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Navy Capt Jeff Davis said there are signs of weakness and low morale among the Islamist militants fighting in Mosul. Islamic State (Isis) group’s days in Mosul “are numbered” as Iraqi troops, backed by US-led coalition forces, continue to gain territory and consolidate their gains […]

Le président de la République, Michel Aoun, a demandé au monarque saoudien Salman ben Abdel Aziz Al-Saoud, de continuer à soutenir l’armée libanaise pour lutter contre le terrorisme et les défis sécuritaires qui en découlent, rapporte notre correspondant. Durant sa visite en Arabie Saoudite, le […]

Le président de la République, Michel Aoun, a affirmé que les jours prochains prouveront la nouvelle page dans les relations libano-saoudiennes. Le chef de l’Etat s’est exprimé lors d’une réception organisée par l’ambassadeur du Liban en Arabie saoudite, Abdel Sattar Issa. S’adressant à la diaspora […]

Few days after former Secretary-general of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon expressed his concern regarding the fact that Tehran might have violated an arms embargo by supplying weapons and missiles to Lebanese Shi’ite group so-called Hezbollah, the topic is set to be discussed by the […]

WASHINGTON — U.S.-backed forces in Syria are closing in on a strategic dam on the Euphrates River occupied by Islamic State fighters as part of their offensive to free Raqqa, IS’s de facto capital. Commanders of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a Kurdish-led alliance, say their […]

Volkswagen AG (VOWG_p.DE) suffered a new setback on Monday when an executive was charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States over the company’s diesel emissions cheating and the automaker was accused of concealing the cheating from regulators. Oliver Schmidt, who was general manager in […]

BEIRUT —  Syrian President Bashar Assad said in remarks published on Monday that he was prepared “to negotiate everything” at talks set to begin in later this month in Kazakhstan, seeking to cast himself as a peacemaker after his forces’ recapture of Aleppo last month. […]

The United States says it carried out a “successful” raid against Islamic State fighters in eastern Syria, focused on IS leadership. A Pentagon spokesman, Navy Captain Jeff Davis, said Monday that the operation was carried out in Deir Ezzor province by a U.S. special forces […]

PENTAGON — A U.S. Navy ship fired three warnings shots at Iranian boats near the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, Pentagon spokesman Capt. Jeff Davis said. Four Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps attack craft vessels were “traveling right at” the USS Mahan in the Strait of Hormuz […]