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A cessation of hostilities in Syria that took effect Monday appears to be largely holding, though the U.N. says further assurances are required before humanitarian vehicles can deliver aid to those in need. The U.S. and Russia announced the deal on Friday, as NPR’s Alice […]

BEIRUT: Amid a drought in foreign tourists, Lebanese travelers are picking up some of the slack and becoming the new tourist class of Lebanon. Tourism oriented businesses and Lebanese weekenders spoke to Annahar about the renewed popularity of domestic tours and rediscovering the Levant, particularly […]

ERBIL – Experts suggest that the Turkish government will not listen to the new calls for peace by the imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan. Mehmet Ocalan, the brother of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocala, visited the imprisoned leader on Sunday. Family members […]

While the Pentagon claims that it was its own precision airstrike which killed Daesh strategist Abu Muhammad Al-Adnani near Syrian city of Al Bab on August 30, and not Russia’s; Russian experts explain why Russia’s version of events looks more likely. The US-led coalition against […]

After months of negotiations, the United States and Israel have agreed on a new military aid package, the largest ever for the strategic partnership. According to Israeli media, Yaakov Nagel, acting head of the Israeli National Security Council, is traveling to the US to sign […]

BEIRUT (AP) — With much of Syria calm for the past 24 hours, a powerful al-Qaida-linked group sharply criticized the U.S.-Russian-brokered cease-fire, saying Tuesday its real aim was to keep President Bashar Assad in power. The extremist group was in talks with other rebel factions […]

ASTON, Pa. (AP) — Donald Trump rolled out a plan Tuesday aimed at making child care more affordable, guaranteeing new mothers six weeks of paid maternity leave and suggesting new incentives for employees to provide their workers childcare. Spurred on by his daughter, Ivanka, Trump […]

BENGHAZI, LIBYA — The United States and five Western nations have called upon forces loyal to a Libyan general to withdraw from three eastern oil terminals seized earlier this week, drawing a rebuke Tuesday from the internationally-recognized parliament. The U.S., France, Germany, Italy, Spain and […]

Non-voting members of the United States House of Representatives include non-voting delegates and resident commissioners. They are non-voting members who are elected from a U.S. territory or from Washington, D.C., to a two-year term (with the exception of the one representing Puerto Rico, who is […]