Fri, 2019-02-15 17:06 LONDON: Daesh’s capabilities have been destroyed and it is no longer able to detain civilians, Acting US Secretary of Defense Patrick Michael Shanahan said Friday at the Munich Security Conference. Shanahan also said that the global coalition to defeat … read more
Author: Reuters ID: 1550234334135157800 Fri, 2019-02-15 12:31 GENEVA: The new UN envoy tasked with forging peace in Syria hopes to convene a constitutional committee in Geneva “as soon as possible,” he said on Friday, without giving a firm timeframe for … read more
Author: AFP ID: 1550233344575090400 Fri, 2019-02-15 11:55 DUBAI: Yemen’s top diplomat said a “protocol error” landed him next to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a conference in the Polish capital Warsaw and that his country’s stance on the Palestinian … read more
Author: Thu, 2019-02-14 23:03 BEIRUT: Lebanon on Thursday commemorated the 14th anniversary of the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri and 21 others. Meanwhile, the country awaits the verdict of the special UN tribunal into his assassination, which is … read more
Author: Thu, 2019-02-14 22:06 WARSAW: US President Donald Trump’s senior Middle East adviser, son-in-law Jared Kushner, said on Thursday that the Trump administration would unveil its much-awaited Mideast “Deal of the Century” after the Israeli elections on April 9. Kushner … read more