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Lebanon bids farewell to Melhem Barakat

Family and friends filled the Saint Nicolas Church in Beirut’s Ashrafieh area Sunday as they said their final goodbyes to one of Lebanon’s most beloved singers and composers, Melhem Barakat, who passed away two days ago

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Washington Making ‘Extremely Weird Mistakes’ in Syria

Washington is making “extremely weird” mistakes in Syria and Iraq, Russian defense analyst Konstantin Sivkov, President of the Academy of Geopolitical Problems, told Radio Sputnik, adding that what some describe as errors are in fact “planned” steps aimed at helping US-backed radical forces. Sivkov mentioned […]

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Shi’ite Militias Join Battle for Mosul

Iraqi forces advanced into a town south of Mosul Saturday as an Iraqi Shi’ite militia joined the offensive by opening up a new front to the west. Iraqi troops approaching Mosul from the south advanced into Shura after a wave of U.S.-led airstrikes and artillery […]