Dhahran – by Thaer Abbas –aawsat.com– The US-led strike against Syrian regime targets on the eve of the Arab summit has mounted additional burdens on Beirut as Lebanese officials attempt to find a middle ground between Arab consensus and stances related to Syria and “Hezbollah”. It appears that Lebanon achieved its goal in obtaining an […]

The Daily Star – BEIRUT: A Russian official said that Russia will support Lebanon in returning Syrian refugees to their country, during a meeting with Lebanese President Michel Aoun in Saudi Arabia on Saturday. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister for Middle Eastern Affairs Mikhail Bogdanov said the pledge came “in light of the developments taking place,” […]

by Sonam Sheth and David Choi –businessinsider.com – President Donald Trump on Saturday praised the US military, the UK, and France for a series of military strikes on Syria that were carried out late Friday. “A perfectly executed strike last night,” Trump tweeted Saturday morning. “Thank you to France and the United Kingdom for their […]

BEIRUT, April 12 (Xinhua) — Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun condemned Thursday Israeli airstrikes in Syria, saying the country’s use of Lebanese airspace was an “attack on our sovereignty,” the National News Agency (NNA) reported. Aoun reiterated during a cabinet session an announcement made by the Foreign Ministry two days prior to that Lebanon was set […]

By Courtney Grogan Paris, France, (CNA/EWTN News).- French President Emmanuel Macron stressed the importance of a Catholic voice in the country’s political debates, particularly on bioethical issues, in an address to the French bishops April 9. “What I want to call you tonight is to engage politically in our national debate and in our European […]

Daily Star.com.lb –– BEIRUT: Lebanese Army chief Gen. Joseph Aoun met with Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah in Kuwait City Wednesday morning, thanking the leader for “continued support to Lebanon and its Army,” a Lebanese Army statement reported. Aoun is on the second and final day of an official visit to the Kuwaiti capital […]

by Jim Edwards –businessinsider.com LONDON — For years, countries have worried that a hostile foreign power might cut the undersea cables that supply the world with international internet service. At the beginning of this month we got a taste of what that might be like. An entire country — Mauritania — was taken offline for […]

(MENAFN) On Tuesday, Lebanese Ministry of Expatriates and Foreign Affairs condemned the Israeli attack on T-4 Airbase in Homs Countryside, SANA reported. The ministry re-affirmed its positions that the Lebanese airspace should not be used to attack Syria, noting that Lebanon will lodge a formal complaint to the UN Security Council. Israeli F-15 fighter jets […]

Damascus, Syria’s Air Defense reportedly shot down 5 of 8 missiles Israel launched against an airfield in Homs province, bordering Lebanon, known as T-4 airbase; however, the attack caused several dead and wounded. Two Israeli F-15 fighters targeted Syria’s T-4 airbase in Homs, the Russian field command in Syria confirmed, adding the jets fired eight […]