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Der Libanesische Bürgerkrieg dauerte von1975 bis 1990. In seinem Verlauf bekämpften sich verschiedene Gruppierungen im Libanonin wechselnden Koalitionen. Darüber hinaus kam es zu mehreren Interventionen durch weitere Staaten. Bereits in den 1950er Jahren hatte es starke Spannungen zwischen arabischen Nationalisten und prowestlichen Christen gegeben, was unter der Chamoun-Regierung zu einer Staatskrise mit anschließender US-Intervention führte. […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin has canceled a planned visit to France after French President Francois Hollande insisted their meeting focus solely on Syria. Putin was due to travel to Paris October 19 for a visit that would include inaugurating a new Orthodox church. Kremlin spokesman […]

Monitors say Russian jet fighters on Tuesday resumed heavy bombing in rebel-held eastern districts of the war-shattered Syrian city of Aleppo, targeting two opposition-held neighborhoods and killing more than 20 people. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights called Tuesday’s onslaught “the heaviest Russian bombardment” […]

LONDON — Britain has warned that Russia faces becoming an international outcast for its bombing campaign in support of Syrian government forces, which the West says has killed hundreds of civilians. The war of words has escalated sharply in recent days, after Russia vetoed a […]

Pope Francis on Wednesday called for an immediate cease-fire in Syria. Speaking at his weekly general audience at the Vatican, the pope said a halt in fighting should be put in place long enough for civilians, particularly children, to escape areas subject to bombings. Previous […]

NNA – Hezbollah Secretary General, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, stressed on Wednesday, during his second live appearance within the last 24 hours, that the equation of army, people, and resistance should be preserved at all costs, as should the government’s work. He highlighted his commitment to […]

Millions of Shia Muslims across the world have taken part in processions and services this week to mark the holiest days in the Shiite calendar, Tasua and Ashura. Tasua and Ashura, the ninth and 10th days of the month of Moharram, are days of mourning […]

The recent release of a 2005 audio tape, featuring Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump making crass and sexist remarks, has sparked an implosion of the Republican Party, and overshadowed the latest WikiLeaks offering revealing Hillary Clinton’s connections to moneyed interests. Radio Sputnik’s Loud & Clear […]

PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) — Several women levied allegations of sexual assault against Donald Trump on Wednesday in a series of interviews, adding to the already damaging revelations about the Republican presidential nominee’s aggressive sexual comments about women. Trump’s campaign dismissed the allegations as having no […]