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IS Launches Attack in Southern Iraq, Killing 7

2 January 2017

Officials in southern Iraq say gunmen wearing suicide vests and driving an explosive-laden vehicle have attacked a police checkpoint, killing seven people. Authorities say at least 15 people were wounded in the attack Sunday near the town of Qadisiyah, 180 kilometers south of Baghdad. All […]

US Counterterrorism Authorities Target Student Wing of Pakistani Militant Group

2 January 2017

U.S. counterterrorism authorities are growing increasingly concerned about the activities of the student branch of a banned Pakistani militant organization that’s seen as a threat to regional and U.S. interests. The State Department this week announced it was adding the student wing of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) […]

New UN Chief Says He Wants to Meet With Trump

2 January 2017

The new United Nations chief said he wants to meet with Donald Trump even as the U.S. president-elect renewed his call for major changes at the global organization. Incoming U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who assumes his new post on January 1, said on Wednesday that […]

7 Syrians Held in Zgharta Town for ‘Communicating with Terror Groups’

2 January 2017

Seven terror suspects were arrested Sunday in the northern district of Zgharta, state-run National News Agency reported. “An army patrol arrested seven Syrians in the Zgharta district town of Iaal on charges of communicating with terrorist groups,” NNA said. A three-member terrorist cell had been […]

Lebanon’s Prestigious As-Safir Daily Prints Final Issue

2 January 2017

Its slogan was “the voice of the voiceless”, but after four decades the prestigious Lebanese daily As-Safir published its final issue Saturday amid a crisis in the country’s print media. A front-page editorial entitled “The nation without As-Safir” said the paper had “become exhausted… but […]

Hariri visits Defense Ministry, Helou Army Barracks: Investing in security is vital and has special priority

2 January 2017

Prime Minister Saad Hariri visited, on Saturday, the Ministry of Defense headquarters in Yarze, where he was briefed on the security measures adopted to ensure citizens’ peace and comfort throughout New Year’s Eve. Greeted by Defense Minister, Yacoub Sarraf, and Army Commander, General Jean Kahwaji, […]

Hasbani calls on hospitals to treat wounded of Istanbul attack at expense of Ministry

2 January 2017

Vice Prime Minister, Health Minister, Ghassan Hasbani, asked Lebanese hospitals to receive all wounded persons of Istanbul nightclub terrorist attack and to treat them at the expense of the Ministry. Minister Hasbani hoped for a speedy recovery for the injured and expressed his condolences to […]

MEA calls on victims’ families to go to their offices at airport before 7:00 p.m.

2 January 2017

Middle East Airlines administration called upon the relatives of Istanbul attack victims’, who are planning to leave on board the plane to Istanbul, to go to the their offices at the airport and get their free tickets before 7:00 p.m., National News Agency correspondent said […]

Aoun, Hariri decide to send plane with medical equipment to Turkey

2 January 2017

Prime Minister, Saad Hariri, contacted on Sunday President of the Republic, Michel Aoun, to inform him about the situation of the Lebanese who were targeted by the terrorist attack in Istanbul. Hariri’s press office indicated that the President of the Republic stressed the necessity to […]

3 Lebanese Killed, 4 Hurt in Istanbul Nightclub Attack

2 January 2017

Three Lebanese citizens were killed and four others were injured in the New Year’s Eve massacre at an Istanbul nightclub, Lebanon’s consul general in the Turkish city said on Sunday. “After visiting Istanbul’s forensic department and after inspecting the bodies, Lebanon’s Consul General in Istanbul […]

200 militares cordobeses despiden el año a 5.000 kilómetros de casa

2 January 2017

Partieron de Córdoba, Espana, a mediados de noviembre. Ya entonces eran conscientes de que este año les tocaría pasar las navidades lejos de casa. Sabían que sería duro, sobre todo para sus familias, a pesar de que hablan con ellos prácticamente a diario. En Córdoba […]

El Libano pone a disposicion un avion de la linea MEA para trasladar a los familiares de victimas del atentado

1 January 2017

El primer ministro, Saad al-Hariri, se comunicó con el presidente de la República, general Michel Aoun, para ponerle al tanto de los contactos efectuados con las autoridades turcas relacionados con la situación de los libaneses que fueron blanco del ataque terrorista en Estambul, en víspera […]