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MOSCOW — Russia’s largest naval deployment in years raised eyebrows as the flotilla sailed past Norway through the English Channel on the way to the eastern Mediterranean Sea to support Moscow’s air campaign in Syria. The British Royal Navy shadowed the Russian fleet Friday as […]

Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea expressed optimism over the latest developments witnessed on the local political scene, stating that the presidential vacuum will come to an end with a president “made in Lebanon.” Following his meeting with MP Michel Aoun in Rabieh in the presence […]

NNA – There will be a president of the Lebanese republic on October 31, and the new Prime Minister is Saad Hariri, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea indicated following talks with the former premier at Bayt-al-Wasssat on Friday. “I hope an agreement would be reached […]

HASSAN SHAM, KURDISTAN IRAQ — Islamic State militants launched an assault Friday on the northern oil city of Kirkuk, drawing troops and resources away from the battle toward Mosul as Iraqi and Kurdish peshmerga forces continue to move in on the country’s second-largest city. A […]

SIRTE, LIBYA — Sheltering in tunnels, improvised bunkers and rooms fortified by sand-filled fridges, Islamic State is holding out in the Libyan city of Sirte, defending itself with snipers, booby-traps and car bombs against pro-government forces. After a six-month campaign of often fierce street fighting, […]

The din of bullets, mortars and bombs in the northern Iraqi town of Bartella was replaced momentarily on Friday by a sound not heard there for more than two years: the peal of church bells. A cautious calm returned to this historic Christian area following […]

Hezbollah Deputy Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem said on Wednesday that the carrying out presidential elections in Lebanon requires clam dialogues among the different factions, not announcing public stances. In a meeting with Al-Manar Website staff, Sheikh Qassem added that Hezbollah is not playing the […]

CLEVELAND (AP) — Hillary Clinton ramped up her pressure on Donald Trump in the election’s most competitive states Friday with an emotional TV ad targeting his criticism of a Muslim-American family. Trump vowed to go all-out in the final three weeks so he’ll have no […]

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — Hillary Clinton’s campaign is increasingly preparing for the possibility that Donald Trump may never concede the presidential election should she win, a development that could enormously complicate the crucial early weeks of her preparations to take office. Aiming to undermine […]