American forces and trainers are stationed, Syria’s official news agency SANA reported citing local sources in al-Ya’rubiyah town. Another convoy, consisting of 15 tankers, departed Syrian territories for Iraq shortly afterwards. Local sources added that armored vehicles belonging to the US-backed…

The Israeli occupation forces arrested eleven Palestinians in the city of Bethlehem in the West Bank. Palestinian Wafa News Agency stated that the occupation forces stormed the town of al-Khader and al-Asakrah area, east of the city, and arrested 11 Palestinians. On Sunday, Yesterday, the occupation forces arrested eight Palestinians in separate areas of the West Bank. Source: SANA

The head of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee said he opposes selling F-16 fighter jets to Turkey until Ankara changes its political course and fulfills its commitment to NATO by refusing to purchase Russia’s S-400 missile defense system. “Between continued antagonistic violations of Greece’s airspace and the delaying of the accession process for Sweden and Finland’s NATO membership, I sincerely hope Turkey will change course and live up to its responsibilities to the defense alliance by being the constructive partner in the region we all hope it can be,” Robert Menendez told the Greek newspaper Kathimerini. “Until then, I…

According to Nikolay Patrushev, the financial assets of any state denominated in US dollars and euros will simply be stolen Secretary of Russia’s Security Council Nikolay Patrushev believes that the United States may default on its debt in the near future. Speaking at consultations with colleagues from the countries of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), which took place on Monday via video link, he noted that the US national debt has exceeded $30 trillion, and the debt of Japan has reached almost $10 trillion. According to Patrushev, “taking into account such dynamics, there is every reason to…

Turkey launches attacks on the Iraqi province of Dohuk, and Al Mayadeen correspondent confirms the targeting of the village of Sigiri in northern Iraq. Al Mayadeen correspondent in Baghdad reported that Turkish warplanes targeted the village of Sigiri in the Dohuk governorate in northern Iraq. Activists on social media circulated videos showing the bombing of the Nuhili area in northern Iraq. A few days ago, Turkish helicopters raided Sidekan in Soran District, Erbil Governorate, northern Iraq. The attack resulted in fires breaking out in a number of agricultural lands. It is noteworthy that Turkish planes are constantly targeting villages in the Dohuk…

Six people were killed and another 17 injured when a lightning struck a gathering at a funeral ceremony in northern Yemen, local health authorities said on Monday. The accident occurred on Sunday evening in Asha district in the northern province of Amran. The fatalities have brought the total number of people killed by rainstorms, floods, and lightning strikes to at least 97 since July in the war-torn country, which has been battered by torrential rains, flash floods, and lightning for weeks, according to the health authorities. According to the international humanitarian agency CARE, 190 sites housing more than 12,000 internally…

The German Chancellor dismissed accusations he was “intimidated by Putin” Berlin supplies “a lot of weapons” to Kiev and will continue to provide Ukraine “with what it needs for its defense,” Chancellor Olaf Scholz said, in response to criticism from a former Bundeswehr general. Germany is currently “in the process of supplying the most modern and efficient equipment,” Scholz stressed during a traditional ‘open-doors day’ this weekend, citing recent multiple deliveries of self-propelled ‘Gepard’ anti-aircraft guns and PzH 2000 howitzers. The German leader claimed that his main focus remains on “ensuring that there is no escalation of the war,” when a retired Bundeswehr general Klaus Wittmann accused him of a…

If NATO sits on its hands Serbia will save its people in Kosovo from pogroms, Aleksandar Vucic said NATO’s peacekeeping force in Kosovo should “do their job” in protecting the Serb minority, or Belgrade will do it unilaterally, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Sunday. In a televised address after meeting Kosovo Serbs, Vucuc’s speech comes several days after EU-brokered talks between Serbian and Kosovo leaders collapsed. The crux of the dispute between the Balkan nation and its breakaway province is Kosovo’s push to declare Serbian identity documents and vehicle license plates invalid on its territory. As a result, tensions…

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 to a ‘final’ accord tabled by the EU in the latest round of negotiation for the restoration of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (or JCPOA, as the deal between Iran, the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, Germany and the European Union is known). In mid-July, Kamal Kharrazi, an adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, told Al Jazeera, “In a few days we were able…

A member of the Internal Security Forces was martyred when an explosive device went off in a “taxi” car near al-Sina’a roundabout in the center of Daraa city. A source at Daraa Police Command told SANA that a sticky explosive device placed by unknown persons in a public car “taxi” went off at ten in the morning while it was passing near al-Sina’a roundabout in front of the industrial secondary school, which is witnessing heavy traffic. A member of the Internal Security Forces was martyred in the explosion which also caused the burning of the car completely, according to the…