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Syria's al-Qaida leader vows to fight on in rebel province

by Bassem Mroue - August 23, 2018 - 2:16am

The leader of Syria's al-Qaida affiliate has vowed to fight on in Idlib province, the country's last major rebel stronghold, in the face of a possible government offensive there.

Hezbollah appears to have gained in Lebanon vote

by Bassem Mroue - May 8, 2018 - 12:26am

The Iran-backed Hezbollah group and its political allies made significant gains in Sunday's parliamentary elections in Lebanon while the main Western-backed faction lost a third of its seats, according to preliminary...

Lebanon holds first elections in 9 years

by Bassem Mroue - May 6, 2018 - 2:36pm

Lebanon's polling stations opened Sunday for the first parliamentary elections in nine years, with people lining up early in the morning to take part in a vote that is fiercely contested between rival groups backed...

Syrian troops target IS tunnels, trenches in Damascus

by Bassem Mroue - April 25, 2018 - 2:38am

The Syrian government launched a new operation yesterday targeting tunnels used by the Islamic State group in the capital, state TV said, while shelling by the extremists on a government-held neighborhood left at...

Syrians displaced near capital recall years of deprivation

by Bassem Mroue - April 16, 2018 - 1:08am

Thousands of Syrians displaced by the battle for the once-lush suburbs of Damascus now find themselves in a crowded settlement, where for the first time in recent memory they have enough to eat.

Airstrikes on suburbs of Syrian capital claim more lives

by Bassem Mroue - February 25, 2018 - 2:38am

A new wave of airstrikes and shelling on eastern suburbs of the Syrian capital Damascus left at least 22 people dead and dozens wounded yesterday

Battle looms for rebel-held Syrian province after IS defeat

by Bassem Mroue - January 8, 2018 - 7:02am

Syrian government forces and allied militiamen are advancing on the largest remaining rebel-held territory in the country's north, forcing thousands of civilians to flee toward the border with Turkey in freezing...

Syria says it shot down 3 Israeli missiles near Damascus

by Bassem Mroue - December 5, 2017 - 10:18pm

Syrian air defense units shot down three Israeli missiles that were targeting a military post near the capital, Damascus, only days after the Jewish state hit a military position nearby, Syria's state news agency...

Lebanese Cardinal: PM's return home from Saudi essential

by Bassem Mroue - November 14, 2017 - 12:00am

The head of the Maronite Catholic community in Lebanon said yesterday that the return of Prime Minister Saad Hariri back home from Saudi Arabia

Lebanon: Saudi should clarify why Hariri hasn't returned

by Bassem Mroue - November 12, 2017 - 12:00am

Lebanon's president called on Saudi Arabia yesterday to clarify the reasons why the country's prime minister has not returned home since his resignation last week

Lebanese PM who resigned from Saudi Arabia visits UAE

by Bassem Mroue - November 7, 2017 - 11:05pm

In a new twist in the saga of Lebanon's prime minister who resigned over the weekend from Saudi Arabia

Syria troops capture central town recently taken by IS

by Bassem Mroue - October 21, 2017 - 10:10pm

Syrian government forces and their allies regained control yesterday of a predominantly Christian central town that sleeper cells of the Islamic State group captured late last month.

US-backed Syrian force expects Raqqa victory in 'a few days'

by Bassem Mroue - October 16, 2017 - 10:13pm

A US-backed Kurdish-led force battling the Islamic State group in Syria will be in control of Raqqa "within a few days" after attacking the last militant-held pocket of the city, a spokesman for the force said ...

US-allied forces begin final assault on IS in Syria's Raqqa

by Bassem Mroue - October 15, 2017 - 7:11pm

US-backed Syrian fighters launched an operation to retake the last Islamic State-held pocket of the northern city of Raqqa on yesterday after some 275 militants and their family members surrendered.

Al-Qaida-linked fighters launch new attack in central Syria

by Bassem Mroue - October 6, 2017 - 7:23pm

Al-Qaida-linked fighters on yesterday attacked a key central Syrian village at the crossroads between areas under government control and those controlled by insurgents, activists said.

Syrian troops close to breaking IS siege in eastern city

by Bassem Mroue - September 4, 2017 - 11:02pm

Syrian government forces and their allies are on the verge of breaking a nearly three-year siege imposed by the Islamic State group on parts of the eastern city of Deir el-Zour, opposition activists and state media...

Bomb planted by IS kills 3 Lebanese soldiers

by Bassem Mroue - August 20, 2017 - 9:16pm

Lebanon suffered its first casualties from a massive operation to drive the Islamic State group from an area along the Syrian border on yesterday when a roadside bomb killed three soldiers.

Syrian rebels leave Lebanese border area after truce deal

by Bassem Mroue - August 14, 2017 - 7:14pm

Hundreds of Syrian rebels and civilians started leaving the Lebanon-Syria border area yesterday after a deal was reached for their departure following days of delay, the media arm of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah...

Syria and monitoring group blast Turkey over civilian deaths

by Bassem Mroue - February 18, 2017 - 8:00am

The Syrian government and an opposition monitoring group condemned yesterday what they called Turkey's "crimes" against the Syrian people in the northern town of al-Bab that is controlled by the Islamic State group,...

Syrian troops, Turkey-backed forces surround IS stronghold

by Bassem Mroue - February 7, 2017 - 7:04am

Syrian pro-government forces advanced yesterday toward al-Bab, completing the encirclement of the Islamic State-held town which had been partially besieged by Turkey-backed opposition forces, state media and an activist...

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