Middle-east Arab News Opinion | Asharq Al-awsat

Media ID: 55384388
Caption:

Hezbollah members carry the coffin of top commander Mustafa Badreddine, who was killed in an attack in Syria, during his funeral in Beirut’s southern suburbs, Lebanon, May 13, 2016. (Reuters)

Mysterious Airstrike Targets ‘Hezbollah’ Position in Syrian Desert

by Nazeer Rida | Oct 3, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – “Hezbollah” was dealt a new blow on Monday when at least nine of its members, including a top commander, were killed only two days after 14 party members were killed in an ISIS attack. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Monday that a drone...

Media ID: 55383963
Caption:

Parading a drone in Iran. (Photo: Reuters)

Iran’s Guards Use Aerial Guided-Missile Attacks to Back Regime Troops in Syria

by Nazeer Rida | Sep 26, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut- Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard had single-handedly introduced a new weapon when taking up arms side by side by Syria’s regime against ISIS in the Badia region. Air-launched guided missile activity was registered–meanwhile, ISIS militiamen rebelled...

Media ID: 55383805
Caption:

Smoke rises from buildings in the area of Bughayliyah, on the northern outskirts of Deir ez-Zor on Sept. 13, as Syrian forces advance during their ongoing battle against ISIS.
George Ourfalian/AFP

Washington’s Allies Control Syria’s Most Important Gas Field

by Nazeer Rida | Sep 24, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut- The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the Deir Ezzor Military Council announced on Saturday that it seized the Conoco Gas Plant in the Deir Ezzor countryside after kicking out ISIS militants. Before the start of the Syrian conflict in 2011, the...

Media ID: 55383363
Caption:

Lebanese President Michel Aoun. (NNA)

Lebanese President at UN General Assembly after 3-Year Absence

by Nazeer Rida | Sep 18, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – After years of vacuum, a Lebanese president will take part in the United Nations General Assembly held in New York later this week. President Michel Aoun traveled to New York on Sunday to attend the Assembly where he will highlight Lebanon as a country of...

Media ID: 55383131
Caption:

Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri heads a session of the national dialogue, aimed at discussing ways out of a political crisis at the parliament building in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, September 9, 2015. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Berri Says Elections Should be Held Earlier than Scheduled

by Nazeer Rida | Sep 14, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut- Lebanese Speaker Nabih Berri is calling for moving the date of parliamentary elections forward, by adopting practical measures and rehabilitating the existing electoral mechanism to match the new electoral law. The Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), for its part,...