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Lebanon will not join any international coalitions operating in Syria, limiting cooperation to intelligence sharing, Lebanese Ambassador to Russia Chawki Bou Nassar told Sputnik. “Lebanon will never interfere officially. Of course, as we said, some political parties are interfering, Hezbollah and the others, but the […]

With just over six months left until the end of his Presidency, President Obama was reminded recently that he stands to leave office as the first two-term President who presided over eight years of seemingly endless military conflict: Throughout this trip, Mr. Obama has confronted […]

ubsequent to heavy clashes with militants of the Islamic State (ISIS), the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Monday made new gains in the northern countryside of Aleppo, killing and wounding dozens of ISIS militants, military sources reported. The SDF troops clashed with ISIS fighters […]

A suicide bomber blew up his car near a crowded outdoor market northeast of Baghdad on Tuesday morning, killing at least 11 people and injuring at least 32 more in the predominantly Shiite district. The incident occurred after a man drove a pick-up truck loaded […]

The top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan said Tuesday that U.S. troops are shifting the primary emphasis of recently approved operations against the Taliban to the eastern part of the country, where a variety of insurgents remain entrenched. Army Gen. John. W. Nicholson Jr. told […]

In an interview for Sputnik, Hediye Yusuf, the co-chair of the Constituent Assembly of the Rojava Democratic Federal System, commented on the current situation in the region, and Rojava’s plans for the future. She emphasized that the Syrian Kurdish proponents of federalization and autonomy would […]

Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Minister, Jibran Bassil, voiced utter rejection of any proposal to resettle refugees in Lebanon. Minister Bassil’s fresh stance came in the wake of his meeting with his French counterpart Jean-Marc Ayrault, who visited him at Villa Boustros today. “Lebanon is attempting […]

Minister of Finance, Ali Hassan Khalil, rejected the statement issued on Tuesday by Future bloc, which, according to him, MP Fouad Siniora had devoted to level false accusations. “Everybody knows that those accusations only apply to Siniora’s mandate,” the Minister said. “The Ministry of Finance […]

Even as it launches waves of terrorist attacks around the globe, the Islamic State is quietly preparing its followers for the eventual collapse of the caliphate it proclaimed with great fanfare two years ago. In public messages and in recent actions in Syria, the group’s […]