Politics

NNA – MP Atef Majdalani wished on Tuesday all political parties would agree on assigning the presidency of the expected Senate to be founded to the Orthodox sect which comes fourth in population after the Sunnite, Shiite and Maronite sects. The MP pointed out that […]

Well this is a little awkward. Following John Kerry’s “seeking cooperation” apology tour to Moscow, President Obama appears to be following the path that Donald Trump has suggested as Military.com reports, Obama said Thursday at the Pentagon that The United States must try to broker […]

NNA – MP Anwar EL-Khalil considered, on Sunday, that the “presidential vacuum has caused negative repercussions affecting all institutions in the country,” adding that “the Lebanese Army and military institutions alone are capable of preserving the State’s image and authority.” Khalil’s words came during the […]

NNA – Member of the Loyalty to the Resistance bloc, MP Hassan Fadlallah, underscored the importance of Hezbollah’s involvement in the combat in Syria, saying that his party provides stability and constitutes a protective umbrella for Lebanon. Fadlallah’s words came Sunday during a political rally […]

BEIRUT: The U.N. says it wants to resume Syria peace talks in late August, but more than five years after anti-government protests erupted in 2011, the country is still consumed by fighting. Aleppo, Syria’s largest city and once its commercial hub, is the focal point […]

Three civilians who tried to flee a rebel-controlled area of Aleppo via a humanitarian corridor were captured and executed, the Russian Ministry of Defense said, adding that Al-Nusra and Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) terrorists in the area are trying to break free of the […]

115 SHARES Twitter Facebook Reddit With Iran back in the headlines once again thanks to the US government’s shady cash payments surrounding the nuclear deal and hostage release, we thought it worth considering the warnings of GeoStrategic Analysis’ Dr. Peter Huessy: Iran seeks to do […]

WASHINGTON: After a slow start, it appears increasingly likely that the Obama administration will hit its goal of admitting 10,000 Syrian refugees into the United States before the end of September. State Department figures show that 2,340 Syrian refugees arrived last month in the United […]

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is still pursuing an agreement with Russia on military cooperation in the fight against Islamic State in Syria despite major setbacks and skepticism from other administration officials and U.S. allies, U.S. officials with knowledge of the talks said on […]