Month: October 2016

Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin cancelled his planned trip to Paris after President Francois Hollande questioned the usefulness of a meeting with the Russian leader, citing the situation in Aleppo. However, according to Expert magazine contributor Igor Gashkov, Russia’s the one with the grievance […]

European authorities are becoming increasingly concerned that liberating the Iraqi city of Mosul from Daesh (ISIL/ISIS) forces may trigger a mass exodus of Islamist terrorists to Europe. Members of the Shi’ite Badr Organisation undergo training before the upcoming battle to recapture Mosul in Diyala province, […]

A Saudi-led coalition attacked a funeral in Yemen after receiving incorrect information that armed Houthi leaders allegedly were in the area, an investigative body set up by the coalition has concluded. The Joint Incidents Assessment Team (JIAT) said that coalition air operations officials did not […]

Syria talks convened by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in the Swiss city of Lausanne on Saturday evening failed to agree on a common strategy with Russia to end the conflict in Syria, now in its sixth year. Kerry was seeking a new path […]

Around 55 people were killed in Iraq in attacks on Saturday that targeted a Shi’ite Muslim gathering, a police check-point and the family of a Sunni paramilitary leader opposed to Islamic State, according to security and medical sources. The escalation comes as Iraqi forces are […]

UNITED NATIONS >> Russia’s U.N. ambassador said that tensions with the United States are probably the worst since the 1973 Mideast war. But Vitaly Churkin said Friday that Cold War relations between the Soviet Union and Russia more than 40 years ago were different than […]

NNA – Maronite Patriarch, Beshara Boutros Rahi, underscored on Saturday afternoon the importance of the coexistence harmony between Muslims and Christians, stressing that “both sects have produced Lebanon’s civilization.” Rahi’s words came in a speech which he delivered at “Our Lady of Lebanon School” in […]

‘Shadow CIA’ think tank Stratfor predicts in its 2016 Fourth-Quarter Forecast that at the end of this year, “the potential for clashes” between Russia and the US in Syria “will rise”; however Russian experts explain the real purpose behind these claims. The US will “not […]

US aggressiveness is growing, and threats to carry out cyberattacks against Russia are unprecedented, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said, adding that Russia will take “precautionary measures.” “The fact is, US unpredictability and aggression keep growing, and such threats against Moscow and our country’s leadership […]