Articles by Jeryes S. Khalil

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak is confident that the close bonds between Israel and the U.S. will continue regardless of who wins November’s presidential election. “The relationship is so strong between Israel and the United States of America that whoever is elected, she or […]

The operation of the Russian Aerospace Forces in Syria was initially expected to last only several months but it dragged on since there has been no true broad anti-terrorist coalition created so far, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov said Monday. MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russia […]

The size of the bomb craters is becoming larger and the destructive power is growing of the missiles that Russian and Syrian government warplanes are launching at civilians and rebels in Aleppo. Since the breakdown last week of a U.S.-Russia negotiated cease-fire in Syria, the […]

On Friday, Japan received its first F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. Given that one of the Pentagon’s own models caught fire on the very same day, can Tokyo expect similar setbacks? Japan’s Air Self Defense Forces (JASDF) received the JSF as part of an elaborate celebration […]

Islamic State fighters are preparing for a major battle in a critical war-ravaged province, where government troops have successfully driven out rebel forces. IS has been fighting Syrian forces in eastern Homs province for weeks, gaining ground in villages with hopes for an assault on […]

RIYADH — Saudi Arabia will cut ministers’ salaries by 20 percent and scale back financial perks for public sector employees, according to a Cabinet statement and royal decree broadcast on state-run Ekhbariya TV on Monday. It was the first announcement of pay cuts for government […]

Iran says it has released a retired Canadian-Iranian professor, who had been detained on “security charges.” A foreign ministry spokesman, quoted by the official IRNA news agency, said Homa Hoodfar was released on humanitarian grounds. Hoodfar, 65, who most recently taught at Concordia University in […]

US President Barack Obama has expressed “deep concern” about the situation in rebel-held parts of Aleppo, amid an assault by Syrian government forces. Medics in the city are struggling to cope with the huge number of casualties caused by the most sustained and intense aerial […]

The Colombian government and left-wing Farc rebels have signed a historic agreement that formally brings an end to 52 years of civil war. The rebel leader Timoleon Jimenez, known as Timochenko, apologised to “all the victims of the conflict” and was greeted by cheers and […]