U.S. Senator Bob Corker, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, visited the northeastern border town of Arsal on Wednesday
US senator tours northeast Lebanon border town
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Offensive in Syria Aimed at Cutting off IS Supply Route
The US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group in Syria is trying to strangle it by cutting off a key supply route from Turkey. The Syrian Democratic Forces, a Kurdish-led alliance, has just launched an offensive to capture the strategic northern town of Manbij with […]
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Bassil From Rome: “To Scratch Out of Registration Lists Palestinians Who Live Outside Lebanon…”
The international community pledged $100 millionThursday to the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA Commissioner General Pierre Krahenbuhl announced following a donor summit in Rome. The extraordinary ministerial conference in the Italian capital was aimed at securing funding to make up for UNWRA’s current […]
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Will the Lebanese Cabinet be formed this Weekend?
President Michel Aoun and PM designate Hariri intensified their contacts on Friday in order for a new Cabinet to see the light soon. Minister Gebran Bassil said that the government formation process was “on the right track,” after he made a surprise visit to Prime […]