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Geagea, French envoy dwell on current juncture

NNA – Lebanese Forces leader, Samir Geagea, welcomed, at his Maarab residence on Monday, head the North Africa and Middle East Department at the French Foreign Ministry, Jérôme Bonnafont, in presence of French Ambassador to Lebanon, Emmanuel Bonne. Bonnafont reportedly conveyed to Geagea France’s concern […]

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Bassil : Lebanon is not a country

NNA – Head of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), and Foreign and Expatriates Minister, Gebran Bassil, said on Sunday that Lebanon, which was deprived of the National pact, was not a country. Bassil’s words came on Sunday in a speech during the commemoration of October […]

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Kosovo Sees Drops in Foreign Fighters to Mideast

PRISTINA/WASHINGTON — The number of fighters joining extremist groups in the Middle East from Kosovo, once the highest per capita in Europe, has come to a virtual halt, according to government officials, analysts, and ex-fighters. The turnabout comes after a government crackdown in Kosovo on […]

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Kuwait’s Emir Dissolves Parliament

Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah issued a decree Sunday dissolving the national assembly, the state-run KUNA news agency reported after an emergency government meeting. The reason cited for such move, which also brings down the government, was a “lack of cooperation”, setting the stage […]