Month: December 2016

El periodista Patrick Cockburn ha publicado un artículo en el periódico británico The Independent en el que señala que El Ejército sirio ha logrado su mayor victoria desde que la guerra en Siria comenzó al controlar toda la ciudad de Alepo, añadiendo que la rapìdez […]

Juan Santander vive en el Líbano. Es argentino, trabajador humanitario y especialista en planificación, monitoreo y evaluación para Unicef. En diálogo telefónico con PERFIL, explica cuál es la situación de los niños refugiados en el país. Detalla los mayores desafíos en materia de acceso a […]

Il Papà ha ricevuto ieri mattina, pazienti e operatori sanitari, nell’aula Paolo VI , al Vaticano. Erano circa 2 mila persone dell’Ospedale Pediatrico “Bambino Gesù “. Ero onorata di accompagnare una famiglia libanese che ha 2 bimbe malate di Leucemia. Il Santo Padre ha salutato […]

Western politicians, “experts” and journalists are going to have to reboot their stories over the next few days now that Bashar al-Assad’s army has retaken control of eastern Aleppo. We’re going to find out if the 250,000 civilians “trapped” in the city were indeed that […]

Lebanese President, Michel Aoun, said on Friday during his meeting with Head of the Physicians Order, Professor Raymond Sayegh, that Lebanon is undergoing an era of recovery. Separately, President Aoun received Armenia’s Ambassador to Lebanon, Samuel Makritichian, who handed him an official invitation from Armenian […]

The Free Patriotic Movement announced Friday that it will continue its electoral law talks with the political parties away from the media spotlight, after an FPM delegation met with the country’s main political parties this week to push for the adoption of a new electoral […]

Lining up a new cabinet could be delayed until next week because President Michel Aoun suggested to grant specific titles to the ministers who will be given a state portfolio, which Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri said presses the need for reconsidering the distribution of ministerial […]

LONDON — U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Thursday reassured coalition partners that the United States would remain a key player in the fight against Islamic State militants under the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump. “I can’t give assurances. I can’t speak for the next […]

HARI SREENIVASAN:  The brutal fight for Aleppo seems to now be over.  Evacuations of civilians and fighters from the rebel-held east began today, as the pitched four-year battle ends. Dan Rivers of Independent Television News is there. DAN RIVERS, ITN:  After so many false dawns, […]