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Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Visits the Bekaa Valley

16 December 2016

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Anne W. Patterson traveled to the Bekaa Valley today. She visited a UNHCR Informal Tented Settlement on the outskirts of Zahle, highlighting U.S. humanitarian assistance to Lebanon and Syrian refugees. While there, she met with Syrian […]

Major General Beary chairs tripartite meeting with LAF and IDF

16 December 2016

The UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Michael Beary today chaired a regular tripartite meeting with senior officials from the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) at the UN position at Ras Al Naqoura. Discussions focused on issues […]

UK, ISF partnership aims to support modern, effective and trusted police force

15 December 2016

Within the framework of the Memorandum of Understanding agreed between the ISF Director General, UK Ambassador, and the Minister of the Interior, in June 2016 for £13million, Ambassador Hugo Shorter met with the Director General of the ISF Major General Ibrahim Basbous, Head of Mobile […]

Turkey Detains More than 100 in Raids Against Pro-Kurdish Party

13 December 2016

Turkish police detained 118 pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) officials Monday over alleged links to Kurdish PKK militants, state media reported. Country-wide operations were launched after an offshoot of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) claimed responsibility for twin bombings that killed at least 38 people […]

BREAKING: Major rebel withdrawal from more Aleppo districts: activists

12 December 2016

BREAKING: Major rebel withdrawal from more Aleppo districts: activists Agence France Presse

Lebanese army says no isolation wall to surround Ain al-Hilweh

26 November 2016

The Lebanese Armed Forces issued on Friday a statement about a security wall being built around a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon. “It’s only a protective fence in some areas that don’t oversee residential regions. The military command affirms that there is no decision […]

Hizbullah Shells Nusra Militants in Arsal Outskirts, Inflicting Casualties

13 November 2016

Hizbullah fighters on Friday bombed militants from al-Nusra Front in the outskirts of the northeastern border town of Arsal, inflicting casualties, Hizbullah’s al-Manar TV reported. “Islamic Resistance jihadi fighters have targeted a gathering of Nusra Front terrorists in the Dahr al-Hawa area in the outskirts […]

Army Liberates Kidnapped Syrian Family in Masnaa

11 November 2016

An army intelligence patrol on Thursday managed to liberate five members of a Syrian family from their captors in the Bekaa border region of Masnaa, an army statement said. The kidnappers had demanded a ransom for the release of the abductees, the statement said. “A […]

Russia Extends Aleppo Cease-Fire and Urges Rebels to Leave

3 November 2016

MOSCOW — Russia said on Wednesday that it would extend a moratorium on airstrikes in the Syrian city of Aleppo until Friday to give embattled antigovernment rebels a chance to leave the city and to “avoid senseless victims” of continued fighting. Under terms of the […]

Tal Afar, West of Mosul, Becomes Center of Battle for Influence in Iraq

3 November 2016

ERBIL, Iraq — The city of Tal Afar, a former Ottoman outpost not far from Mosul that has a mostly ethnic Turkmen population and has been home to a corps of Islamic State leaders, on Saturday became the focus of a growing struggle between Turkey […]

Mosul Neighbors Enjoy a Day Without ISIS, but the Path to Peace Will Be Long

3 November 2016

Tim Arango entered the city of Mosul, Iraq, on Wednesday with Iraqi special forces soldiers. For the first time in more than two years, residents of eastern Mosul enjoyed a day without the Islamic State. As Iraqi security forces drove the muddy streets of the […]

Pentagon Expects Mosul Push to Unlock Trove of ISIS Intelligence

23 October 2016

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is sending dozens of additional intelligence analysts to Iraq to pore over a trove of information that is expected to be recovered in the offensive to recapture Mosul from the Islamic State, data that could offer new clues about possible terrorist […]