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Bassil from Bkerke snubs ‘conditional’ election of president

6 October 2016

NNA – Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Minister, Gebran Bassil, on Tuesday utterly refused any set of conditions in return for the election of a President. “Every condition that has been set to elect a president has been countered with Bkerke’s objection,” Bassil said in the […]

FPM, LF oppose tying presidential election to comprehensive deal

6 October 2016

BEIRUT: The Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) and the Lebanese Forces (LF), Lebanon’s major Christian parties, opposed Tuesday tying the election of president to a comprehensive political settlement that includes an agreement over a new electoral law and the make-up of the upcoming Cabinet. FPM President […]

Pope Francis Makes Surprise Visit to Earthquake-Hit Towns in Italy

6 October 2016

ROME — When Amatrice and several other small Italian towns were ravaged by an earthquake six weeks ago, Pope Francis made a promise to the residents there. On Tuesday, he kept it. Catching even local officials by surprise, the pope made an unexpected trip to […]

Lebanese Social Worker Sisters Tackle Radicalization

6 October 2016

BEIRUT, LEBANON — Within the confines of Lebanon’s Roumieh prison they gathered together as men recounting lives led before they became seen as terrorists. Inmates whose affiliations spanned across Islamic State (IS) and a gamut of other Islamist groups were in discussion and, for once, […]

Space: A New Frontier for Iran-US Cooperation?

6 October 2016

The head of Iran’s space program made the suggestion at the October 4 launch of World Space Week. “[M]any in the world look at NASA’s programs,” Mohsen Bahrami, head of the Iranian Space Agency, said. “We are interested in having cooperation, naturally. When you are […]

Russia says US playing blame game over failure of Syria ceasefire

6 October 2016

The Russian Foreign Ministry says the United States’ decision to halt talks on a ceasefire in Syria is regrettable. “We regret this decision by Washington to curtail the work of the specialist groups in Geneva to withdraw their experts and to limit contacts only to […]

Yemeni Navy Warns Foreign Vessels of Violating Maritime Borders

6 October 2016

Yemeni Navy coastal Defense warned on Tuesday every vessel of carrying out any action related to Saudi-led alliance against Yemen, as well as of approaching territorial waters for any reason without taking prior authorization from Yemeni authorities. “For more than a year and a half […]

Syria: Fatah Al-Sham Terrorist Group’s 2nd Man Killed in Air Raids in Southern Idlib

6 October 2016

Religious leader of Fatah al-Sham Front (the newly-formed al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorist group previously known as the al-Nusra Front) Sheikh Ahmad Salamah Mabrouk, known as Abu al Faraj al Masri, was killed in an airstrike in the Southern territories of Idlib province. Al-Masri, who was known as […]

Inside The Refugee Camp At The Foot Of The Washington Monument

6 October 2016

Sabrina Chang, 30, didn’t know much about the global refugee crisis. “I think I could spit out headlines that I’ve seen, but that’s about it,” she says. But then she found herself — for a moment — in refugees’ shoes. Chang visited Forced From Home, […]

Airstrike Kills Senior al-Qaida Leader in Syria

6 October 2016

An airstrike Monday killed a senior leader in the Syrian Islamist group that split from al-Qaida earlier this year. Jabhat Fatah al-Sham, the group formally known as Jabhat al-Nusra, said Abu al-Farai al-Masri was killed when his vehicle was struck in the northwestern Idlib province. […]

Turkey: 12,800 police suspended; authorities reportedly raided Kurdish TV station

6 October 2016

ANKARA, Turkey — Authorities on Tuesday suspended about 12,800 police officers over suspected links to U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen as Turkey pressed ahead with its vast crackdown on a network it says is behind the country’s July 15 coup attempt. Meanwhile, a pro-Kurdish television […]

I punti salienti del colloquio con il generale Michel AOUN nel programma “senza immunità” sull’OTV:

5 October 2016

– Fino ad oggi, tutti i paesi che hanno un’influenza in Libano chiedono che ci sia un governo sano, e vogliono la sua stabilità, da qui la necessità ad avere persone responsabili nel potere in grado di realizzarlo. – L’unità nazionale è la prima arma […]