Steven Sahiounie

By Steven Sahiounie, Published on MidEast Discourse, Sept 11, 2022: The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is headed by Secretary General Haitham Al Ghais, who said on August 18 [...]

By Aiden Jonah, Published on The Canada Files, Aug 25, 2022: On August 23, Liberal and Conservative Canadian politicians continued the tradition of validating “Black Ribbon Day”, thereby falsely [...]

By Steven Sahiounie, Published on MidEast Discourse, Aug 24, 2022: While the world has sympathy for the plight of Europeans facing a cold winter because of their energy crisis, Syrians have been [...]

By Steven Sahiounie, Published on MidEast Discourse, Aug 13, 2022: Russian President Vladmir Putin and Turkish President Recep Erdoğan held a four-hour meeting on August 5 in Sochi, which may [...]

Raad Fathi Hazem, 28, from the Jenin refugee camp in the Occupied West Bank of Palestine, was shot dead in the early hours of Friday by the Israeli General Security Service (Shin Bet).  Hazem had [...]

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 has dissolved the National Assembly after the [...]

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 Vienna.  Will Iran’s demands be met, and will the US [...]

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 one near Aleppo.  This could be a precursor to opening [...]

The relative settlement between the Government of National Accord (GNA) and the Libyan National Army (LNA) of Khalifa Haftar and subsequent cessation of hostilities in Libya could have been seen [...]

Saudi Arabia will reopen its embassy in Damascus following continuing talks planned in Damascus after the end of Ramadan, and the Eid al-Fitr holiday. The Syrian ambassador to Lebanon issued a [...]