A US-backed alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters said Sunday it had begun a long-awaited operation to capture the ISIL terrorist group’s de facto Syrian capital Raqa. “The major battle to liberate Raqa and its surroundings has begun,” Jihan Sheikh Ahmed, a spokeswoman for the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), said ...
Lebanese President Michel Aoun vowed Sunday that “corruption will be eradicated”, stressing that he will not allow any politician to violate the constitution as part of the “strong State” he’s willing to achieve. Addressing huge crowds who gathered at the Baadba Palace to congratulate him on his election, Aoun said ...
