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Month: February 2016

The North Goes South Or The South Comes North

6 years ago
The Levant News -- By Graham E. Fuller -- It does not take much imagination to see where refugees are taking the world over the longer run. This issue currently lies at the heart of some very ugly American politics. It is also tearing apart one of the noblest political experiments in human history, the […]
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How Venezuela Would Remove Its President

6 years ago
Stratfor Analysis -- With each passing day, it is becoming increasingly clear that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's term could come to an abrupt end. Both the opposition-controlled legislature and Maduro's own party are calling for him to resign to deflect public anger from the government. According to Stratfor sources, the opposition has already discussed with […]
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United Arab Emirates swears in first minister of happiness

6 years ago
THE LEVANT NEWS -- Seemingly not leaving the cheerfulness and bliss of its nation to chance, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has sworn in its first minister of happiness. Ohood al-Roumi was officially sworn in along with the rest of the Persian Gulf country’s 29-member cabinet before Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the UAE’s […]
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Russia sends fighter jets to Armenia base near Turkey

6 years ago
THE LEVANT NEWS -- The Russian Defense Ministry said Saturday that Moscow has deployed several fighter jets and a transport helicopter to Russia’s airbase in Armenia near the border with Turkey. Four fourth-generation Mikoyan MiG-29 aircraft and a number of modernized MiG-29S bombers and a Mil Mi-8MT helicopter have been sent to the base. Located […]
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Syria ceasefire talks delayed: Russia

6 years ago
THE LEVANT NEWS: Russia said U.N.-led talks planned for Saturday between major international players on establishing a ceasefire in Syria had been postponed, as wrangling dragged on between the various sides. Foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told Russian news agencies that the meeting in Geneva had been put back to an unspecified later date as […]
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US, Russia commit to further Syrian aid

6 years ago
THE LEVANT NEWS -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry spoke to his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on Saturday and the two "recommitted" themselves to continued deliveries of aid to those affected by the war in Syria, U.S. State Department spokesman John Kirby said. They also discussed the progress negotiators in Geneva are making toward […]
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Syrian army, allies advance against ISIS in eastern Aleppo

6 years ago
THE LEVANT NEWS -- BEIRUT: Syria's army and allies, backed by Russian airstrikes, recaptured 18 villages from ISIS fighters in eastern Aleppo province on Saturday, activists said. The advance extended their control of parts of a road running toward the group's stronghold of Raqqa, and built on gains made in assaults that intensified sharply earlier […]
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Lebanese Army detains 13 suspects in raids south Beirut

6 years ago
THE LEVANT NEWS -- BEIRUT: The Lebanese Army Saturday raided the whereabouts of suspects involved in an armed clash in a town south of Beirut, detaining 13 suspects. "Ten Lebanese, two Syrians and a Palestinian were arrested [during the raids] and a rifle, two guns, a quantity of light ammunition, military equipment and a number […]
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GCC backs Saudi move to halt Lebanon military aid

6 years ago
The Levant News -- BEIRUT: The Gulf Cooperation Council Saturday backed a Saudi decision to reexamine its relationship with Lebanon and halt $4 billion in security grants offered to equip the country’s army and police. “GCC countries stand by Saudi Arabia’s decision that came in response to Lebanon’s official stances,” GCC Secretary-General Abdullatif bin Rashid […]
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Lebanon Foreign Ministry rejects blame in Saudi aid row

6 years ago
THE LEVANT NEWS -- BEIRUT: Lebanon's Foreign Ministry Saturday defended itself against blame for compromising the $4 billion in Saudi military aid that was announced halted one day earlier. In a statement, the ministry, headed by Free Patriotic Movement leader Gebran Bassil, said its critics were using the incident to launch "cheap" attacks for "political […]
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How Can Turkey Overcome its Foreign policy Mess?

6 years ago
THE LEVANT NEWS -- By Graham E. Fuller -- What does Turkey need to do to overcome its present foreign policy fiasco, one of the worst in modern Turkish history? The irony of all this is that those directly responsible for this mess—the team of Recep Tayip Erdogan (now president) and Ahmet Davutoglu, (former foreign […]
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Saudi Arabia halts $4B in Lebanon security grants

6 years ago
  By Hanan Khaled for The Daily Star -- BEIRUT: Saudi Arabia has suspended two grants worth a combined total of $4 billion to the Lebanese Army and police over a political dispute, official Saudi news agency SPA reported Friday, dealing a major blow to the poorly-equipped security forces engaged in an open battle with militants. The […]
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Partisans of Allah: Jihad in South Asia

6 years ago
THE LEVANT NEWS --  by Ayesha Jalal, Partisans of Allah: Jihad in South Asia, Harvard University Press, Cambridge (Mass.), $29.95. -- Reviewed by Geoffrey Cook --   Madison (Wisc.)–With many contemporary books, I find myself merely skimming over the text.  (I think this comes from reading so much information over the computer.)  This book, by Professor […]
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Saudi Troops into Syria: The “Gates of Hell” Will Be Open in the Coming Months.. Three Possible Scenarios

6 years ago
By Elijah J. Magnier for Global Research -- There are three possible scenarios in Syria Participation of [Saudi] Arab troops  in Syria is not excluded. A high-ranking officer within the joint operations room in Damascus, which includes Russia, Iran and Syria and Hezbollah said, “ there are three possible scenarios in Syria: The first is the [Saudi] […]
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Hillary Clinton and the Syrian Bloodbath

6 years ago
By Jeffrey Sachs* --  In the Milwaukee debate, Hillary Clinton took pride in her role in a recent UN Security Council resolution on a Syrian ceasefire: But I would add this. You know, the Security Council finally got around to adopting a resolution. At the core of that resolution is an agreement I negotiated in June […]
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