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The Marines wouldn’t take him. So Levi Shirley went to war on his own

10 September 2016

Levi Shirley wanted nothing more than to be a Marine. In high school, he taught an informal class on Marine Corps history at the recruiting office a few miles from his house and worked out with the men posted there. His mother Susan was less […]

Coasting is no longer an option for Hillary Clinton, given Donald Trump’s resilience

10 September 2016

As Donald Trump’s resilience defies his erratic style, thin policy plans and incendiary pronouncements, Hillary Clinton is confronting the reality that coasting to election day is no longer a viable strategy. Clinton has abruptly switched gears in her effort to lure the vast numbers of […]

Bush aide’s previously unpublished notes show unfolding chaos of 9/11

10 September 2016

A previously unpublished behind-the-scenes account of President George W. Bush’s response in the traumatic minutes and hours after the 9/11 attacks shows him preparing for military action, serving up several doses of his trademark Western swagger and openly worrying about the safety of his wife, […]

Prosecutor: Failed Paris car bomb plotted by IS-guided women

10 September 2016

PARIS (AP) — A failed car bombing in the heart of Paris was hatched by a group of French women, including one once engaged to men who had already killed in the name of the Islamic State group, France’s top anti-terrorism prosecutor said Friday. The […]

IS loss of border area with Turkey sharply harms group

10 September 2016

BEIRUT (AP) — Expelling the Islamic State group from the last territory it controlled along the Syrian-Turkish border has effectively cut the militants’ supply lines from the outside world. That could affect their ability to protect their last bastions — the cities of Raqqa in […]

Syrian government forces capture more areas in Aleppo

10 September 2016

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government forces and their allies captured new ground on the edge of the contested northern city of Aleppo on Thursday, tightening the siege on rebel-held parts of the city, state media and an activist group said. The latest push came after […]

Konzerte zwischen Herd und Pfanne

9 September 2016

Die arabische Musikszene boomt. Wohnzimmer und Küchen von Tunis bis Bagdad werden daher vom Goethe-Institut zu Konzertsälen umfunktioniert: Wie arabischer Indie-Pop zwischen Herd und Pfanne klingt und worüber sudanesische Frauenbands singen, zeigt der “Musikraum”. Friederike van Stephaudt informiert. Die Musikerinnen und Musiker treten in Alexandria, […]

Hilal El- Helwe im Heimatland

9 September 2016

Leipzig – Istanbul, Istanbul – Beirut und das Ganze auch wieder zurück. Was wie eine Dienstreise von Bundesaußenminister Frank-Walter Steinmeier klingt, war die Reisestrecke von Hilal El-Helwe in den letzten Tagen. Halles libanesischer Nationalspieler war auf Länderspielreise im Heimatland seiner Eltern. Seit Dienstag ist El-Helwe […]

Gobierno libanés sesiona pesede a boicot de ministros

9 September 2016

Beirut, 8 sep (PL) Más para cumplir con un deber constitucional que para decidir sobre asuntos trascendentales, el gobierno libanés sesionó hoy con 16 de sus 24 miembros en medio del boicot de varios ministros por obediencia a sus partidos. Bajo la conducción del primer […]

Erdogan y Putin hablan sobre Siria al margen de EEUU

9 September 2016

Según el sitio israelí Debka, Rusia y Turquía mantienen un diálogo sobre los temas de Oriente Medio dejando del lado a EEUU. El presidente turco, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, ofreció en los márgenes de la última cumbre del G-20 en China una propuesta a Washington para […]

CIA: ISIS mantendrá su presencia en Siria y en Irak durante años

9 September 2016

El grupo terrorista ISIS estará presente en el Medio Oriente aún durante largo tiempo, declaró el director de la Agencia Central de Inteligencia (CIA), John Brennan “ISIS mantendrá su presencia en Siria y en Irak durante años”, dijo Brennan al intervenir en una conferencia sobre […]

Escenario sombrío en el Líbano por parálisis de gobierno y de diálogo

9 September 2016

Beirut, 9 sep (PL) La parálisis en el gobierno y el parlamento, y la ruptura del diálogo nacional acentuó hoy la opacidad del panorama político libanés, aunque diversas personalidades apelaron al entendimiento para evitar una escalada de la crisis. Según diversas fuentes, tiende a complicarse […]