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IS loss of border area with Turkey sharply harms group

10 September 2016

BEIRUT (AP) — Expelling the Islamic State group from the last territory it controlled along the Syrian-Turkish border has effectively cut the militants’ supply lines from the outside world. That could affect their ability to protect their last bastions — the cities of Raqqa in […]

Syrian government forces capture more areas in Aleppo

10 September 2016

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government forces and their allies captured new ground on the edge of the contested northern city of Aleppo on Thursday, tightening the siege on rebel-held parts of the city, state media and an activist group said. The latest push came after […]

Bou Saab during press conference: No school can operate without license or exceptional approval

9 September 2016

NNA – National Education and Higher Education Elias Bou Saab fervently stressed that no school in Lebanon can operate at the onset of the current school year without having a prior decree/license or an exceptional approval. Minister Bou Saab’s fresh words on Thursday came during […]

Loyalty to Resistance MPs urge to pursue dialogue, respect national balance

9 September 2016

NNA – The “Loyalty to the Resistance” bloc held its regular meeting at its headquarters in Haret Hreik under the chairmanship of MP Mohammad Raad with talks touching on the latest developments in the Lebanese and regional spheres. The statement issued in the wake of […]

RT EXCLUSIVE: Crew dodges ISIS suicide car bomb attack on Libyan battlefield (DRAMATIC VIDEO)

9 September 2016

New intense battle footage from Libya shows an RT crew caught in the midst of heavy fighting between government forces and Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) militants as the journalists venture to report, risking their lives from the frontline in Sirte. After a vehicle with […]

Death on every corner: RT takes a look behind ISIS bomb-making industry in Sirte (EXCLUSIVE)

9 September 2016

On the frontline of the battle with jihadists in the Libyan town of Sirte, unexploded mortars and booby traps left by behind by Islamic State terrorists await unwatchful victims on every corner, RT’s William Whiteman reports from the ground. While the jihadists have already been […]

US appoints Iraq War general & ex-CENTCOM chief as Ukraine senior defense adviser

9 September 2016

General John Abizaid, former head of the US Central Command, has been appointed senior defense adviser to Ukraine’s top military brass, with the stated goal of bringing it “in line with Western principles and standards.” The announcement was made on Thursday at a meeting between […]

Colin Powell told Clinton he bypassed official servers to email foreign leaders

9 September 2016

Colin Powell told Hillary Clinton, his successor as secretary of state, that he used a personal computer to email foreign leaders “without going through State Department servers”, a seven-year-old email exchange reveals. Powell dismissed some of the official security restrictions on him as “nonsense” and […]

Sources: US forces mounted unsuccessful mission to rescue kidnapped American U. in Afghanistan profs

9 September 2016

profs By Lucas Tomlinson Published September 08, 2016 FoxNews.com Facebook Twitter livefyre Email Print Now Playing Sources: US rescue mission in Afghanistan aborted U.S. special operations forces mounted an unsuccessful mission to rescue two American University of Afghanistan professors kidnapped in Kabul last month — […]

‘Generation M’: Who Are the Mipsters and How Muslims are Changing the World

9 September 2016

The British writer Shelina Janmohamed talks about her new book “Generation M” on young Muslims and the way they mix religion with modernity. Sputnik Uzbekistan tried to find out what changes have occurred in modern Muslim society over the past few years. From Mipsters (Muslim […]

Clinton’s ‘Locomotive’ May Drag Americans Into Global War

9 September 2016

Hillary Clinton understands “American exceptionalism” in a particularly warped way, analysts note, adding that, if elected, she would continue to support America’s interventions against those nations which “balk at playing caboose to her locomotive.” A vote for Hillary Clinton is a vote for war, Bruce […]

Operation Raqqa: ‘Two Turkish Mechanized Brigade Groups Can Defeat Daesh’

9 September 2016

Recep Erdogan’s announcement about the possibility of a US-Turkish operation against Raqqa, Daesh’s stronghold in Syria, has provoked a lively debate among experts regarding the potential consequences of the joint military assault. Turkish President Recep Erdogan’s statement that Ankara is ready to join the US-led […]

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