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BEIRUT (AP) — Weeping, hobbling on crutches or dragging suitcases, hundreds of survivors of a devastating government bombardment and siege left the last sliver of opposition-held Aleppo on Thursday, an evacuation that sealed the end of the rebellion’s most important stronghold and was a watershed […]

Le Figaro a invité ses lecteurs à répondre à la question demandant si, à leur avis, Bachar el-Assad devait ou pas rester à la tête de la Syrie. Le sondage en ligne s’est soldé par un résultat un peu inattendu. Sur près de 90 000 […]

U.N. Human Rights Commissioner Zeid Ra’ad al Hussein says he is “appalled” by the apparent collapse of a cease-fire deal in Aleppo that would have allowed civilians to evacuate the war-torn Syrian city, where heavy fighting resumed on Wednesday. “While the reasons for the breakdown […]

In the months leading up to the assault on the Iraqi city of Mosul, Islamic State militants manufactured tens of thousands of mortar rounds, rockets, bombs and ammunition — part of an industrial-scale enterprise across the self-styled caliphate that’s been producing weaponry to a standard […]

After the Syrian Armed Forces ousted militant groups from eastern Aleppo, freeing the city from rebel control, media outlets including the New York Times immediately cried foul. Hundreds of people were seen celebrating throughout Aleppo immediately after the Syrian government announced that the entire city […]

After President-elect Donald Trump commented that he thought that the cost of the beleaguered F-35 jet program was too high, the stock of its manufacturer, Lockheed Martin, plummeted. Radio Sputnik’s Loud & Clear speaks with Pierre Sprey, formerly with the F-16 design team, about the […]

A push by restive electors for a briefing on alleged Russian interference in the U.S. election is growing after Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman poured fuel on the fire by endorsing the call – as some Donald Trump foes continue to hold out hope they can […]

Mexican drug cartels are the “other” terrorist threat to America. Militant Islamists have the goal of destroying the United States. Mexican drug cartels are now accomplishing that mission – from within, every day, in virtually every community across this country. ISIS only dreams of exacting […]

Pres. Trump must act fast to save Iraq’s Christian genocide victims; Obama policies have been epic fail By Nina Shea, Director of Hudson Institute’s Center for Religious Freedom. This piece is adapted from remarks given at the Anglosphere conference at the NY Catholic Archdiocese’ Sheen […]