NITED NATIONS (AP) — Portugal’s former prime minister Antonio Guterres, who was formally nominated on Thursday to be the next U.N. secretary-general, said he faces “huge challenges” and hopes to see unity and consensus during his term. Security Council President Vitaly Churkin, Russia’s U.N. ambassador, […]
NNA – Foreign and Expatriates Minister, Gebran Bassil met on Friday afternoon at his ministerial office with his Italian Counterpart, Paolo Gentiloni, the accompanying delegation and in the presence of Italian Ambassador to Lebanon, Massimo Marotti. Following the meeting Bassil and Gentiloni held a press […]
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. envoy for Syria called on al-Qaida-linked militants to leave the embattled city of Aleppo in exchange for an end to government and Russian bombardment, warning Thursday that thousands of civilians could be killed and the historic city “destroyed” by year […]
WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM — The United States sharply criticized Israel on Wednesday over plans to build a new Jewish settlement in the West Bank that it said would damage prospects for peace with the Palestinians and contradicted assurances made to Washington. The White House and State Department […]
Russia’s defense ministry has warned the U.S. against striking Assad’s forces in Syria—in particular, launching “any missile or air strikes on the territory controlled by the Syrian government,” adding Russia’s air defense systems will respond immediately despite not knowing where airstrikes come from. That word […]
The United Nations special envoy for Syria says eastern Aleppo could be “totally destroyed” by the end of the year due to the “cruel, constant” military activities in the city, where some 275,000 civilians are besieged. At a news conference Thursday, U.N. envoy Staffan de […]
Losing territory in northern Syria and north-west Iraq, and with assaults looming on the Islamic State’s city strongholds of Raqqa and Mosul, the terror group may be left next year with control just of the eastern Syrian province of Deir Ezzor. But defeating the jihadists […]
Haunted by images of terrified children living in the mist of war in his hometown of Aleppo, Syrian native Rami Adham wanted to help them. And so in 2012, he began a series of perilous journeys to smuggle toys into Aleppo. “Initially, I traveled to […]
The other day, a little present arrived in the mail. It was book, or rather a pair of doorstops. Titled Doomed to Cooperate, the massive two-volume set is about 1,000 pages of essays, interviews, and vignettes from more than 100 participants in the remarkable period […]
Marine Le Pen, líder del Frente Nacional francés y candidata a la Presidencia, ha puesto de manifiesto que EEUU y la Unión Europea son los responsables de la guerra en Siria. “Lo habéis hecho todo para derribar al gobierno de Siria, arrojando a ese país […]
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