Articles by Jeryes S. Khalil

The Obama Administration’s policy of supporting Salafist opposition to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad saw the United States unwittingly support the creation of the Daesh ‘caliphate’ in Syria. A 2012 defense intelligence report, originally stamped SECRET exposes that the US-backed anti-Assad coalition at the time was […]

Reporting inconsistencies, a peculiar set of names, and implications on strategy call into question the veracity of a much publicized letter by “the last few doctors in Aleppo,” but do not outright disprove its authenticity. “It has not been possible to verify the names of […]

The Maronite Foundation in Lebanon organized the Maronite Academy as an initiative aimed at introducing young Lebanese immigrants from around the world to their country of origin, Lebanon. The forty young students taking part in the program underwent online courses during the winter to build […]

Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said Saturday that Israel was hit in its soul during the 2006 war. “The Israeli army was rocked, which led to a crisis of confidence within its military institution,” Sayyed Nasrallah said in a televised speech marking 10 years since […]

Several traditional old houses in Baalbek, the City of the sun, were restored, staying true to the city’s architectural history. The houses were transformed into typical houses ready to welcome tourists and visitors.

Thousands of displaced residents streamed back into the northern Syrian town of Manbij on Saturday after U.S.-backed fighters ousted the last Islamic State militants from their former stronghold, residents and U.S. allies said. The U.S.-backed Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) announced on Friday they had seized […]

CAIRO — American military drones monitored Islamic State militants loading up hundreds of cars, buses and trucks with fighters and civilians and fleeing the city of Manbij, Syria, on Friday, as Syrian rebels advanced and the extremists lost yet another stronghold. On Wednesday, the Libyan […]

Os seis membros da tripulação do helicóptero Mi-17 sequestrados no Afeganistão por terroristas do Talibã após uma aterrissagem forçada foram libertados e levados a Islamabad, comunicou o representante oficial da chancelaria do país, Muhammad Nafees Zakaria, à RIA Novosti. “A tripulação do helicóptero do governo […]

NNA- Adjutant Ali Ayoub–a member of the martial arts team at the Interior Security Forces (ISF) — won the world championship title of Kung Fu sports as he scored first in the said sport games for participants under 85 kg which were held in Lisbon […]