Articles by Jeryes S. Khalil

 protester holds up an Arabic placard that reads: “I only will pay the travel tax because I will leave and won’t come back,” as other wave Lebanese flags during a protest against the newly approved taxes, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, March 16, 2017.  BEIRUT: Lebanon’s […]

The Pentagon has considered increasing the U.S. military presence in Syria by up to 1,000 troops as the international battle to oust the Islamic State group, also known as ISIS, from their de facto capital of Raqqa heats up. The U.S. has already deployed about 500 […]

A rogue planet spotted wandering through space on its own may be even stranger than scientists expected, after new analysis with NASA’s Spitzer space telescope. The object, CFBDSIR J214947.2-040308.9, is 100 light years away from Earth – and was spotted in 2012. Scientists are now […]

Francis receives Lebanese President Michel Aoun, for whom “The coexistence of Lebanon occupies a special place in the heart of Pope Francis, who will respond to the invitation to visit the Land of the Cedars.” Vatican appreciation for Lebanon’s support to Syrian refugees. Beirut (AsiaNews) […]

Beirut – The President of Lebanon, Michel Aoun was received today, Thursday, March 16, by Pope Francis in the Vatican. In the course of the visit, Michel Aoun also met with the Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin and other officials of the Holy See. […]

An ever lasting memory and a tight liaison with the human history The idea of establishing a Military Museum came up shortly after the Independence and the reception of the Lebanese military units within the army of the French mandate to Syria and Lebanon, by national […]

Army Commander General Joseph Aoun received at his office in Yarzeh Slovenian Military Attaché, with talks reportedly touching on means of bolstering military cooperation relations between the armies of both countries. General Aoun also met with former Minister Abdullah Farhat on top of a delegation […]

Member of Parliament, Alain Aoun, eulogized the heatedly debated salary scale via twitter on Wednesday evening, warning that it is currently in danger of being “hit by snipers who have taken their positions amid the ongoing parliament session.” “The wages scale has been thrown in […]

The parliament on Wednesday approved hiking the value-added tax (VAT) and other taxes as part of measures aimed at funding the long-stalled new wage scale. The VAT was raised from 10 to 11% as other taxes on financial transactions were also hiked, state-run National News […]