August 2016 – Page 67 – odiaspora.org

Aleppo Residents Burn Tires To Obstruct Warplanes Bombarding Their City

3 August 2016

As warplanes continue to pummel their city, residents of Aleppo, Syria, are burning tires to hinder the attacks with a screen of thick black smoke. Seizing full control of Aleppo would mark a significant victory for the Syrian government in its raging five-year civil war […]

US airlifted $400 million to Iran as detained Americans were released

3 August 2016

The U.S. government airlifted the equivalent of $400 million to Iran this past January, which occurred as four detained Americans were released by Tehran, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. The cash transfer was the first installment paid in a $1.7 billion settlement the Obama […]

Syrian Rebels As Bad As Isis

3 August 2016

The comparison to ISIS is one with heinous overtones, given that the Islamic State has become infamous for its vicious attacks and executions, including many mass killings of religious minorities, people they suspect as being spies or collaborators with their enemies, or for crimes committed […]

AUB mourns former Dean Thomas Sutherland

3 August 2016

NNA – The American University of Beirut (AUB) mourns the passing away of former Dean, Dr. Thomas Sutherland, who passed away Friday night in Colorado, USA at age 85. Sutherland served as Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences at AUB from 1983 […]

Iran says world powers must fulfil nuclear deal commitments

3 August 2016

TEHRAN, Iran Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday that world powers have not fulfilled their commitments under the landmark nuclear deal, harming Iranian economic growth. Speaking on state TV, Rouhani said that “if the other party had acted properly, we would be in a […]

AUB Medical Center leads a new era in patient care with Epic Electronic Health Record System

3 August 2016

NNA – The American University of Beirut (AUB) announced that its Medical Center will soon transition to the Epic electronic health record system (EHR), during a signing ceremony held on August 1, 2016 at AUB-New York Office. The American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC) […]

US ‘not sufficiently attentive’ to Libya aftermath, Obama says amid new airstrike campaign

3 August 2016

US ‘not sufficiently attentive’ to Libya aftermath, Obama says amid new airstrike campaign “We did the right thing preventing what could have been a massacre, a bloodbath in Libya, and we did so as part of an international coalition, and under UN mandate, but I […]

Car bomb in Libya kills 23 people

3 August 2016

The official said the wounded were still arriving at the hospital in the aftermath of the bombing in the al-Qawarsha district on the outskirts of the city A suicide car bomb attack in the eastern city of Benghazi targeting Libyan troops killed 23 people and […]

Dabbour, Zayed tackle most recent developments

3 August 2016

NNA – Palestinian Ambassador to Lebanon, Ashraf Dabbour, met on Tuesday with Egyptian Ambassador to Lebanon, Mohammad Badreddin Zayed, over the situation in occupied territories, the Israeli attacks against the people and Muslim and Christian holy sites, as well as the situation in the region.

Syrie: les avions russes freinent l’avancée des rebelles près d’Alep

2 August 2016

Les avions russes soutenant les forces du régime syrien ont freiné mardi par d’intenses raids au sud d’Alep l’offensive, vue comme celle “de la dernière chance”, des rebelles qui cherchent à desserrer le siège imposé à leurs quartiers. Le ton est en outre monté entre […]

Aoun to media outlets: Respect our silence

2 August 2016

Media office of head of Change and Reform bloc MP Michel Aoun announced in a statement issued Tuesday that Aoun maintained silence at the media level recently to avoid baseless disputes and incorrect interpretations. The office called on media outlets to stop spreading stances attributed […]

Libyan forces advance against ISIL in its main base of Sirte

2 August 2016

Libyan forces advanced against ISIL units at the militants’ main base of Sirte on Tuesday, taking advantage of US air strikes launched the day before. In what is the first concerted air campaign in Libya since Nato intervened in the rebellion to topple Muammar Qaddafi […]