Politics

NNA – In a press release by the United Nations Information Centre, it said: “UN Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Disability and Accessibility Lenin Boltaire Moreno Garces began his official visit to Lebanon by meeting with Minister of Social Affairs Rachid Derbass. He also […]

NNA – Head of Free Patriotic Movement, Foreign Affairs Minister, Gibran Bassil, said that FPM ministers would boycott Thursday cabinet session as means to send a message to the government to stop violating laws in the country. Minister Bassil’s stance came Tuesday in the context […]

TEHRAN, Iran: Russia has stopped using an Iranian air base for launching airstrikes on Syria for the time being, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman said Monday, just hours after the Iranian defense minister criticized Moscow for having “kind of show-off and ungentlemanly” attitude by publicizing their […]

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said Saturday his country is willing to accept a role for Syrian President Bashar Assad during a transitional period but insisted he has no place in Syria’s future. The comments came after Assad’s forces began attacking Kurdish […]

NNA – Higher Learning and National Education Minister, Elias Bou Saab, said that differences between the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) and the Prime Minister resulted from decisions taken outside the Cabinet. Bou Saab’s stance came during a luncheon hosted in his honor by Former Minister […]

Stuck in Cold War mentality Washington regards Russia’s activities in the Middle East as a setback for the US. The White House should learn from Russia what the “realist” foreign policy means, CIA veteran Paul Pillar writes. People walk near a Syrian national flag at […]

US Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton unleashed the Daesh terror group upon the world and has no strength to roll it back, Donald Trump said Saturday at a campaign rally in Fredericksburg, Virginia. MOSCOW (Sputnik) — He went on to criticize his Democratic rival for “depleting” […]

NNA – The historical path is in the interest of Resistance at the regional and domestic levels, despite the accumulation of challenges and threats, Loyalty to the Resistance, Deputy Ali Fayyad, said during the inauguration of the 10th rural festival in south Lebanon. Fayyad added […]

The deployment of Russian bombers to the Hamadan airfield in Iran does not violate UN Security Council resolution 2231, Iranian lawyer Amir Hossein Norbakhsh told Sputnik in response to US State Department comments, adding that the US does not give Moscow and Tehran due credit […]