Month: October 2016

WASHINGTON — “The Art of the Qur’an”, the first major exhibition of its type in the United States that opened Oct. 22 in Washington, features more than 60 of the most important manuscripts of and about the Quran, created over more than 1,000 years across […]

WASHINGTON — Efforts by the Islamic State terror group to draw attention away from the Iraqi-led assault on the key northern city of Mosul are having little if any impact, according to U.S. defense and intelligence officials. IS fighters started launching a series of counterattacks hundreds […]

PARIS — U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter says that even as Iraqi forces advance on Mosul in Iraq, the coalition fighting Islamic State militants is laying the groundwork for another operation against the group, in its stronghold in nearby Raqqa, Syria. “Yes, there will be […]

NNA – Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Ms. Sigrid Kaag met today in Moscow with Deputy Russian Foreign Minister Gennadiy Gatilov and other senior officials. Discussions focused on the situation in Lebanon and regional developments. Special attention was given to key elements of the Presidential […]

NNA – The Romanian Ambassador to Lebanon, Victor Mircea, held on Tuesday night a reception on the occasion of the Romanian National Day at the Club Officers in Yarze, in the presence of officials and dignitaries. “I am confident that the far too long presidential […]

NNA – Industry Minister, Hussein Hajj Hasan, on Tuesday received at his office EU Ambassador, Christina Lassen, and a delegation of the European Commission and discussed with them the agreement of partnership between Lebanon and EU. Minister Hajj Hasan hoped that EU would help Lebanon […]

NNA – Maronite Patriarch, Mar Bechara Boutros Rahi, said on Tuesday that the election of a new Lebanese President was the beginning of a new dawn for Lebanon. Speaking before a press syndicate delegation, the Maronite Patriarch expressed hope that the presidential election on Monday […]

Russia says it is extending a moratorium on airstrikes on the center of the devastated Syrian city of Aleppo and says allied Syrian forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad are also refraining from aerial strikes targeting rebel-held sectors. The Russian claim came Tuesday from Lt. […]

Commenting on the much-discussed suggestion that the real aim of the offensive to liberate the city of Mosul in northern Iraq from Daesh is to demonstrate to US voters some vivid success in the US-led fight against the terrorist group ahead of November’s elections, a […]