Section: Lebanon
Iran’s Armed Forces to Give Crushing Response to US Mischief: Deputy Top Commander
Deputy Chief of Staff of Iran’s Armed Forces Brigadier General Massoud Jazzayeri warned US President Donald Trump’s administration about its moves in the region, saying that Tehran will give tough response to Washington’s uncalculated actions. General Jazzayeri’s remarks came a day after the US House of Representatives...
US House Approves New Sanctions against Iran, Russia, N Korea
The Republican-controlled US House of Representatives votes overwhelmingly to impose new sanctions against Iran, Russia and North Korea. The lower chamber of the US Congress made the move Tuesday despite opposition from US President Donald Trump. House Speaker Paul Ryan claimed that the move is essential to tighten “the screws on our most...
Kremlin: U.S. arms supplies to Ukraine would set back peace efforts
Any U.S. decision to supply Ukraine with lethal weapons would set back peace efforts and escalate tensions, the Kremlin said Tuesday …read more Source: The Daily...
US House Votes Tuesday to Sanction Russia, Iran, N. Korea
The US House of Representatives votes Tuesday to slap new sanctions against Russia, a move that limits President Donald Trump’s ability to tinker with the penalties and has also triggered uproar in Moscow and Europe. The legislation, which is the result of a congressional compromise reached at the weekend and is aimed at punishing the...
Kremlin Warns against ‘Harmful’ New US Sanctions on Russia
The Kremlin on Monday warned that new US sanctions on Russia would hit the interests of both sides as Congress gears up to approved fresh punitive measures. “We consider such a continuation of the rhetoric of sanctions counter-productive and harmful to the interests of both countries,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. In mid-June, the US...
Macron to discuss Ukraine next week with Putin, Merkel and Poroshenko
French President Emmanuel Macron will call the leaders of Russia, Germany and Ukraine on Monday to discuss the conflict in eastern Ukraine, his office said in a statement. …read more Source: The Daily...
Fighting kills 6 Ukraine soldiers in fresh spike in violence
Clashes with Russian-backed rebels left six Ukrainian soldiers dead Thursday in the bloodiest surge in fighting along the volatile frontline in recent months. …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukrainian Separatists Announce New ‘state’
Separatists fighting against Kiev announced on Tuesday the creation of a new “state” that they said would take the place of Ukraine and have its capital in their territory. The proposed country would be founded after a referendum and called Malorossiya, a tsarist-era name meaning “Little Russia” that once described most of the area covering...
Ukrainian separatists proclaim a new state
Separatists in eastern Ukraine have proclaimed a new state on the territories they control …read more Source: The Daily...
Russia Demands US Return Diplomat Compounds before Talks
The Kremlin on Monday said Washington must unconditionally restore its access to diplomatic compounds in the United States ahead of high-level talks on the issue. Russia is angry that Washington is still barring its diplomats from using two compounds in the states of New York and Maryland after then president Barack Obama in December ordered the...
