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Month: February 2016

Clinton to Donor: In Next War, I’ll Let Israel Kill 200,000, Not Just 2,000, Gazans

7 years ago
THE LEVANT NEWS -- by  Boaz Bulbulovitz -- Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton has penned a controversial letter to a major Jewish donor vowing to offer Israel “total” support in its next confrontation with the Gaza Strip’s Islamist rulers. The leaked letter, sent last week to Israeli-American media mogul Haim Saban, promises to allow Israel carte blanche in […]
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NATO—America’s Misguided Instrument of Leadership

7 years ago
THE LEVANT NEWS -- By Graham E. Fuller -- On the world scene, America is a declining power. This decline is in part domestic and self-inflicted, reflecting a certain weariness and neglect of our social order. No amount of huffing and puffing from politicians will significantly change this decline.   But the decline is also relative, […]
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Arab Military Forces to Take on ISIS: More Questions With No Answers

7 years ago
By Gary A. Grappo --  Offers by Saudi Arabia and the UAE to deploy forces in the fight against the Islamic State raise more questions than answers about the direction of the conflict. Saudi Arabia recently announced that the kingdom was prepared to dispatch ground forces to Syria to fight the Islamic State (IS). Days after the […]
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How Did The Yazidi Release their Hostages From ISIS Grip?

7 years ago
THE LEVANT NEWS EXCLUSIVE – By Jassim Muhammad* -- The American “Wall Street Journal” has mentioned that ransom monies collected by Extremist groups in the Middle East, North Africa, and USA are estimated at $120 million from 2012 to 2014 and that Yemen's al Qaeda branch alone has collected at least $20 million. In one […]
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US: Saudi Arabia offers greater role in air war on ISIS

7 years ago
THE LEVANT NEWS -- BRUSSELS: Saudi Arabia has decided to increase its military contributions to the campaign against ISIS, including offering to expand its role in the air campaign, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter's spokesman said on Thursday after bilateral talks. Carter met Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who is also the country's defense […]
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Iran's windfall from nuclear deal cut in half by debts: U.S. official

7 years ago
THE LEVANT NEWS -- Iran gained access to about $100 billion in frozen assets when an international nuclear agreement was implemented last month, but $50 billion of it already was tied up because of debts and other commitments, a U.S. official said on Thursday. Stephen Mull, the State Department's lead coordinator for implementing the international […]
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Russia drops aid on besieged Syrian city

7 years ago
THE LEVANT NEWS -- DAMASCUS: Russian cargo planes have delivered humanitarian aid to government-held neighborhoods in Syria's eastern Deir al-Zor city, activists said Thursday. They carried out the air drops on areas besieged by ISIS on Wednesday, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. State news agency SANA quoted a Syrian Arab Red Crescent official […]
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Hezbollah kills "Nusra" fighter in northeast Lebanon

7 years ago
attacked a gathering of Nusra Front militants on Lebanon's northeastern border Thursday, the party's Al-Manar television and other media said, killing one and wounding three others. The attack occured in the area of Wadi al-Kheil on the outskirts of Arsal, Al-Manar said in a newsflash. No other details of the attack were made available. Hezbollah […]
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Kerry wants 'all or nothing' truce at Syria talks

7 years ago
MUNICH/BEIRUT | BY JOHN IRISH AND SULEIMAN AL-KHALIDI for Reuters -- Major powers were beginning a new round of Syria peace talks on Thursday focusing on calls for a ceasefire and access for humanitarian aid. But with the Syrian opposition saying it cannot accept a truce in the current climate because it does not trust […]
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Russia raises spectre of 'world war' if nations fail to negotiate over Syria

7 years ago
THE LEVANT NEWS -- MUNICH: Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said all powers must sit at the negotiating table to forge an end to the war in Syria "instead of unleashing a new world war". "The Americans and our Arab partners must think well: do they want a permanent war?" Medvedev told Germany's Handelsblatt newspaper, […]
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Qatar to treat drunk World Cup fans 'very gently'

7 years ago
THE LEVANT NEWS -- Qatar may set up special courts for the 2022 football World Cup to deal with drunk and disorderly fans "very gently", the head of the tournament's organising committee has revealed. Hassan al-Thawadi, secretary-general of the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy, spoke of how the country planned to handle the 500,000 […]
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Al-Abadi warns against 'dangerous escalation' in Syria

7 years ago
Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi has called for a political solution to the Syrian crisis, cautioning against the deployment of ground troops as "a dangerous escalation". Abadi's comments seem to be aimed at Sunni Arab countries that have said they were prepared to enter the fray. Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said on Wednesday his country […]
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Will the EU really fence off one of its own members?

7 years ago
  By Tania Karas for REUTERS THE LEVANT NEWS -- IDOMENI, Greece — The European Union’s weakest link could become an open-air refugee camp if some European leaders get their way. Amid concerns that Greece is failing to protect Europe’s external frontier, calls have grown louder to quarantine it by helping Macedonia seal its southern […]
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Saudi Arabia's offer to fight ISIS in Syria comes with uncertainty

7 years ago
THE LEVANT NEWS — Saudi Arabia's offer to send troops to fight the Islamic State group in Syria is as much about the kingdom's growing determination to flex its military might as it is about answering U.S. calls for more help from its allies in the Middle East. A Saudi deployment runs the potentially explosive risk […]
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Saudi Arabia Says It Shot Down Missile Fired From Yemen

7 years ago
  THE LEVANT NEWS -- RIYADH: Saudi Arabia says it has shot down a ballistic missile fired from Yemen as a police officer was killed by cross-border fire. Saudi officials made the announcement Tuesday, saying the missile targeted the kingdom's southern Jizan province. It said it later targeted the missile's launch site inside of Yemen. Meanwhile, […]
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