Prime Minister Tammam Salam on Monday urged the United Nations to devise a plan for the “safe return” of Syrian refugees from Lebanon to their country. “This huge and sudden influx of refugees is posing dangerous risks to our stability, security, economy and public services,” […]
NNA – Prime Minister, Tammam Salam, chaired Lebanon’s delegation at the inaugural session of the United Nations Refugee Conference, at the invitation of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, at the UN headquarters in New York. The Lebanese delegation includes Foreign and Expatriates Minister, Jibran Bassil, and […]
UNITED NATIONS — The international community has pledged to improve its response to the global refugee and migration crisis, though some question whether the plan goes far enough. At a high-level summit Monday at the United Nations, member states agreed to protect the rights of […]
Damascus (AFP) – President Bashar al-Assad on Monday described the deadly US-led coalition raid on his forces in eastern Syria at the weekend as “flagrant American aggression”. Speaking to Iran’s deputy foreign minister Hossein Jaberi Ansari, Assad accused world powers of supporting “terrorist organisations” in […]
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said on Monday it had taken part in a U.S-led air strikes in Syria over the weekend that Russia says killed Syrian soldiers. “We can confirm that the UK participated in the recent coalition air strike in Syria … on Saturday, […]
SYDNEY — Australia has expressed deep regret for its part in a botched airstrike in Syria that killed scores of Syrian government soldiers and endangered the fragile ceasefire in the region. The attack was led by the U.S. military that said the coalition believed it […]
GENEVA — U.N. war crimes investigators said on Monday it had become increasingly difficult to interview newly arrived Syrian refugees in European countries and urged them to improve access to help document fresh abuses. The panel says it has compiled a confidential list of suspects […]
ISTANBUL — In Turkey, questions are being raised about the makeup of the Free Syrian Army rebels fighting with Turkish forces in Syria. Opposition deputies accuse the forces of being composed of jihadists, which threatens to have wider regional consequences. A recently published video shows […]
BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the developments in Syria, where a Russia-U.S.-brokered cease-fire, now in its seventh day, is hanging in the balance after numerous violations (all times local): 12:15 a.m. A Syrian activist monitoring group says that 12 aid workers and truck drivers […]
ESTERO, Fla. (AP) — Hillary Clinton accused Donald Trump of giving “aid and comfort” to Islamic terrorists Monday, declaring his anti-Muslim rhetoric helps groups like ISIS recruit new fighters. Trump showed no sign of changing and insisted the U.S. should “use whatever lawful methods are […]
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