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Hizbullah on Friday hailed the Lebanese army’s special operation against Islamic State militants in the outskirts of the Bekaa border town of Arsal, noting that it has “highlighted its essential role in defending the border and ridding it of terrorists.” “This heroic operation is a […]

President Michel Aoun stressed that Lebanese will rise again; adding that the state will regain its power and Lebanon will restore its status the first economic, financial and ethical center in the east. Aoun noted he is keen on maintaining Lebanon’s interests and the citizens’ […]

The Lebanese Army, and in a qualitative operation, succeeded to arrest in Arsal a person called Ahmad Youssef Amon who is one of the terrorist organization Daesh’s top leaders, the NNA correspondent said. In details, the arrest took place at dawn in Wadi Al-Araneb in […]

Five men arrested last weekend in raids in France were planning a terror attack next Thursday in the Paris area, the city’s chief prosecutor says. Francois Molins said the suspects were receiving orders via encrypted mobile apps from a commander of the so-called Islamic State […]

ISMAILIA, EGYPT —  The death toll from an attack on an Egyptian military checkpoint on Thursday in the restive northern Sinai Peninsula has climbed to 12, medical sources said on Friday. The military said late on Thursday that militants had killed eight soldiers and that […]

The Pentagon announced in a statement on Thursday that an American service member in Syria died from injuries suffered by an improvised explosive device. “I am deeply saddened by the news on this Thanksgiving Day that one of our brave service members has been killed […]

The Lebanese Armed Forces issued on Friday a statement about a security wall being built around a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon. “It’s only a protective fence in some areas that don’t oversee residential regions. The military command affirms that there is no decision […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump pressed forward Friday with two more administration picks, as failed Green Party candidate Jill Stein took new steps to force recounts across key Midwestern battlegrounds that could complicate Trump’s push for national unity. Stein, who earned little more […]

Iraq is readying a special force tasked with storming Tal Afar, a bastion of Islamic State west of Mosul, in a way that would avoid revenge killings against the town’s Sunni population. Capturing or isolating Tal Afar from Mosul is a key part of the […]