Author: Mideast discourse

 China said Monday it had organized fresh military drills around Taiwan, as a delegation of visiting United States lawmakers met the island’s leader after a similar trip by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi heightened fears of conflict. The unannounced two-day trip came after Beijing sent warships, missiles and jets into the waters and skies around Taiwan, a self-ruled island that China claims and has vowed to one day seize. The five-member congressional delegation — led by Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts — met with President Tsai Ing-wen on Monday, according to Washington’s de facto embassy, AFP reported. “The delegation had an…

On August 15, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on the destruction of more than 500 soldiers fighting for the Kiev regime, including foreign mercenaries. The armed forces of the Russian Federation destroyed the military base of foreign mercenaries near the town of Zolochiv in the Kharkiv region. More than 100 militants from Poland and Germany were killed and more than 50 others were wounded. The Armed Forces of Ukraine continue suffering heavy losses on the front lines. According to the Russian Defence Ministry, the 63rd mechanized brigade of the AFU lost more than 160 servicemen near the villages of Belogorka…

On August 14th, a column of US-made International MaxxPro MRAPs entered the Donbas region. The armored vehicles provided to the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) by the US were delivered through Italy, Poland and Romania. They arrived on the territory of Ukraine three days before. The column of at least 18 vehicles was reportedly spotted near the village of Slavyanka located 45 kilometers to the west from the city of Donetsk. Machine guns were seen installed on the towers of the armored vehicles. However, some of the vehicles lost the battle against the Ukrainian fields. They got stuck in the mud.…

The Israeli regime’s troops killed a Palestinian young man in Al-Quds, shooting him in his head. Muhammad Al-Shaham was martyred in Kafar Aqab, northern occupied West Bank, during an Israeli raid, on Monday. Al-Quds witnessed on Sunday a martyrdom operation by a Palestinian juvenile, Amir Saidawi. Amir shot bullets at a bus carrying the Israeli settlers. The Israeli sources announced that at least 9 Israeli were wounded, three of whom were in severe conditions. Since 1948, the Israeli regime has been occupying Palestine, killing the Palestinian people and destroying their homes. The severe suppression of the Palestinian people and forcing…

The US forces in Syria conducted a “large airborne operation” on Monday morning close to Deir Ez-Zur in eastern Syria, SANA reported. The American forces landed in Busayra, east of Deir Ez-Zur, and “kidnapped a number of civilians,” according to the report. The Pentagon claimed that the US-led coalition forces conducted an operation in Busayra with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) that killed four Daesh (ISIL or ISIS) fighters. The US military has stationed forces and equipment in northeastern Syria, with the Pentagon claiming that the deployment is aimed at preventing the oilfields in the area from falling into the…

A number of US-backed SDF militiamen were killed in an attack targeting a military point north of Raqqa city. Local sources told SANA that unknown individuals carried out an attack with machine-gun that targeted a military point of the SDF militia near the town of Tal al-Saman, north of Raqqa, killing a number of the militia members and causing a huge material damage to the military point. Source: SANA

Following the ramming incident in Pennsylvania, the assailant flees the scene and assaults a woman, beating her to death. According to a US media report, over a dozen people were wounded in Berwick, Pennsylvania, after a vehicle struck a crowd commemorating victims of a deadly house fire that left 10 dead last week. Pennsylvania’s WBRE television station reported that the incident took place at 6:30 pm local time (22:30 GMT) on Saturday outside the restaurant, Intoxicology Department. Spokeswoman for Geisinger Medical Center Natalie Buyny disclosed to NBC in a statement that there were 13 injured people following the incident, adding, “As of 8:30 p.m.…

Legislators headed by Senator Ed Markey will visit the island as part of a trip to the Indo-Pacific region A US congressional delegation will visit Taiwan from August 14 to 15, the American Institute in Taiwan (the de facto US embassy, which has the status of a non-commercial organization) said in a statement on Sunday. Legislators headed by Senator Ed Markey will visit the island as part of a trip to the Indo-Pacific region, the statement said. “The delegation will meet with senior Taiwan leaders to discuss US-Taiwan relations, regional security, trade and investment, global supply chains, climate change, and…

On August 13, the settlement of Peski in the DPR was fully liberated as a result of offensive operations by the allied forces of the Donbass republics and the Russian army The Russian armed forces have liberated the settlement of Udy in the Kharkov Region as a result of offensive operations, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov reported on Sunday. “As a result of offensive operations by the Russian armed forces, the settlement of Udy in the Kharkov Region has been completely liberated,” the spokesman said. On August 13, the settlement of Peski in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR)…

On August 14, the Afrin Liberation Forces (ALF) announced that its cells in the northern countryside of Syria’s Aleppo had carried out two new attacks against the Turkish military and its proxies. “In the face of the [recent] attacks by the Turkish occupation army, retaliatory attacks were carried out in both Al-Bab and Marea regions, within the framework of legitimate defense,” the Kurdish guerilla group said in a statement. The first attack took place on August 11 and targeted a vehicle carrying Turkish-backed militants near Marea. Three militants were killed and two others were wounded as a result of the…