Articles by Jeryes S. Khalil

NNA – “Change and Reform” parliamentary bloc head MP General Michel Aoun welcomed on Saturday at his Rabieh residence Former Minister Abdel Rahim Mrad with discussions reportedly featuring high on Lebanese and regional affairs, especially current situation. In the wake of the meeting, Mrad hoped […]

NNA – Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and the Levant, Yuhanna X Yaziji, arrived in Cyprus on Saturday heading an ecclesiastical delegation, upon an invitation by Cypriot Archbishop Chrysostomos II. Yaziji began his visit by meeting with Chrysostomos at the headquarters of the Archbishopric in Nicosia, […]

The Turkish-led “Euphrates Shield” operation is likely to swing the balance in favor of Washington, some analysts say, while others warn that the US may alienate its Kurdish allies in Syria. They agree, however, that Ankara’s involvement will dramatically change the course of the war. […]

There’s no safe place left in Aleppo, where heavy fighting between the Syrian army and rebels is shifting from neighborhood to neighborhood. RT’s Lizzie Phelan went to Aleppo’s most active frontline to talk to residents that still remain. The southern part of the city became […]

Turkish-backed fighters skirmished Saturday with Kurdish forces in northern Syria, pushing the two U.S. allies in the war against Islamic State extremists closer to an all-out confrontation. Turkey’s Anadolu news agency said one Turkish soldier was killed and three others were wounded in a rocket […]

QARQASHAH, Iraq: In the buildup to a long-awaited offensive on the city of Mosul, Kurdish forces are seizing new territory in northern Iraq that they say will become part of their autonomous region. The moves are further straining relations between the Kurds and the Baghdad […]

GENEVA: The United States and Russia say they have resolved a number of issues standing in the way of restoring a nationwide truce to Syria and opening up aid deliveries, but were unable once again to forge a comprehensive agreement on stepping up cooperation to […]

GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria called for all warring sides to agree by Sunday to allow the first safe delivery of relief supplies to the divided city of Aleppo. The U.N. is seeking a weekly 48-hour humanitarian pause to deliver […]

Turkish-American relations have a surreal quality. In public the pendulum often seems to swing from one extreme to the other, from friendliness to animosity. However, this swing of the pendulum makes very little difference to the strategic relationship cultivated by the two NATO allies for […]