Aoun, Hariri reach Amman

NNA – Hezbollah sternly condemned, in a statement on Tuesday, “the horrific crime perpetrated by terrorist ISIS thugs, who beheaded a French priest inside his church and took other hostages.” “Hezbollah expresses condolences to the victim’s family and the French and world church family, as […]

Iraqi forces raised the national flag over the main government compound in Fallujah on Friday, top commanders said, a breakthrough in the nearly four-week-old offensive against the Islamic State group’s bastion. They met limited resistance from IS fighters, who were fleeing the city, the commanders […]

Opinion Lebanon The Al Hariri family’s quarter-of-a-century-long dominance of the political leadership of Lebanon’s Sunni community is coming under threat because of waning support from the dynasty’s principal external sponsor, Saudi Arabia—a development that might lead to a new round of Lebanese political strife. The […]