Day: May 17, 2023

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov predicted on Wednesday that the crisis in Ukraine will end with the United States abandoning the Kiev regime when it feels that it is no longer needed.

“The United States has abandoned the Afghan leadership, on which they relied during the twenty-year occupation of this country,” Lavrov said.

Lavrov added in an interview with the TV channel “Tsargrad”: “I hope that contemporary politicians pay attention to history and how relations develop with the hegemony, which wants to impose itself on everyone in this capacity.”

“I do not rule it out,” Lavrov answered, in response to a reporter’s question, whether the Ukrainian crisis could end with this as well.

It is noteworthy that the American forces evacuated their main military base in Afghanistan in 2021, within the framework of an agreement with Taliban movement, in a situation that shocked their allies in this country, who considered that Washington, with this decision, had abandoned them.

Source: Yemen News Agency

Nigerian police has announced that gunmen attacked an American convoy in Ogbaru district in Anambra state, southeast of Abuja, killing four non-Americans and kidnapping three others.

Nigerian police spokesman Ikenga Tochukwu confirmed, according to al-Mayadeen, that there were “no US citizens in the convoy,” adding that gunmen killed two officers of the police mobile force and two US consular staff before setting fire to their vehicles.

Tochukwu explained that the members of the joint security forces were deployed at the scene, but the gunmen were able to kidnap two police officers and a driver, stressing in a statement that a rescue operation was taking place on Tuesday evening.

For his part, John Kirby, a spokesman for the National Security Council at the White House, confirmed the attack at a press conference in Washington.

Kirby said that “an American convoy consisting of a number of vehicles was attacked,” and confirmed what Tochukwu said that the attack “did not affect any American citizen.”

In turn, the US State Department indicated that Washington’s diplomatic staff in Nigeria is working with the Nigerian security services to conduct investigations.

Source: Yemen News Agency

An Iranian border guard officer was killed in an armed clash while performing his duties in securing the southeastern border in Sistan region.

The Iranian news agency (IRNA) quoted the information base of the Border Guard Command of the Internal Security Forces in Sistan and Baluchestan province as saying that one of the border guards from Zabul border regiment located in the north of the province, who went to the smugglers’ crossing areas to ensure the security of the border areas last Sunday, was injured during a clash with smugglers and opposing gunmen.

It added captain Qurban Ali Berry was immediately taken to a medical center for treatment, but unfortunately he died due to the seriousness of his injury.

Source: Yemen News Agency

Palestinian resistance fighters targeted today, Wednesday, with bullets, special forces of the Zionist enemy army in the city of Tubas in the occupied West Bank.

The agency quoted “Palestine Today” news from local sources, as saying: The resistance fighters targeted Zionist special forces after they were discovered in this city.

The sources added: The enemy army sent military reinforcements, including vehicles and soldiers, to help the special forces withdraw.

The occupied West Bank villages and cities are witnessing escalating confrontations between young men and resistance fighters against the storming enemy forces.

During the last 24 hours, 26 acts of resistance were recorded, including six shootings, the detonation of four explosive devices, the damage of a military vehicle, and an operation to confront settlers, according to the Palestinian Information Center “Maata”.

Source: Yemen News Agency