The United Nations special envoy for Syria says eastern Aleppo could be “totally destroyed” by the end of the year due to the “cruel, constant” military activities in the city, where some 275,000 civilians are besieged. At a news conference Thursday, U.N. envoy Staffan de […]
Losing territory in northern Syria and north-west Iraq, and with assaults looming on the Islamic State’s city strongholds of Raqqa and Mosul, the terror group may be left next year with control just of the eastern Syrian province of Deir Ezzor. But defeating the jihadists […]
Haunted by images of terrified children living in the mist of war in his hometown of Aleppo, Syrian native Rami Adham wanted to help them. And so in 2012, he began a series of perilous journeys to smuggle toys into Aleppo. “Initially, I traveled to […]
The other day, a little present arrived in the mail. It was book, or rather a pair of doorstops. Titled Doomed to Cooperate, the massive two-volume set is about 1,000 pages of essays, interviews, and vignettes from more than 100 participants in the remarkable period […]
BEIRUT: The Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) urged Wednesday rival political factions to facilitate former Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s efforts to end the presidential vacuum as the Maronite church reiterated its opposition to Speaker Nabih Berri’s call for a comprehensive political deal prior to the election […]
NNA – Free Patriotic Movement leader, Deputy Michel Aoun said on Tuesday “national unity is the strongest weapon to defend Lebanon”. He described his recent meeting with former Prime Minister, Saad Hariri on the presidential vacuum as “positive”. “Hariri is the leader of the Lebanese […]
NNA – Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Minister, Gebran Bassil, on Tuesday utterly refused any set of conditions in return for the election of a President. “Every condition that has been set to elect a president has been countered with Bkerke’s objection,” Bassil said in the […]
BEIRUT: The Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) and the Lebanese Forces (LF), Lebanon’s major Christian parties, opposed Tuesday tying the election of president to a comprehensive political settlement that includes an agreement over a new electoral law and the make-up of the upcoming Cabinet. FPM President […]
ROME — When Amatrice and several other small Italian towns were ravaged by an earthquake six weeks ago, Pope Francis made a promise to the residents there. On Tuesday, he kept it. Catching even local officials by surprise, the pope made an unexpected trip to […]
BEIRUT, LEBANON — Within the confines of Lebanon’s Roumieh prison they gathered together as men recounting lives led before they became seen as terrorists. Inmates whose affiliations spanned across Islamic State (IS) and a gamut of other Islamist groups were in discussion and, for once, […]
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