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Iraqi volunteer fighters unearth 3 new mass graves in Tikrit

8 September 2016

Iraqi fighters from pro-government Popular Mobilization Units have found three mass graves containing the remains of over two dozen victims of the June 2014 massacre by Takfiri Daesh terrorists at an air force camp. Hussein al-Asadi, the Imam Battalion spokesman, said on Tuesday that his […]

Thousands rally against Netanyahu’s visit to The Hague

8 September 2016

Thousands of people have staged a demonstration in The Hague in protest at an official visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the Netherlands, saying he should be brought to justice for his crimes. On Tuesday, the protesters carried Netanyahu’s mugshots and signs that […]

Syrian military source says army doesn’t use chlorine gas

8 September 2016

A Syrian military source denied on Wednesday accusations that the army had launched a chlorine gas attack on a rebel-held neighborhood of Aleppo. The Syrian Civil Defense, a rescue workers’ organization which operates in rebel-held areas, said government helicopters dropped barrel bombs containing chlorine on […]

Trump in TV event with Clinton, says Putin better leader than Obama

8 September 2016

Donald Trump declared on Wednesday that Russia’s Vladimir Putin had been a better leader than U.S. President Barack Obama, as the Republican presidential nominee used a televised forum to argue he was best equipped to reassert America’s global leadership. Trump suggested at the event in […]

The Media Coverage of Hillary Clinton Is Out of Whack

8 September 2016

The problem isn’t the scrutiny of her emails or the Clinton Foundation, but treating such sins as comparable to Donald Trump’s. Many liberals believe that reporters, lead by standard-bearers at The New York Times, have fallen short recently of their institutional duty to accurately inform […]

US Accuses Russia of Unsafe Aerial Intercept Over Black Sea

8 September 2016

The United States accused Russia of sending one of its fighter jets dangerously close to an American spy plane over the Black Sea on Wednesday, an intercept American military officials said was “unsafe and unprofessional,” even as Moscow said it acted in accordance with international […]

Syrian Regime Accused Of Using Chlorine Gas Against Civilians

8 September 2016

Syria’s government is once again facing accusations of using chemical weapons against civilians, with reports of a chlorine gas attack Tuesday in the divided city of Aleppo. “Activists and doctors say the chlorine was dropped in an airstrike on a rebel-held part of Aleppo, affecting […]

Prospect of fresh US-Russia talks renews hopes for Syria ceasefire

8 September 2016

The US secretary of state, John Kerry, told western foreign ministers that he hoped to meet his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, in Geneva over the next 48 hours, to try to agree a new cessation of hostilities in Syria. The two men had been hoping […]

Turkey May Be Limited in Helping to Drive IS From Raqqa

8 September 2016

ISTANBUL/WASHINGTON — While Turkey’s president says Ankara and Washington are discussing joint military action in Raqqa, the Syrian headquarters of the Islamic State group, Turkey’s options may be limited. “It will not be a massive 30,000, 40,000 soldiers entering into Syria,” said Turkish political columnist […]

AUB leaps up influential QS World University Rankings for 2016

7 September 2016

NNA – In a press release by the American University of Beirut, it said: “The QS World University Rankings for the year 2016/2017 issued on September 6, 2016 show progress on AUB’s overall ranking amongst universities worldwide with an increase of 40 positions or spots, […]

Bassil: National pact is focal point for all

7 September 2016

NNA – Foreign Affairs Minister, Gibran Bassil, said that the national pact was the cornerstone for all Lebanese, explaining that it has the force to release out any sort of oppression against any Lebanese segment without any need to resort to a foreign power to […]

Pakradounian: We accepted cabinet’s plan to save country from political crisis

7 September 2016

NNA – “Tashnag” party head, Hagop Pakradounian said on Tuesday following the meeting at the interior ministry “we have accepted the Cabinet’s waste plan to rescue the country from a political crisis”. He pointed out that “all the stages of the plan announced by Agriculture […]

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