Politics

Russia’s defense ministry has warned the U.S. against striking Assad’s forces in Syria—in particular, launching “any missile or air strikes on the territory controlled by the Syrian government,” adding Russia’s air defense systems will respond immediately despite not knowing where airstrikes come from. That word […]

BEIRUT: The Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) urged Wednesday rival political factions to facilitate former Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s efforts to end the presidential vacuum as the Maronite church reiterated its opposition to Speaker Nabih Berri’s call for a comprehensive political deal prior to the election […]

NNA – Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Minister, Gebran Bassil, on Tuesday utterly refused any set of conditions in return for the election of a President. “Every condition that has been set to elect a president has been countered with Bkerke’s objection,” Bassil said in the […]

BEIRUT: The Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) and the Lebanese Forces (LF), Lebanon’s major Christian parties, opposed Tuesday tying the election of president to a comprehensive political settlement that includes an agreement over a new electoral law and the make-up of the upcoming Cabinet. FPM President […]

The Russian Foreign Ministry says the United States’ decision to halt talks on a ceasefire in Syria is regrettable. “We regret this decision by Washington to curtail the work of the specialist groups in Geneva to withdraw their experts and to limit contacts only to […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday suspended a treaty with Washington on cleaning up weapons-grade plutonium, signaling he is willing to use nuclear disarmament as a new bargaining chip in disputes with the United States over Ukraine and Syria. Starting in the last years of […]

President Barack Obama’s administration has done its outmost to destroy the atmosphere of trust between Russia and the United States, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement Monday. “The Obama administration did everything to destroy the atmosphere of trust which could foster [bilateral] cooperation,” […]

Opinion Lebanon The Al Hariri family’s quarter-of-a-century-long dominance of the political leadership of Lebanon’s Sunni community is coming under threat because of waning support from the dynasty’s principal external sponsor, Saudi Arabia—a development that might lead to a new round of Lebanese political strife. The […]

The US Central Intelligence Service stands behind the targeting of the UN humanitarian convoy near Aleppo, according to the statement of Syria’s Defense Ministry. MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Syria’s Defense Ministry believes the recent attack on the UN humanitarian convoy near the city of Aleppo was […]