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One way to measure the growing turmoil in South Sudan is by the rapidly expanding refugee influx in neighboring Uganda. A crowd of refugees press into a food distribution area at Pagirinya Refugee Settlement, one of the newest camps built to accommodate the latest arrivals […]

The Dibaga camp, an hour’s drive south of Irbil, is home to nearly 30,000 people who have been displaced by Islamic State fighting in northern Iraq. Since the Mosul offensive started, hundreds of families from areas around the city have managed to flee. The UN […]

Kurdish forces have carried out new attacks on positions of so-called Islamic State (IS) in northern Iraq to retake the town of Bashiqa, near Mosul. Kurdish Peshmerga commanders said they made large advances into IS territory and secured part of a highway that will limit […]

NNA – Head of Lebanese Forces Samir Geagea on Wednesday received in Maarab Tourism Minister Michel Pheraon and discussed with him recent developments relevant to the presidential election issue. Minister Pheraon welcomed that duality between General Michel Aoun as President for the Republic and Saad […]

NNA – “Lebanese Forces” parliamentary bloc member, MP Antoine Zahra confirmed that the election of a strong president would restore to the state its affluence, adding “this is what we are seeking to achieve by electing MP Michel Aoun as president.” “Lebanese Forces head Samir […]

NNA – “Loyalty to Resistance” parliamentary bloc head, MP Mohammad Raad confirmed that Hizbullah’s fights in Syria against the region’s enemies have accomplished a high level of security and stability in Lebanon and shunned the country strategic dangers. Raad’s words came during a commemoration in […]

The Mosul operation will come at a great humanitarian cost, given the large number of Iraqi civilians held hostage by Daesh terrorists. The jihadists are using the civilians and their children as human shields to discourage the US-led coalition’s airstrikes. While there are no doubts […]

During the planned operation to liberate the Iraqi city of Mosul from Daesh a corridor will be left for terrorists to escape to Syria, a Kurdish representative said. Daesh fighters in Mosul, Iraq in 2014. © AP Photo/ STR Daesh Rigs Mosul With Bombs Ahead […]

Two UK Royal Airforce (RAF) combat jets flew over the Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetzov in a “show of presence” as it passed the English Channel, the Times reports. The vessel, accompanied by seven more ships, is heading to the Mediterranean. Read more Overreaction? Russia’s […]