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DAMASCUS, (ST)-The General Command of the Syrian Army and Armed Forces confirmed on Thursday that the Syrian air defenses repelled and destroyed most of the Israeli enemy’s missiles that targeted a number of Syrian military positions Thursday dawn.  The Command said in a statement that “the Syrian Arab army’s confrontation of the new Israeli aggression […]

President Donald Trump and his wife Melania were the first people to greet three U.S citizens released by North Korea.  The trio landed at a military airbase near Washington early on Thursday. Trump said it was a “special night for three really great people”. He also expressed his gratitude to the North Korean leader “I […]

The powerful Saudi Crown Prince has become an ally of Israel, the Israeli ambassador to Egypt has said, in the latest sign of warming relations between the two longtime enemies. David Govrin made the remarks on Tuesday at an event in the Egyptian capital to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Israeli statehood, the Israeli government’s Arabic-language Twitter […]

File photo: Andreas Solaro/AFP Antiterror police carried out raids across Italy on Thursday morning, arresting 14 people they accuse of helping fund violent extremists in Syria. The suspects belonged to two separate groups, one in Lombardy and the other in Sardinia, that are each suspected of supporting the Al-Nusra Front, a jihadist organization also known […]

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman leads a Yisrael Beytenu faction meeting at the Knesset on January 8, 2018 (Miriam Alster/Flash90) Defense minister warns Tehran: ‘If you give us rain, you will get a flood’; opposition MK calls on government to prepare for ‘broader confrontation’ Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman said Thursday morning that the IDF had destroyed […]

Zeynep Cetin from the Network against Discrimination and Islamophobia in the Berlin court on Wednesday. Photo: DPA A Berlin labour court on Wednesday found the city was right to bar a teacher who wears a Muslim headscarf from teaching primary school classes, rejecting her discrimination complaint. Justice Arne Boyer ruled that the city state’s so-called […]

FILE PHOTO: An Israeli F16 fighter jet takes off during an exercise © Amir Cohen / Reuters Some of the missiles Israel launched into Syrian territory have broken through the defenses deployed by Damascus and hit radar and air defense positions, state media outlet SANA said, citing a military source. The missile barrage, reportedly launched […]

Former Malaysian prime minister and opposition candidate Mahathir Mohamad celebrates with other leaders of his coalition during a press conference in Kuala Lumpur on early May 10, 2018. (AFP Photo) Official results from Malaysia’s national election show the opposition alliance led by the country’s former leader Mahathir Mohamad and jailed opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has […]

© John MacDougall, AFP (File photo) | French President Emmanuel Macron and Germany’s Angela Merkel tried unsuccessfully to convince Donald Trump to stick with the Iran deal. US President Donald Trump’s pullout from the Iran nuclear deal has put Europe under pressure to salvage the 2015 multilateral agreement. But does the EU have what it […]

President Donald Trump has complained often about the media and has on multiple occasions raised the possibility of taking retaliatory steps against the press. | Evan Vucci/AP Photo President Donald Trump complained Wednesday that his administration receives overwhelmingly negative coverage from network news outlets and floated the idea of pulling credentials from outlets whose reporting […]