Month: August 2016

The rebels’ recent breakthrough in the Aleppo siege was done with cash and supplies being ferried in for weeks from its regional backers, including Saudi Arabia and Qatar, with the US turning a blind eye to the activities in order to pile pressure on Russia […]

Manbij women have been ripping off their burqas and burning them, smoking cigarettes, while men cut off their beards, all while rejoicing at their newly obtained freedom after the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) drove jihadists from the Syrian city. Mass jubilation engulfed the northern Syrian […]

IRBIL, Iraq: The U.N. refugee agency says that more than 100,000 people have been displaced as Iraqi forces clear territory ahead of the critical battle for the Islamic State-held city of Mosul. Iraqi leaders have repeatedly promised that Mosul — in IS hands for more […]

HUA HIN, Thailand: Attackers using firebombs and homemade explosives struck a series of popular resort cities and beach towns across Thailand in some of the worst violence to hit the country since a military coup two years ago. At least four people were killed and […]

Pope Francis has visited 20 former prostitutes at a safe house in Rome where they had managed to find refuge from their pimps. The 79-year-old pontiff spent over an hour talking to the women, most of whom had been trafficked from Africa and eastern Europe. […]

Before driving into northern Iraq, Dr. Azar Mirkhan changed from his Western clothes into the traditional dress of a Kurdish pesh merga warrior: a tightfitting short woolen jacket over his shirt, baggy pantaloons and a wide cummerbund. He also thought to bring along certain accessories. […]

Regime comunista cubano celebra o aniversário do ex-mandatário. Figura onipresente na ilha, ele hoje vive praticamente inacessível. O ex-presidente cubano Fidel Castro completa 90 anos de idade neste sábado (13), marco que está sendo amplamente celebrado pelo regime, apesar de ele mesmo, ao longo de […]

Der Essener A-Kreisligist Al Arz Libanon geht gestärkt in die neue Saison. Drei neue Spieler wurden geholt, zudem ist der beste Mann nach einem Verwirrspiel geblieben. Der Oberliga-erfahrene Offensivspieler Zakarias Elouriachi hat den Klub von der Bäuminghausstraße mächtig in Atem gehalten. Anfang Juli deutete alles auf […]

Eine der schönsten Landschaften des Libanon ist das Wadi Qadischa (auch Qadischa Tal oder Qadisha Valley). Das Wadi Qadischa liegt am Fuße des Berges al-Makmal im Norden Libanons und wurde vom Qadischa Fluss geformt, der etwas unterhalb des Zedernwaldes in einer Höhle entspringt. Die Gesamtlänge […]