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 and NATO, there are still developments in the region and among the various players. Resolving the Syrian conflict seems to be on the back-burner […]
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 the international arms market. Conflict zones, criminal gangs, and terrorists may be the buyers of the donated sophisticated western made weapons of war. “Once 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 in the trial for the November 13, 2015 attacks in Paris which took the lives of 130 people and injured more than 350. In the […]
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 in the prices of electricity provided by Turkey. The electricity is available a mere 10 hours per day, while the summer temperatures are 30 degrees […]
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 terms the proposed action as a counterterrorism operation, with details to be announced in the next National Security Council meeting. Turkey views the US-sponsored Kurdish […]
Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator On August 21, 2013 a video was uploaded in Syria by opposition activists. The video was not verified, but was shown almost continuously around the world on every media imaginable. To understand the August 2013 video, and alleged chemical attack in Ghouta near Damascus, one must first understand that a long […]
“Syria has been effectively balkanized between America, Isis, the Kurds, and Turkey” says Fra Hughes. Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Syria is about to blow wide-open. Several days ago, Turkey bombed a residential area in Aleppo, followed by an Israeli bombing of the south of Aleppo, and the Turkish backed terrorists in Idlib bombed […]
https://www.mideastdiscourse.com/2021/07/16/russia-ready-to-face-turkey… Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Idlib sits ready for battle. The last terrorist controlled area is waiting for imminent military action. The small agricultural province, full of olive trees and terrorists, sits poised to spring into action. The former Al Qaeda affiliate in Syria, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) is heavily armed, and has depended on […]
Private sources revealed one of the methods used by “Jabhat al-Nusra” to steal relief aid that enters through the “Bab al-Hawa” crossing, which is under the control of “ISIS” and the Turkish forces supporting it, north of Idlib. The sources pointed out that most of the relief aid that enters the Idlib areas is sold […]
The involvement of Turkish President Recep “Rajab Tayyip Erdogan” and those close to him in financing and arming Jabhat al-Nusra in Syria. During a video clip published by “Bakr” yesterday, Saturday, he revealed a call between him and one of Erdogan’s relatives, which included a talk about sending weapons to “Al-Nusra” in Syria, and “Bakr” […]
