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Kanaan Says FPM-LF Alliance Aims to Prevent ‘Encroachment on Christian Rights’

28 November 2016

MP Ibrahim Kanaan of the Free Patriotic Movement has stressed the importance of the reconciliation between the FPM and the Lebanese Forces, noting that it aims to prevent “encroachment on the rights of Christians.” “A lot of people thought that we forged an agreement only […]

Hariri Says ‘Situations Improving, Atmosphere Leaning to Positivity’

28 November 2016

Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri announced Sunday that the situations in the country “started to improve” after his appointment as PM-designate and Michel Aoun’s election as president. “The convention represents a new beginning for al-Mustaqbal Movement, which has a project for the country and is looking […]

Marouni Says Kataeb to Stand by Aoun in Order to ‘Rebuild Lebanon’

28 November 2016

MP Elie Marouni of the Kataeb bloc has stressed that his party will stand by newly-elected President Michel Aoun in order to “rebuild Lebanon.” “We in Kataeb will stand hand in hand by the president of the Lebanese republic, General Michel Aoun, in order to […]

Can Syrian Army Find New Volunteers?

28 November 2016

The announcement this week by Syria’s embattled military that it will form an all-volunteer unit is an indication that the government is struggling in its fight against rebels and the Islamic State group, analysts say. “The Syrian regime is running low on manpower,” said Syrian […]

A Beirut Communist Community ‘Living At The End Of An Era’

28 November 2016

Beirut’s lone communist inspired bar toasts the life of Fidel Castro. LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: Fidel Castro is being remembered all over the world, as far afield as the Lebanese capital Beirut. There, NPR’s Alison Meuse found a shrine to the heyday of Lebanon’s Communist Party. […]

Get To Know A Cuba Without Castro: Recommended Books, Movies And Music

28 November 2016

For years, Americans have been eager to visit Cuba, not just for its Caribbean warmth, but to seek out the roots of the island’s music, to watch its films, to thumb through its books and meet its writers. Fidel Castro’s death Friday has again spiked […]

Hariri: The convention is a new start for the Future Movement

28 November 2016

The Press Office of Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri issued on Sunday the following press release: “Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri met this afternoon, on the sidelines of the Second General Convention of the “Future Movement” in Biel, with a delegation of coordinators of the […]

Syrian Government Forces Retake Rebel-Held Areas In Aleppo

28 November 2016

In the Syrian city of Aleppo, forces loyal to Bashar al-Assad have established full control of the largest rebel-held district, Masaken Hanano, according to Syria’s state news agency. The government fighters are moving to take back the battered eastern side of Aleppo that has been […]

UN’s Ban: Violence Against Women, Girls ‘Imposes Large-scale Costs’

28 November 2016

WASHINGTON — Much remains to be done to turn the awareness of violence against women and girls into meaningful change, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Friday. “Violence against women and girls imposes large-scale costs on families, communities and economies,” Ban said in a statement Friday marking […]

Scientists just discovered a huge body of ice on Mars

28 November 2016

For years, scientists have been researching Mars, sending rovers (with more to come) onto the planet to explore our second-closest planetary neighbor. While Venus is technically closer, it’s upon Mars that mankind has placed its future planet habitation hopes. And now, a new NASA report […]

Researchers claim time travel is possible

28 November 2016

There are multiple timelines playing out in parallel universes, according to a team of researchers. The sensational claim was made by a team of physicists, who believe that the parallel universes can all affect one another. Professor Howard Wiseman and Dr. Michael Hall, from Griffith […]

Islamic State gone, Mosul district residents adjust to new life

28 November 2016

GOGJALI, Iraq (Reuters) – Until three weeks ago, many of Abu Osama’s customers were Islamic State militants who brought their wives and children to his pharmacy on the eastern edge of Mosul for injections and treatment. Now, most of them are Iraqi security forces who […]