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Israel posts map revealing thousands of Hezbollah’s positions along the border

9 December 2016

The Israeli military posted on Tuesday to Twitter, a map of southern Lebanon marking Hezbollah positions, infrastructure and armaments along a part of the Israeli border with Lebanon. The map, according to Channel 2 News, features over 200 towns and villages which the party has […]

Coalition Targets Islamic State Fighters in Mosul Hospital

9 December 2016

PENTAGON — The U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State extremists in Iraq and Syria intentionally struck a hospital in Mosul Wednesday to protect Iraqi forces from Islamic State fighters inside the building. The coalition said Iraqi forces requested “immediate support” after receiving heavy machine gun fire […]

Assad Criticizes Lebanon’s Dissociation Policy, Says Aoun’s Election Victory for Syria

9 December 2016

Syrian President Bashar Assad said the election of President Michel Aoun for Lebanon’s presidency is a victory for Syria as he stressed that Lebanon can not adopt a dissociation policy, Syrian al-Watan daily reported Thursday. “The arrival of Aoun at Lebanon’s presidency is a victory […]

Syria conflict: Army ‘suspends Aleppo fighting’

9 December 2016

Syria’s army has suspended combat operations in eastern Aleppo, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says. The move is to allow for the evacuation of civilians trapped in the battle zone. Mr Lavrov said some 8,000 people would be taken out. Government forces have retaken 75% […]

Magnitude 6.5 earthquake hits off Northern California coast

9 December 2016

A powerful magnitude 6.5 earthquake rocked the Northern California coast Thursday morning. The quake occurred under the Pacific Ocean about 100 miles west of Ferndale, near the Oregon border, about 6:50 a.m., the U.S. Geological Survey said. There were no reports of injuries or damage. The quake’s epicenter was about […]

FUNDRAISING FOR JOSE: Bone marrow transplant for 2 years old baby boy

8 December 2016

My name is Roy Gergess, I am the father of Joseph Gergess who is currently 2 years old. Joseph and his mother travelled from Lebanon to the USA on September 12th for an appointment with Dr Fariba Rezzae (Pneumologist – Cleveland Clinic) because Joseph has […]

Qahwaji Inspects Troops in Dinniyeh, Says ‘Anti-Terror War’ to Continue

8 December 2016

Army Commander General Jean Qahwaji on Thursday inspected army units in the Dinniyeh area of Bqaa Safrine, where a soldier was killed in an armed attack Monday, vowing that “the anti-terror war will continue.” Lauding the troops’ efforts and the efforts of the Intelligence Directorate […]

Victoria del ejercito sirio en Alepo frustra planes otomanos

8 December 2016

La esperanza de Estados Unidos de que la oposición moderada respaldada por Washington asuma el poder en Siria en el futuro, no estará presente si cae el este de Alepo. De esta manera interpreta Paul Pillar, uno de los más destacados ex-analistas de la CIA, […]

Al-Assad: “Los norteamericanos suplican una tregua y Alepo era su última esperanza

8 December 2016

El presidente de Siria, Bashar al-Assad, afirmó que una victoria del Ejército en Alepo sería un gran paso hacia el fin de la guerra en el país árabe. “La decisión de recuperar toda Siria está tomada y Alepo es parte de esa decisión. No hemos […]

Muere un coronel ruso por disparos de rebeldes en Alepo

8 December 2016

En Siria, un coronel ruso murió tras ser herido gravemente por disparos rebeldes en el oeste de Alepo, según el Ministerio de Defensa de Rusia. El militar fue identificado como el Coronel Ruslan Galistki, un asesor militar del Ejército sirio. Médicos rusos lucharon durante varios […]

Muftí de Siria desde Bkerki: Alepo no está destruida sino que se retiraron de ella los terroristas

8 December 2016

ANN-El Muftí suni de Siria, el jeque Ahamd Badr al-Din Hasoun, visitó la tarde de hoy al patriarca maronita, el cardenal Beshara Boutros al-Rai, y trataron la situación general de las relaciones entre ambos países. El muftí indicó que “hemos venido hoy a escuchar al […]

Kanaan: Proportional Representation, Reforms ‘Cure’ Regime

8 December 2016

Change and Reform bloc MP Ibrahim Kanaan said on Thursday that proportional representation together with the reforms proposed to the election law, are the serious solution for the regime’s problems. “Proportionality and reforms to the election law, suggested in 2008 and failed to be approved, […]