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BEIRUT: Lebanon will introduce biometric passports in August, a statement issued Thursday by the Lebanese General Security said . A biometric passport, also known as an electronic passport, contains embedded information that can be used to identify a traveler such as his fingerprints, retinal scan […]

US President Barack Obama has touted gains in the campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), but cautioned that the group, also known as ISIS, can still direct and inspire damaging attacks. Speaking after meeting with top aides at the Pentagon, […]

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad praised the Syrian army as the most efficient force in the fight against terrorism inside the country. Assad“You (army forces) are strong-minded and vigorous in fulfilling your national duties. The achievements that you have made in various areas attest to the […]

Israel’s internal security agency said Thursday it has arrested a senior employee of the international aid group World Vision in the Gaza Strip, accusing him of siphoning millions of dollars of the charity’s funds and transferring them to the Islamic militant group Hamas. Mohammed el-Halabi […]

Daesh fighters may have captured up to 3,000 fleeing Iraqi villagers on Thursday and subsequently executed 12 of them, the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR said in a daily report on events in Iraq. The report followed a statement on Thursday from the Iraqi Observatory for […]

SANAA, Yemen: The Saudi-led coalition battling Yemen’s Shiite rebels announced Friday that the coalition has committed “unintended bombings” and blamed U.N. agencies for not coordinating with the coalition, causing civilian casualties, according to the Saudi official news agency. Spokesman Mohammed al-Mansour, in comments published Friday […]

Speaker Nabih Berri chaired on Thursday the last session of a three-day national dialogue Ain el-Tineh which was aimed at finding a solution to the current political crisis in Lebanon. Although political leaders failed to achieve tangible results over three consecutive days of national dialogue, […]

The Lebanese army on Monday retaliated to shelling from ISIL terrorist group on the border with Syria after destroying a post for al-Nusra Front in the outskirts of the northeastern border town of Arsal, state-run National News Agency reported. Lebanese army“Army posts in Ras Baalbek […]

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is assessing what’s working and what’s not in the fight against the Islamic State as the U.S. military ramps up its engagement in Libya. After meeting Thursday with military and national security advisers at the Pentagon, Obama plans to take […]