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Report: Hizbullah Has Not Demured Aoun’s Trip to Saudi Arabia

6 January 2017

Hizbullah assured on Friday that its relations with President Michel Aoun and the Free Patriotic Movement are “firm”, and assured that the party does not demur Aoun’s travel to Saudi Arabia as the first trip the president is scheduled to take abroad, al-Joumhouria daily reported […]

Boroujerdi: Iran Willing to Arm Lebanese Military Shall Government Approve

6 January 2017

Chairman of Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Alaeddin Boroujerdi, said on Friday that the Islamic Republic of Iran is ready to send military aid to the Lebanese army shall the Lebanese government authorize it. “Iran’s permanent and firm stance is to stand […]

Report: FPM and AMAL in Reconciliation Bid

6 January 2017

A meeting between a key member of the AMAL Movement, Ali Hassan Khalil and head of the Free Patriotic Movement Jebran Bassil took place on Thursday, marking an improvement in ties between the two parties after some conflict emerged against the backdrop the presidential elections, […]

Russia Announces Further Syria Troops Pullout as New Ceasefire Holds

6 January 2017

Russia is going to continue its military pullout in Syria after completing a range of objectives and in the wake of the renewed ceasefire in the war-torn country, according to the statement of the Russian Armed Forces General Staff. MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Russia is starting […]

Why Obama Administration ‘Does Its Best to Smudge Trump’s Presidency’

6 January 2017

The outgoing US administration seems set on tainting Donald Trump’s presidency. In recent weeks, Washington has made a number of controversial decisions that go against the president-elect’s proclaimed policies. Sputnik discussed with political analyst Earl Rasmussen why the outgoing politicians want to complicate the political […]

Where is the Smooth Presidential Transition Vowed by Obama? He is Panic-Stricken

6 January 2017

Right after the stunning victory of Donald Trump back in November 2016, President Obama pledged a peaceful transition of power to the president-elect; however the latest decisions of the outgoing president look like he’s planting mines for his successor. Media sources attempt to understand what […]

Turkey in ‘crisis’ over US presence at Incirlik nuclear base as Ankara pivots to Moscow

6 January 2017

Turkey has said it is suffering a “crisis of confidence” over its relationship with the US as the NATO member reconsiders its position over the presence of American forces at the strategic nuclear airbase at Incirlik on the border with Syria. The pronouncements by Turkish […]

Kanaan: No return to 60’s law, mixedjoint vision within 3 weeks

6 January 2017

“Change and Reform” Parliamentary Bloc Secretary, MP Ibrahim Kanaan, ruled out, on Friday, any discussion of returning to or amending the 1960 electoral law, adding that “in the next 3 weeks, we should reach a common perception among the various parliamentary blocs regarding the electoral […]

Scientists might be seriously underestimating the risk of a major freeze in Europe

6 January 2017

(Reuters/NASA) A warm, freshwater mass rises and moves north across the Atlantic Ocean. It’s headed toward the Arctic. There, frigid winds will scrape heat and liquid from its surface and it will sink, colder, saltier, and denser to the ocean bottom — and begin a slow journey back toward […]

A meteorite recently slammed into Mars and left this giant black stain of a crater

6 January 2017

Like Earth, planet Mars is a shooting gallery for rogue space rocks that zip around at tens of thousands of miles per hour. But the red planet has barely 1% of the atmosphere of Earth’s to slow down, vaporize, and break up any of these […]

Trump’s US Embassy move to Jerusalem will be ‘gift to extremists,’ Jordan warns

6 January 2017

Moving the US Embassy in Israel to contested Jerusalem will inflame “the Islamic and Arab streets,” and will serve as a gift to extremists, warned a top official from Jordan, one of Washington’s closest allies in the volatile region. The unambiguous warning was voiced by […]

Syrian Army, Hezbollah Strike Terrorists Crossing over from Lebanon

6 January 2017

Syrian Arab Army’s rocket battalion, alongside Hezbollah, carried out a successful ambush against a group of Jabhat Fateh Al-Sham (formerly Al-Nusra Front) fighters that were attempting to cross into Syria from Lebanon. According to a military source in Damascus, the Syrian Arab Army and Hezbollah […]