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U.S. troops withdrew from their largest base in northern Syria Sunday, with defense chief Mark Esper saying all American forces leaving Syria would be deployed to western Iraq to carry out anti-terrorist operations against Islamic State.
Read More »12,000 ISIS Militants in 7 Prisons in Northeastern Syria
The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced that about 12,000 suspected ISIS militants are being held in seven prisons in northeastern Syria.
Read More »US Criticizes Lebanese Government for Tolerating Hezbollah
The United States is unhappy with the Lebanese government for tolerating Hezbollah, a western diplomatic source told Asharq Al-Awsat on Tuesday.
Read More »Hezbollah dominance starts to drag on Lebanon
Relying on the legacy of his supremely connected late father, Prime Minister Saad Hariri used to repeatedly conjure solutions for Lebanon to survive economic trouble.
Read More »Tokyo's Refitted Aircraft Carriers Will Fly USMC F-35Bs Before Japan Gets Jet
When Japan’s two Izumo-class ships complete their retrofit and become proper aircraft carriers, they’ll fly US Marine Corps F-35Bs before getting Japanese versions of the advanced jet.
Read More »Top US Official in Talks With Houthi Rebels in Bid to End Yemen War Report
A senior U.S. diplomatic official reportedly said Thursday the U.S. is negotiating with the Iran-aligned Houthi rebels an in effort to end the Yemeni Civil War.
Read More »Taliban blast kills US soldier, several civilians in Kabul
A Taliban car bomb exploded and killed U.S. and Romanian service members and 10 civilians in a busy diplomatic area near the U.S. Embassy in Kabul on Thursday, the second major attack this week as the Afghan government warned that a U.S.-Taliban deal on ending America’s longest war was moving …
Read More »International Politics of Syrian Refugee Return: The Case of Lebanon
Introduction The Syrian refugee crisis has been one of the major challenges facing the Lebanese government in recent years. Since the eruption of the civil war in Lebanon in 2011, over one million Syrians, many of whom are not officially registered as refugees, have flooded the country. Given the magnitude …
Read More »US Spy Chief Dan Coats to Resign
U.S. President Donald Trump has announced his national intelligence chief, Dan Coats, is resigning after two years on the job and frequent policy clashes with the White House. Coats tendered his resignation in a letter to Trump dated Sunday. Trump tweeted Sunday that Coats will step down August 15. He …
Read More »Romania Says It Blocked A Russian Arms Shipment To Serbia
Romania has announced it has blocked a Russian military shipment to Serbia earlier this month because of international sanctions against Moscow for its actions in Ukraine. In a statement released on July 26, the Romanian Foreign Ministry said that it could not issue a transit permit for the shipment due …
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