CAIRO — Pro-government Libyan militias backed by American air power said Wednesday that they had seized the Islamic State’s last stronghold in the country, in the seaside city of Surt. If confirmed, the capture would be a severe blow to the militant organization’s expansion into […]
Some affected passengers have received mail from airline about compensation Emirates EK521 suffers operational incident DUBAI: Emirates airline has offered a $7,000 (approximately Dh26,000) compensation to passengers who survived the EK521 fire accident while landing in Dubai last week, some passengers told Gulf News on […]
NNA – Foreign and Expatriates Minister, Gebran Bassil, said that Free Patriotic Movement’s position was permanent and consistent; “we oppose the extension and we support the appointment of a new commander of the army.” Minister Bassil’s words came Tuesday in the context of the regular […]
While Israel has stated in the past that it prefers Daesh, also known as ISIS/Islamic State, over the Syrian government under Assad, Israeli military intelligence chief Major General Herzi Halevy has taken that assertion further, telling the Herzliya Conference this week that Israel does not, […]
The controversial “burqini” pool party planned by a Muslim group in France has been canceled following a strong reaction from the public, local media reported. The organizers said they received death threats and one person even received bullets in the mail. The party was set […]
U.S. Special Operations forces are providing direct, on-the-ground support for the first time to fighters battling the Islamic State in Libya, U.S. and Libyan officials said, coordinating American airstrikes and providing intelligence information in an effort to oust the group from a militant stronghold. The […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin has asked parliament to ratify the Russian air force’s indefinite stay in Syria almost a year after the official beginning of Russia’s military operations there. The Russian Ministry of Defense struck a deal last August with the Syrian government to provide […]
NNA – MP Atef Majdalani wished on Tuesday all political parties would agree on assigning the presidency of the expected Senate to be founded to the Orthodox sect which comes fourth in population after the Sunnite, Shiite and Maronite sects. The MP pointed out that […]
The US has delivered a new shipment of weapons and military equipment to Lebanon in an attempt to bolster the Middle Eastern nation in countering extremists and militant groups from neighboring war-torn Syria. The shipment provided to the Lebanese army by the US includes 50 […]
After Daesh published photos of a cache of weapons and an identification card belonging to an American soldier, a military official made a statement Tuesday claiming that US soldiers abandoned their weapons and equipment when they came under fire. General Charles Cleveland, US military spokesman, […]
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