DIBAGA CAMP, Iraq: As the Islamic State group loses ground in Iraq, the militants are showing strains in their rule over areas they still control, growing more brutal, killing deserters and relying on younger and younger recruits, according to residents who fled battleground territories. The […]
PARIS: France and Germany pushed Tuesday for Europe-wide rules requiring messaging apps such as Telegram to limit encryption to help governments monitor communications among suspected extremists. Privacy advocates argue that encryption is essential to online security, notably for banking transactions. But encrypted apps are also […]
UNITED NATIONS: The U.N. humanitarian chief on Monday urged all combatants in Aleppo to agree to a 48-hour pause to allow delivery of desperately needed aid, warning that otherwise the world risks seeing a “humanitarian catastrophe unparalleled in the over five years of bloodshed” in […]
ANKARA, Turkey: Turkish artillery shelled Islamic State targets across the border in Syria for the second consecutive day on Tuesday, a senior Turkish official said, amid reports that Turkey-backed Syrian rebels are preparing an offensive against an IS-held border town. The latest developments have thrust […]
BEIRUT: Famed Lebanese singer and actor Samir Yazbek passed away Monday at age 77 after a two-year battle with throat cancer. Yazbek lost his voice after he was diagnosed with lung cancer years ago, but his songs remained in the hearts of many who loved […]
French forces have bombarded ISIL targets in the Syrian city of Raqqa, apparently destroying a heavy weapons storage and maintenance centre. It comes as the five year civil war becomes even more complicated, with fighting elsewhere threatening to open up a new front. Syrian rebels […]
BEIRUT: Lebanon’s economic growth for 2016 is forecast to increase by 1.2 percent, according to a recent survey of economists, up from the group’s consensus of 0.7 percent growth for the year when polled in January. The Economena Analytics survey of 17 economists found that […]
AMMAN, Jordan: Donor countries have pledged close to $100 million to help Jordan enroll all Syrian refugee children in the kingdom in schools next month. In the previous school year, 145,000 Syrian children in Jordan attended school, while 91,000 didn’t, in part because of overcrowding. […]
A group that campaigns for stricter arms sales controls said on Monday that Western powers were breaking international law by selling vast amounts of weapons to Saudi Arabia that are being used to hit civilians in Yemen. The Control Arms Coalition said Britain, France and […]
Since August of 2015, Germany has become home to more than 1.1 million refugees, migrants, and asylum seekers. This influx has German architects and urban planners asking the question: “Do we have a refugee crisis on our hands? Or a housing crisis combined with huge […]
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