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Scarlett HADDAD: Le dossier des militaires enlevés et les relations libano-syriennes

15 December 2016

DÉCRYPTAGE Scarlett HADDAD | OLJ15/12/2016 Les fêtes de fin d’année risquent d’être entachées de tristesse pour les Libanais. Et en particulier pour les familles des soldats entre les mains de l’État islamique (EI) depuis leur disparition dans la foulée de la bataille de Ersal en […]

Scarlett HADDAD: Le spectre des législatives hante la classe politique

12 December 2016

DÉCRYPTAGE Scarlett HADDAD | OLJ10/12/2016 La petite phrase du ministre des Affaires étrangères Gebran Bassil sur la possibilité de dissocier les négociations sur un nouveau projet de loi électorale de la formation du gouvernement a ouvert la voie à différentes interprétations. Pour les uns, il […]

Libya’s navy says 90 migrants perished after boat fell apart

28 October 2016

CAIRO (AP) — The Libyan navy said on Thursday that at least 90 migrants are believed to have perished when their rickety boat started to fall apart in the Mediterranean Sea, after leaving the Libyan coast. The boat, which was made of rubber, tore and […]

Iraqi army aims to reach site of Islamic State executions south of Mosul

28 October 2016

The Iraqi army was trying on Thursday to reach a town south of Mosul where Islamic State has reportedly executed dozens to deter the population against any attempt to support the U.S.-led offensive on the jihadists’ last major city stronghold in Iraq. Eleven days into […]

Residents of Villages Near Mosul Recall Life Under Daesh as ‘Living Dead’

28 October 2016

Sputnik spoke in an interview with some of the residents of villages which have been recently liberated from under Daesh control near Mosul, Iraq. The citizens recalled the horrors they went through under the terrorists’ control and how they managed to survive. Fezile Mustafa a […]

Arab Media: General Soleimani in Mosul Operations Room

28 October 2016

Commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Qassem Soleimani has arrived in Hashd al-Sha’abi (popular forces) operations room in Mosul to play his advisory role in anti-ISIL campaign in Iraq, Arab media reported on Wednesday. “Hashd al-Sha’abi will […]

Federal data used for control campaign miss the mark – big time

28 October 2016

Federal data showing annual accidental gun deaths in Tennessee soared to 105 from just 19 propelled a fierce firearms control campaign, but it turned out the stats were about as accurate as a two-dollar pistol. The numbers, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, […]

Russia beefs up Baltic Fleet amid NATO tensions: reports

27 October 2016

Russia is sharply upgrading the firepower of its Baltic Fleet by adding warships armed with long-range cruise missiles to counter NATO’s build-up in the region, Russian media reported on Wednesday. There was no official confirmation from Moscow, but the reports will raise tensions in the […]

Six NATO nations eager to increase Black Sea presence – Stoltenberg

27 October 2016

US, Turkey and Poland are among the NATO member states which confirmed their readiness to dispatch naval units to the Black Sea in 2017, boosting the alliance’s presence in the region, according to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. Stoltenberg noted “progress” in in strengthening NATO’s […]

Iraqi forces evacuate 1,000 civilians from Mosul front lines

27 October 2016

KHAZER, Iraq (AP) — Iraqi special forces have moved more than 1,000 people from villages near the front lines of the battle to retake the Islamic State-held city of Mosul and surrounding areas, where the U.N. says militants have committed a number of atrocities in […]

UN Aid Chief: Aleppo Is ‘a Kill Zone’

27 October 2016

UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations humanitarian chief said Wednesday that Syria’s eastern Aleppo has essentially become a “kill zone” with more than 400 people slain and nearly 2,000 wounded in the past month. “So many of them, too many of them, were children,” Stephen O’Brien […]

Captured battlefield cellphones, computers are helping the U.S. target and kill Islamic State’s leaders

27 October 2016

U .S. military officers watched grainy video feeds at a small operations center in Baghdad on Tuesday as Predator drones tracked and killed three reputed Islamic State leaders — one after another — in the offensive on Mosul. The targeted air strikes were due in […]