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Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad said on Friday that the Syrian army’s capture of Aleppo, which has come under renewed bombardment in an effort to seize its rebel-held sector, would be “a very important springboard” to pushing “terrorists” back to Turkey. Rescue workers said that Syria’s […]

NNA – FPM leader, Minister of Foreign Affairs Gebran Bassil, accompanied by Minister of Education and Higher Learning, Elias Bou Saab, laid a wreath on the martyrs monument in the town of Hadat on the occasion of October 13, in the presence of Baabda MPs […]

Top diplomats from the United States, Russia, and the Middle East will attempt to salvage a failed Syria cease-fire agreement Saturday with talks in Lausanne, Switzerland, followed by a separate meeting Sunday in London. The renewed efforts come less than two weeks after the United […]

Iran has deployed a fleet of warships to the Gulf of Aden, the republic’s naval commander has confirmed. The deployment follows US cruise missile strikes on Yemeni positions thought to be under Houthi rebel control. The Iranian Navy has sent the warships to international waters […]

NNA – Member of Parliament, Mohammad Safadi, received on Thursday MPs, Simon Abi Ramia and Alian Aoun, delegated by Free Patriotic Movement leader, MP Michel Aoun. The visit reportedly focused on national deadlines, with the presidency dossier at the forefront. “Electing a president is an […]

GENEVA — The United Nations says its Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan di Mistura, has been invited to join U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov for crisis talks on Syria Saturday in Lausanne, Switzerland. Di Mistura’s deputy, Ramzy Ezzeldin […]

A government-controlled area in the embattled Syrian city of Aleppo has been hit by rebel mortar shells. At least seven children came under fire, five of them were killed. An RT crew has been reporting from the local hospital. A school and adjacent bus stop […]

The World Health Organization says global governments are not on track to meet their goals for reducing tuberculosis deaths and infections. At the World Health Assembly in 2014, leaders from around the world agreed to the twin goals of reducing deaths from the respiratory infection […]

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Lashing back, Donald Trump heatedly rejected the growing list of sexual assault allegations against him as “pure fiction” on Thursday, hammering his female accusers as “horrible, horrible liars” as the already-nasty presidential campaign sank further into charges of attacks […]