President Michel Aoun said that he might call for parliamentary consultations to name a new premier on Thursday or Friday if the parties concerned respond positively to the proposals, as he warned protesters against continued blocking of roads and state institutions. “The consultations might be held Thursday or Friday pending ... Read More »
A $5 billion demand to meet the cost of hosting American troops, and tensions between Seoul and Tokyo that threaten to undercut regional cooperation are set to top the agenda when senior U.S. defense officials visit South Korea this week. U.S. President Donald Trump’s insistence Seoul take on a greater ... Read More »
Fighting corruption should be Lebanon’s priority, Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah said Monday, saying the party was ready to cooperate with the judiciary in cases involving its members. “If there is any case related to a Hezbollah official, I urge you to start with us, and I guarantee Hezbollah’s respect,” ... Read More »
Israeli occupation targeted Islamic Jihad Palestinian resistance officials in two separate attacks early Tuesday morning, killing a commander in Gaza and an official’s son in Syria. Islamic Jihad said the commander, Baha Abu al-Atta, as well as his wife were martyred in the attack in Gaza, which the Israeli military ... Read More »
Discovery follows tense summer of mysterious attacks on oil tankers and Saudi oil facilities that US blamed on Iran Iran has discovered a new oil field in the country’s south with an estimated 50 billion barrels of crude oil, its president said. The find could boost the country’s proven reserves ... Read More »
Two civilians were martyred and ten others were injured on Tuesday due to the hostile targeting of a residential building in Mezza area in Damascus. A military source said that at 04:14 of Tuesday dawn, November 12, 2019, Israeli warplanes flying over the occupied Galilee fired three missiles towards Damascus ... Read More »
Speaker Berri announced the decision during a televised news conference on Monday Speaker Nabih Berri announced Monday that the parliamentary session, planned for Tuesday, has been postponed until the 19th for security reasons. The agenda for the meeting, however, will remain unchanged. On a televised TV interview .. he ... Read More »
Russia has deployed military helicopters to patrol an area near Syria’s border with Turkey in order to help protect Russia military police working on the ground, the Interfax news agency said on Friday. Turkish and Russian forces are holding joint patrols in northeastern Syria to monitor an agreement struck by ... Read More »
Beijing could resort to military conflict with self-ruled Taiwan to divert domestic pressure if a slowdown in the world’s second largest economy amid trade war threatens the legitimacy of the Chinese Communist Party, the island’s foreign minister has said. As Taiwan’s presidential elections approach in January, China has stepped up ... Read More »
State and defence departments wanted military aid restored, but the Greenland issue ‘took up a lot of energy’, new testimony reveals After the White House cut off military aid to Ukraine, Donald Trump’s top officials scrambled to get it restored but were unable to organise a meeting with the ... Read More »
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