Articles by Jeryes S. Khalil

The gunman who killed 39 people in an Istanbul nightclub on New Year’s Day in an attack claimed by Islamic State appears to have been well versed in guerrilla warfare and may have trained in Syria, a newspaper report and a security source said on […]

ALISON STEWART: But first: In Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is pushing NATO allies to return hundreds of officers and soldiers who’ve sought asylum in other countries following the coup attempt last July aimed at toppling his government. In Greece, eight wanted Turkish military personnel […]

Melania Trump, right, looks on as her husband President-elect Donald Trump talks to reporters during a New Year’s Eve party at Mar-a-Lago, Dec. 31, 2016, in Palm Beach, Florida. On Tuesday, Trump criticized the largest U.S. automaker for sending its Mexican-made Chevrolet Cruze compact models […]

The Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rahi received on Tuesday the Ukrainian Ambassador to Lebanon, Ihor Ostas heading a delegation. On another note, Rahi met with a delegation from the University of the Holy Spirit of Kaslik (USEK), chaired by the Rector of the University, Father […]

President of the Republic, General Michel Aoun, stood a minute of silence at 3.00 p.m. this afternoon in mourning of the souls of the three Lebanese martyrs who were killed in the Istanbul terrorist attack on New Year’s Eve. The President received today a delegation […]

In foreign affairs, it was not a quiet few days leading up to the New Year’s weekend — from Secretary of State John Kerry’s blunt parting speech about Israel to President Obama’s announcement of retaliation against the Kremlin for election hacking. Hari Sreenivasan speaks with […]

January 1, 20175:09 PM ET Heard on All Things Considered Peter Kenyon Michel Martin At least 39 people have been killed and dozens other injured in an attack on a nightclub in Istanbul. A man suspected of carrying out the attack has not been apprehended […]

PALM BEACH, Fla. — President-elect Donald Trump says that “no computer is safe” when it comes to keeping information private, expressing new skepticism about the security of online communications his administration is likely to use for everything from day-to-day planning to international relations. Trump rarely […]

JERUSALEM — “We cannot continue to let Israel be treated with such total disdain and disrespect.” Thus President-elect Donald J. Trump tweeted just before Secretary of State John Kerry discussed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict last week. He added: “They used to have a great friend in […]