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The State Of U.S.-Russian Relations

As reports emerge about links between Trump aides and Russia, Scott Simon speaks with Jane Harman, president of the Wilson Center, about the current relationship between the two countries. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: President Obama said he’d reset relations with Russia and once promised the Russian […]

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Army Arrests Syrian for Terror Links

Police in north Lebanon arrested a Syrian national suspected of having links to a terror group, the National News Agency reported on Saturday. The police patrol arrested, Sami Ahmed Salloum, a Syrian, in Akkar’s town of al-Ayoun for having ties to terror groups, NNA said. […]

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Astana Talks on Syria to Continue Despite Setbacks

MOSCOW — Russia considers the second round of Syria peace talks, held this week in Kazakhstan, a success, a senior Foreign Ministry official said Saturday. The director of the ministry’s Middle East and North Africa department, Sergey Vershinin, told Russian state media the talks in Astana […]

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Kataeb, NLP rally in front of Beirut municipality

The youth and students’ sector of the Kataeb Party and the National Liberal Party organized a demonstration on Saturday in front of the municipality of Beirut, protesting against extending the Parliament’s mandate. The protestors demanded that a new electoral law is set and adopted in […]

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Hariri, Kuwaiti delegation discuss refugee aid

Prime Minister Saad Hariri received at the Central House on Saturday the head of the Kuwait Red Crescent Society, Hilal Al Sayer. Discussions focused on providing aid for refugees, particularly Syrians. The meeting was attended by State Minister for Affairs of the Displaced, Moein Merabi.