by Nazeer Rida, Youssef Diab and Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 23, 2017 | Middle East
Beirut, London- The US-led international coalition against ISIS conducted on Tuesday night an airdrop of US forces and local allied fighters near the city of Tabqa in the northern province of Raqqa, opening a new front in the operation aimed at recapturing the...
by Nazeer Rida, Youssef Diab and Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 10, 2016 | Middle East
Beirut, Geneva- All eyes late on Friday evening were still turned towards Geneva awaiting the concluding statement of the meeting bringing together U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov. The two diplomats have been trying to land...
by Nazeer Rida, Youssef Diab and Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 2, 2016 | Middle East
Beirut, Geneva-U.N. Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura announced in Geneva on Thursday his decision to present a new “political initiative” on Syria to the U.N. General Assembly meeting this month, but refused to reveal its details. The U.N. envoy said he...
