ISIL commander believed to be behind the killing of a Lebanese police officer earlier this year was found dead in the northeastern border town of Arsal Sunday morning. The corpse of the Syrian militant, known as Abu Bakr al-Raqqawi, was found on the outskirts of Arsal in Wadi Aata, the ...
Russia has vetoed a French resolution on Syria at the UN Security Council. The document was submitted by Paris a week ago and is countered by a Russian draft resolution still to be voted on. In his statement, the Russian envoy to the UN, Vitaly Churkin, said that all of ...