Following a personal dispute between van owners for public transportation, security forces successfully reopened Aley international highway to both sides of traffic.
(update) Security forces reopen Aley international highway
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The Battle for Mosul, in One Image
By SARAH ALMUKHTAR and TIM WALLACE Raging fires and smoke marked a satellite image on Thursday of Mosul, Iraq, revealing the main thrust of the battle to retake the Islamic State stronghold. Iraqi and Kurdish forces pushed toward the city on three fronts, aided by […]
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Israel Removes Lebanese Army Barricade, Installs Spy Device
Israeli forces on Thursday removed a sand barricade erected by the Lebanese army in the Khillet al-Makhafer area on the southern border, media reports said. Lebanese troops deployed in the area after this “blatant violation of an area disputed by Lebanon on the Blue Line,” […]
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US, Russia expel each other’s diplomats in flare-up over Moscow police attack
Russia said Saturday that it had expelled two U.S. diplomats Moscow claimed were working undercover for the CIA in retaliation for Washington’s explusion of two Russians last month. The State Department announced Friday that it had expelled the two Russians on June 17, in response […]