Syrian president Bashar Al Assad says he has never faced pressure from Russia to step aside. As Moscow prepared for the arrival of US secretary of state John Kerry for talks with Vladimir Putin on how to revive peace efforts in Syria, president Assad insisted […]
The top U.S. general in Afghanistan says his forces are using their new authorities—which include airstrikes against the Taliban–“almost daily” in support of the Afghan government’s efforts to rid the country of insurgents and terrorists. Speaking at Bagram Air Field on Tuesday, General John “Mick” […]
Iraqi government forces advancing on the Islamic State-held city of Mosul retook a village from IS on Tuesday and linked up along the Tigris river with army units pushing from a separate direction, Defence Minister Khalid al-Obeidi said. The territorial gain, which followed the recapture […]
The US has bolstered monitoring to avoid abuse of humanitarian aid in Syria in light of previous fraud in Turkey, according to US State Department. The United States has bolstered monitoring capabilities to avoid abuse of humanitarian aid in Syria in light of previous fraud […]
The new US proposal on military cooperation with Russia on Syria includes a plan to establish a joint command center with prospects of integrated operations, The Washington Post reports. MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Earlier, the newspaper reported that US Secretary of State John Kerry could propose […]
CIA director John Brennan said on Wednesday recent attacks in Saudi Arabia bore the hallmarks of Islamic State, and that the militant group was a very serious threat to the kingdom. Suicide bombers struck three cities across Saudi Arabia earlier this month, killing at least […]
The vast majority of files found by US officers on laptops taken from Islamic State contain pornography, says Lieutenant General Michael Flynn, former chief of the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Pentagon’s spying arm. Flynn was repeatedly assigned to senior intelligence posts in Afghanistan and Iraq […]
The U.S. State Department sent nearly $350,000 to an advocacy group that worked to oust Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to a Senate report released Tuesday. OneVoice Movement, a group that supported peace negotiations between Israeli and Palestinian factions, received grants from the State […]
The Islamic State militant group (ISIS) disseminated a new hit list of American targets earlier this month, including churchgoers and Jewish worshippers, forcing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to brief religious leaders. The list, discovered by jihadi monitoring service SITE Intelligence, was published on […]
The Lebanese Ambassador to Russian Federation, Chawki Bou Nasser told Sputnik News on Tuesday that Beirut requested a large number of Kornet ATGMs (anti-tank guided missiles), T-72 Tanks, and advanced cannons from Moscow. “Lebanon needs weapons to fight these people [terrorists], and especially the Russian […]
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