Month: December 2016

President of the Lebanese Republic, General Michel Aoun, on Thursday received at Baabda Presidential Palace head of the Iraqi Council for Dialogue between Religions, Scholar Sayyid Jawad Al Khoei, and discussed with him the general condition and other affairs related to the dialogue between religions […]

Turkish Foreign Minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, arrived in Beirut on Thursday, coming from Turkey, accompanied by a delegation, to pay a two-day private visit to Lebanon during which he will offer congratulations to President of the Republic, Michel Aoun, for his election. Oglu will also meet […]

The U.S.-led coalition killed 54 civilians between March 31 and Oct. 22 while carrying out air strikes against Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria, the U.S. military said in a statement on Thursday. Up to 24 civilians were killed in one strike in mid-July […]

UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations humanitarian chief urged states with influence to do everything within their power to protect civilians in eastern Aleppo, to save what was once Syria’s largest city from becoming “one giant graveyard.” Stephen O’Brien told an emergency Security Council meeting Wednesday […]

Rebels in Aleppo have agreed to form a new military alliance to better organize the defense of parts of the city they control from a ferocious assault by the government and its allies, officials in two of the insurgent groups said on Thursday. The Syrian […]

LONDON — The Syrian army’s push into rebel-held areas of Aleppo continues, and entire districts of Syria’s largest city have been returning to government control for the first time in years. As Assad’s forces backed by their Russian allies pound eastern Aleppo, the human suffering mounts […]

First Lady of Argentina, Juliana Awada, chaired a ceremony to unveil a statue depicting renowned author Gebran Khalil Gebran in Buenos Aires, a statement by the Lebanese Embassy in Argentina indicated on Thursday. Following the ceremony, Awada visited the Lebanese Embassy, where she heaped praise […]

President-elect Donald Trump has warned companies of “consequences” if they leave the United States. He was speaking in Indiana, where he took credit for saving 1,000 jobs at the air-conditioning company Carrier Corp, which planned to move to Mexico. Mr Trump is now in Ohio […]

The Iraqi government’s assault to retake the city of Mosul could take months, prompting more and more civilians to try to flee to avoid being trapped between frontlines, a senior official of the International Committee of the Red Cross told Reuters. A growing number of […]