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Libanon trauert um Opfer des Attentat auf istambuler Nachtclub Reina

5 January 2017

Beirut (AFP) Unter großer öffentlicher Anteilnahme sind am Dienstag in zahlreichen arabischen Ländern sowie Israel Opfer des Anschlags auf den Istanbuler Nachtclub Reina beigesetzt worden. Im Libanon gedachten die Menschen während einer landesweiten Trauerstunde der 26-jährigen Studentin Rita Tschami, des gleichaltrigen Fitnesstrainers Elias Wardini und […]

Family of Canadian killed in Syria seeks help repatriating body

5 January 2017

The family of a Canadian man killed fighting the so-called Islamic State in Syria is urging the federal government to help repatriate his remains. Kurdish forces, known as YPG confirmed that Nazzareno Tassone, 24, was killed alongside Briton Ryan Lock, 20, in December. In a […]

UN: Thousands Flee Mosul as Military Siege Intensifies

5 January 2017

Thousands of Iraqis have been forced to flee Mosul during the past five days, since U.S.-led military forces began a second phase in the operation to free the city from the grip of Islamic State militants, U.N. officials say. The severely outnumbered militants have taken […]

Turkey Identifies Istanbul Gunman, Makes New Arrests

5 January 2017

Turkey said Wednesday it had identified the gunman behind the New Year’s massacre on an elite Istanbul nightclub that killed 39, as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned the attack aimed to polarize Turkish society. The assailant stormed the glamorous Reina nightclub on the Bosphorus early […]

President Assad to Boroujerdi: Iran and all states that support Syrian people are partners in achievements against terrorists

5 January 2017

President Bashar al-Assad received on Wednesday Chairman of the Committee for Foreign Policy and National Security at the Iranian Shura Council, Alaeddin Boroujerdi, and the accompanying delegation. The meeting touched on the historical relations between the two countries and means to bolster and develop them […]

Presidential popularity, and how Trump stacks up

5 January 2017

After winning the election, President-elect Donald Trump’s favorability rating rose. (In Gallup polling, it jumped to 42 percent from 34 percent the week before Nov. 8). But on Monday, Gallup data indicates Mr. Trump may not be gaining ground yet when it comes to voter […]

Tillerson leaves Exxon with $180 million retirement package

5 January 2017

NEW YORK — Rex Tillerson, the nominee of President-elect Donald Trump for secretary of state, is severing ties with Exxon Mobil through a $180 million retirement package one week before his Senate confirmation hearing begins. RELATED LINKS Senate Democrats want more info from Trump’s Cabinet […]

Avec le limogeage de Abdel Menhem Youssef, le pouvoir prend ses premières marques

5 January 2017

Le Conseil des ministres a tenu hier au palais de Baabda sa première séance après avoir obtenu la confiance du Parlement. À l’heure où le président de la République, Michel Aoun, s’était engagé à consacrer son mandat à la lutte contre la corruption, le gouvernement […]

Le Liban a échappé à un Nouvel An sanglant: Daech et alNosra avaient plannifié plusieurs attentats-suicide

5 January 2017

Sans la vigilance des services de renseignements de l’armée libanaise et du département des renseignements de la Sûreté générale, le Liban aurait connu un Nouvel An sanglant avec plus de deux attentats-suicides qui étaient sur le point d’être exécutés au sud, au nord et dans […]

IS Posts Drone Footage of Suicide Attacks as Group Struggles to Market Self

5 January 2017

Islamic State propagandists posted a 42-minute video online Wednesday that included the drowning in a fish tank of an alleged Iraqi spy and the beheading of another, as well as drone footage of more than a dozen suicide bombings in northern Iraq undertaken by teenage […]

Istanbul on alert as hunt for gunman reaches 4th da

5 January 2017

ISTANBUL (AP) — Police increased security around Istanbul on Wednesday and detained some 20 people with suspected links to the deadly New Year’s Eve night club attack as the hunt for the gunman stretched into a fourth day. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said the […]

In Toledo, Syrian Refugees Are Welcomed Amid A Difficult Immigration Climate

5 January 2017

Last year, NPR’s Ari Shapiro visited Toledo, Ohio, to talk to refugees settling there from Syria’s civil war. Recently, he returned to Toledo to check in on the community. When we first met Omar Al-Awad and his family in the fall of 2015, they were […]