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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia: Saudi Arabia’s Interior Ministry said Friday a woman and her three children have been stopped in Lebanon from entering Syria to join the Islamic State group. The ministry said that Saudi officials received a warning from the woman’s husband about her plans […]

NNA – Maronite Patriarch Bshara Butros al-Rahi visited, on Sunday, the Convent of “Our Lady of Qannoubine” in the Holy Valley, where he presided over Assumption Mass marking Saint Mary’s Day, and inaugurated the “Hall of the Patriarchs” who lived at the Convent between 1440 […]

NNA – Labor Minister, Sejaan Azzi, called for adopting political measures prone to elect a president, disassociate Lebanon from conflicts, reinforce political and security stabilities and adopt expanded administrative decentralization, in order to counter the economic and financial crises in the country. Azzi’s fresh stance […]

Kurdish Peshmerga forces launched a fresh attack on the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) forces early on Sunday as part of a campaign to capture Mosul, the militants’ de facto capital in Iraq, Kurdish officials said. The advance began after heavy shelling and air strikes […]

The Dwight D. Eisenhower carrier strike group with embarked Carrier Air Wing 3 began mission in the support of the US-led coalition against the Daesh from the Persian Gulf. USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) © Flickr/ Matt Morgan US Eisenhower Carrier Moves to Yemen […]

Russia expects more active actions from the United States for the effective coordination in a fight against Daesh and al-Nusra Front, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Saturday. MOSCOW (Sputnik) — According to the deputy foreign minister, Moscow hopes that the State’s more active […]

The Russian Aerospace Forces are successfully carrying out their operations in Syria fighting with the international terrorism. Russian warplanes at Hemeimeem air base in Syria © Sputnik/ Dmitriy Vinogradov Russian Aerospace Forces Actively Support Syrian Army in Repelling Attacks – General Staff DUBROVICHI AIRFIELD (Russia) […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin has submitted an agreement with Damascus on the deployment of a Russian air force group in Syria for ratification by the lower house of parliament, an entry in the official database of the State Duma confirmed Tuesday. Russian Aerospace Defense Forces’ […]

Russia plans to expand its Hmeymim Air Base in Syria to ensure that its operations run smoothly and to enhance its security by adding extra aprons, building barracks and a hospital, as well as assigning extra space for large transport aircraft, etc., an unnamed source […]