Articles by Jeryes S. Khalil

BEIRUT: Jaiir Massoud, 24, has been working as an event planner ever since he was 16 years old. “My friends and I would talk to a pub owner, reserve the place for a night and work on our public relations skills to invite people. Same […]

NNA – Lebanese Forces leader, Samir Geagea, welcomed, at his Maarab residence on Monday, head the North Africa and Middle East Department at the French Foreign Ministry, Jérôme Bonnafont, in presence of French Ambassador to Lebanon, Emmanuel Bonne. Bonnafont reportedly conveyed to Geagea France’s concern […]

Daesh militants are taking heavy casualties as the Iraqi military and its allies continue their implacable advance on the city of Mosul. Iraq’s elite counter-terrorism forces prepare for an operation to re-take the Islamic State-held City of Mosul, outside Irbil, Iraq, Friday, Oct. 14, 2016 […]

Iraqi and Kurdish forces and US-led coalition forces have begun their assault on the Daesh-held city of Mosul in northern Iraq. Geopolitics expert Semyon Bagdasarov suggests that the White House is anxious to capture the city ahead of presidential elections next month, to demonstrate the […]

Kurdish leaders reported some initial success as Iraqi forces launched a long-anticipated ground offensive Monday to retake the northern city of Mosul from Islamic State militants. Since 6:00 a.m. local time, “200 square kilometers have been liberated” from Islamic State, according to Kurdish President Masoud […]

Russian and Syrian armed forces are preparing for an 8-hour “humanitarian pause” in the Syrian city of Aleppo on Thursday, the Russian defense ministry said. Speaking to reporters Monday in Moscow, Lieutenant-General Sergei Rudskoi said Russian and Syrian forces will halt their fighting in the […]

European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini says the EU is not considering sanctioning Russia over its actions in Syria. “This has not been proposed by any member state,” she told reporters Monday in Luxembourg. Mogherini said there are discussions about sanctions against members of […]

The Islamic State forced the world to take notice when the extremist group overran Mosul, the second largest city in Iraq, in June 2014. Just months earlier, President Obama had described ISIS as “the JV team.” But by August 2014, the U.S. was bombing ISIS […]

With roughly three weeks before Americans choose a new president, voters have begun paying much closer attention to the latest polls. A lot of them are wondering: How come the results are all over the place? Last week, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton appeared to […]