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SLAMABAD (Reuters) – The U.S. drone strike that killed Islamic State’s commander for Afghanistan and Pakistan was the latest blow to the Middle East-led movement’s ambitions to expand into a region where the long-established Taliban remain the dominant Islamist force. Islamic State has enticed hundreds, […]

NNA – MP Ali Fayyad said that approving the candidacy of General Michel Aoun was not a concession but a response to the national interest. His stance came Sunday during an honorary ceremony held by Hezbollah at the Huseiniyya of Talousa Village. “If General Aoun […]

NNA – Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, Mohammad Fneish, said on Sunday that Lebanon was plunged into a deep political crisis, ranging from presidential crisis to other files. Fneich reminded that his party was clear in supporting Aoun for Presidency. “To ensure order in […]

NNA – An Israeli enemy gunboat violated the Lebanese territorial waters off Ras Naqoura between 4:11am and 4:18am on Sunday, to a distance of about 370 meters, firing an explosive into the water and speaking through loudspeakers in Hebrew, coupling with the sound of sirens […]

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia: Saudi Arabia’s Interior Ministry said Friday a woman and her three children have been stopped in Lebanon from entering Syria to join the Islamic State group. The ministry said that Saudi officials received a warning from the woman’s husband about her plans […]

NNA – Maronite Patriarch Bshara Butros al-Rahi visited, on Sunday, the Convent of “Our Lady of Qannoubine” in the Holy Valley, where he presided over Assumption Mass marking Saint Mary’s Day, and inaugurated the “Hall of the Patriarchs” who lived at the Convent between 1440 […]

NNA – Labor Minister, Sejaan Azzi, called for adopting political measures prone to elect a president, disassociate Lebanon from conflicts, reinforce political and security stabilities and adopt expanded administrative decentralization, in order to counter the economic and financial crises in the country. Azzi’s fresh stance […]

Kurdish Peshmerga forces launched a fresh attack on the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) forces early on Sunday as part of a campaign to capture Mosul, the militants’ de facto capital in Iraq, Kurdish officials said. The advance began after heavy shelling and air strikes […]

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