Articles by Jeryes S. Khalil

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday suspended a treaty with Washington on cleaning up weapons-grade plutonium, signaling he is willing to use nuclear disarmament as a new bargaining chip in disputes with the United States over Ukraine and Syria. Starting in the last years of […]

President Barack Obama’s administration has done its outmost to destroy the atmosphere of trust between Russia and the United States, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement Monday. “The Obama administration did everything to destroy the atmosphere of trust which could foster [bilateral] cooperation,” […]

RABAT, Morocco: Morocco’s Interior Ministry said authorities have detained 10 women linked to the Islamic State group who are suspected of plotting suicide attacks and trying to recruit other women to join the extremists. The ministry said in a statement that the Central Bureau of […]

BAGHDAD: Militants on Monday unleashed a series of attacks in Shiite-majority neighborhoods in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, killing at least 15 civilians, officials said. The deadliest attack took place in the southwestern neighborhood of al-Amil when a bomber set off his explosives-laden vest in a […]

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 […]

Despite Washington pouring millions of American taxpayers’ dollars into the US military infrastructure and arms supplies to troubled African states, the continent is not getting any safer. So what are the real objectives of the US African Command in the region? In his latest article […]

The US is planning to deploy 2,000 additional soldiers in its military bases Katterbach and Illesheim in Germany to mark its presence in Europe, German newspaper Nordbayern wrote. Police secure the area after an explosion in Ansbach, Germany, July 25, 2016. © REUTERS/ Michaela Rehle […]

The US Central Intelligence Service stands behind the targeting of the UN humanitarian convoy near Aleppo, according to the statement of Syria’s Defense Ministry. MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Syria’s Defense Ministry believes the recent attack on the UN humanitarian convoy near the city of Aleppo was […]

It is groundless to accuse Moscow of conducting airstrikes on hospitals and humanitarian convoys in Syria, Russia’s deputy foreign minister said Monday. “It is not in Russia’s interests to bomb a humanitarian convoy. We had been seeking to achieve this aim for a long time […]