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Hizbullah’s top lawmaker called Monday for “balancing” between “financial and banking stability” and the requirements of national “sovereignty,” amid a row over the implementation in Lebanon of a U.S. anti-Hizbullah sanctions law. “It is a bizarre paradox that some have been demanding sovereignty and rejecting […]

Iran’s senior general Qassem Suleimani, the head of the elite Quds Force, has warned Bahrain of “dire repercussions, including armed struggle by the people and the overthrow of the al-Khalifa dynasty,” in the wake of Manama’s decision to revoke the citizenship of top Shiite cleric […]

Labor Minister Sejaan Qazzi was expelled on Monday from the Kataeb Party after he rejected to abide by the party’s decision on resigning from Prime Minister Tammam Salam’s government. “Based on the report of the party’s general secretariat, which highlighted Minister Qazzi’s clear violation of […]

Four U.S. special operations troops were hurt when an Islamic State rocket landed near their position in northern Syria earlier this month, bringing renewed questions about the role of U.S. troops in the region, specifically special operations forces serving alongside indigenous troops fighting ISIS. A […]

Lebanese Finance Minister stated that Lebanon hopes to receive additional support from Russia to help its armed forces fight terrorism. Lebanon hopes to receive additional support from Russia to help its armed forces fight terrorism, Lebanese Finance Minister Ali Khalil said Monday. “We are currently […]

The general tapped to lead U.S. Africa Command told Capitol Hill lawmakers Tuesday he did not know of any “overall grand strategy” to defeat ISIS in Libya. Marine Lt. Gen. Thomas D. Waldhauser made the comments under questioning from Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John […]

It was then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton who, along with CIA director David H. Petraeus, developed a plan of arming and training Syrian rebels to overthrow Syrian President Assad in 2012. Will Clinton kick off an all-out war against the Syrian leader if she […]

Beirut looks for Moscow support amid Lebanon political crisis, Lebanese Finance Minister Ali Hassan Khalil said Monday. Beirut hopes for greater support from Moscow in resolving the political crisis in Lebanon, Lebanese Finance Minister Ali Hassan Khalil said Monday. “We want Russia to provide us […]

Islamic State militants struggled to hold ground on two fronts Sunday as Iraqi troops drove out pockets of resistance in Fallujah, while Syrian government forces pressed closer to the effective militant capital of Raqqa. The military gains, however, have done little to improve the dire […]