Articles by Jeryes S. Khalil

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Hussein expressed on Friday his concern about reports that Daesh terrorist group is using civilians as human shields in and around the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The High Commissioner also said that there […]

The United States has not seen any unauthorized activities of Turkish military forces near the Iraqi city of Mosul, where the US-led coalition is executing an operation against Daesh, the White House spokesperson Josh Earnest said at a press briefing on Friday. A Peshmerga convoy […]

In a further sign of growing tensions between the United States and Turkey, Pentagon officials revealed on Wednesday that the Kurdish YPG militia will play a major role in the upcoming attack on the Daesh-held city of Raqqa, and it’s not good news for Ankara. […]

Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil met with the Ambassador of the United States to Lebanon Tuesday whereby they discussed enhancing bilateral relations between the two countries and the latest developments on the local level. And as Richard left without making any statement, sources reported that she […]

NNA – Lebanese Forces leader, Samir Geagea, is currently meeting at his Meerab residence with the US Ambassador to Lebanon, Elizabeth Richard, NNA reporter said on Tuesday. The meeting takes place in The presence of Party Head’s Advisor for Foreign Relations Elie Khoury, and Chairman […]

WASHINGTON — “The Art of the Qur’an”, the first major exhibition of its type in the United States that opened Oct. 22 in Washington, features more than 60 of the most important manuscripts of and about the Quran, created over more than 1,000 years across […]

WASHINGTON — Efforts by the Islamic State terror group to draw attention away from the Iraqi-led assault on the key northern city of Mosul are having little if any impact, according to U.S. defense and intelligence officials. IS fighters started launching a series of counterattacks hundreds […]

PARIS — U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter says that even as Iraqi forces advance on Mosul in Iraq, the coalition fighting Islamic State militants is laying the groundwork for another operation against the group, in its stronghold in nearby Raqqa, Syria. “Yes, there will be […]

NNA – Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Ms. Sigrid Kaag met today in Moscow with Deputy Russian Foreign Minister Gennadiy Gatilov and other senior officials. Discussions focused on the situation in Lebanon and regional developments. Special attention was given to key elements of the Presidential […]