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WASHINGTON: The Obama administration is launching a fresh bid to enlist Russia as a partner in Syria despite more than a month of dashed hopes as the situation on the ground becomes more volatile and uncertain with the introduction of Turkish ground forces. As the […]

The Free Syrian Army plans to start an operation to liberate the strategic city of al-Bab in Syria’s Aleppo province, Redif Müslim a lawyer and representative of the FSA told Sputnik in an interview. A destroyed building in the Bani Zeid district in north Aleppo […]

A number of heavy vehicles for terrorist organizations have been destroyed, including tanks and armored vehicles in Aleppo, as the Syrian army continued its operations, SANA reported. Aleppo The Syrian Air Force targeted gatherings of terrorists and movement axes southwest of the military academies in […]

UNDP’s Helen Clark promotes female business leaders driving societal change. Sarah Beydoun of Lebanon and Jennifer Nkuene Riria of Kenya join Tore Lærdal of Norway as the 2016 Business for Peace Honourees His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon to attend Award Ceremony March 8, 2016 […]

BEIRUT: Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil outlined Wednesday his campaign to provide citizenship to people of Lebanese descent around the world, months after parliament ratified a law to this purpose. The law, which aims to give citizenship to people of Lebanese origin, estimated to be comprised […]

NNA – In a press release by the United Nations Information Centre, it said: “UN Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Disability and Accessibility Lenin Boltaire Moreno Garces began his official visit to Lebanon by meeting with Minister of Social Affairs Rachid Derbass. He also […]

At least 159 people were killed in a magnitude 6.2 earthquake that struck central Italy early Wednesday as most residents were sleeping in their homes. Officials say the towns of Amatrice and Accumoli appear to be the hardest hit by the quake, which struck at […]

One student was killed and 14 injured in an attack on American University of Afganistan in Kabul, Reuters reported citing the head of Kabul hospitals. Earlier on Wednesday, the Afghan news channel TOLOnews reported that armed assailants had breached the university after setting off explosives […]

BEIRUT // Lebanon’s economy has long depended on the Arab Gulf states. Hundreds of thousands of Lebanese work there, sending their savings home to relatives. It is the main destination for exports — both human capital and produced goods — as well as the leading […]