Month: November 2016

Fidel Castro’s death could give his younger brother, President Raul Castro, more space to pursue economic reforms, but change will also depend on whether U.S. President-elect Donald Trump decides to work with or challenge Cuba’s communist government. Raul Castro has introduced market-oriented reforms in recent […]

Syrische Regierungstruppen haben nach Angaben des Staatsfernsehens das grösste Rebellenviertel der hart umkämpften Stadt Aleppo eingenommen. Die Regierungstruppen hätten die «vollständige Kontrolle» über das bisher von Rebellen gehaltene Viertel Massaken Hanano erlangt   (sda) Die amtliche Nachrichtenagentur Sana berichtete, derzeit werde das Viertel in Aleppos […]

Fidel Castro, the revolutionary leader who put Cuba on the world stage and made himself a world player, died on Friday, his brother Raul Castro announced on state-run television. He was 90. The communist adversary for 10 U.S. presidents, Castro wore his trademark beard and […]

BEIRUT – Lebanon’s army says one of its special units conducted an operation near the border with Syria, capturing 11 members of the Islamic State group. The army says the operation on Friday near the border town of Arsal targeted an IS center. It says […]

Lebanese military forces have arrested a high-profile member of the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group along with 10 other militants during a mop-up operation in the northeastern town of Arsal on the border with conflict-plagued Syria. Lebanese soldiers mounted an offensive in the Wadi al-Araneb suburbs […]

Lebanese President Michel Aoun hailed the major operation carried out by the Lebanese Army in the northeastern town of Arsal on Friday in which a senior commander was detained along with other terrorists. “Such major operations boost stability in the country and put an end […]

Hizbullah on Friday hailed the Lebanese army’s special operation against Islamic State militants in the outskirts of the Bekaa border town of Arsal, noting that it has “highlighted its essential role in defending the border and ridding it of terrorists.” “This heroic operation is a […]

President Michel Aoun stressed that Lebanese will rise again; adding that the state will regain its power and Lebanon will restore its status the first economic, financial and ethical center in the east. Aoun noted he is keen on maintaining Lebanon’s interests and the citizens’ […]

The Lebanese Army, and in a qualitative operation, succeeded to arrest in Arsal a person called Ahmad Youssef Amon who is one of the terrorist organization Daesh’s top leaders, the NNA correspondent said. In details, the arrest took place at dawn in Wadi Al-Araneb in […]