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NNA – National Education and Higher Education Minister, Elias Bou Saab, launched on Thursday ‘Back to School’ academic year 2016/2017 under the headline of “Ana 7ader” at a press conference at his ministerial office. The press conference was attended by the ambassadors of donor countries […]

After recent attacks from Islamist militant rebels, Syria’s Druze community is looking to clan leaders in nearby Israel for protection from attacks in Syria’s civil war. “Druze in Israel are concerned about what’s happening to their brothers in Syria,” said Sheikh Mouafak Tarif, the spiritual […]

UNITED NATIONS — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is calling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s insistence that Palestinians want the “ethnic cleansing” of Jews in the West Bank “unacceptable and outrageous.” Ban told the U.N. Security Council on Thursday he wanted to be absolutely clear: “”Settlements are […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — THE ISSUE: The United States is the proud home of “the mother of exiles,” the Statue of Liberty. But of the millions of exiles from the Syrian war, only about 10,000 have reached U.S. shores. Other countries are taking in more, though […]

BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s military began withdrawing from a major artery to Aleppo late Thursday as the U.N. envoy accused President Bashar Assad’s government of obstructing aid access to the contested city. A monitoring group reported three civilian fatalities, the first since the U.S.-Russian-brokered cease-fire […]

A top Iraqi official says Persian Gulf Arab states are cultivating the rise of the Daesh group as a way of bolstering their own failing governments. “Some rich (Persian) Gulf countries have been using the measures of their wealth to giving legitimacy to these groups,” […]

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Back on the campaign trail, a reflective Hillary Clinton said Thursday her three-day, doctor-mandated break gave her new perspective on why she’s running to be president. She vowed to close her campaign against Donald Trump by giving Americans “something to vote […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump attached a price tag for the first time Thursday to an economic vision promising what many economists say is impossible: lower taxes, a dramatic expansion in some federal programs and a slimmer government running a smaller deficit. In a […]

ATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy Carter says the United States is experiencing a “resurgence of racism” and he’s calling on Baptist faith leaders to foster change in their churches and communities. The former U.S. president spoke Thursday at a summit hosted by the New Baptist Covenant, […]