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Wissam al-Hassan’s casket. Reuters file photo

Lebanon: More Should be Done in Wissam al-Hassan’s Murder Case

by Youssef Diab | Oct 20, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut- Five years have passed since the assassination of the head of the Information Branch of the Internal Security Forces, Brigadier General Wissam al-Hassan, and judicial and security investigations still have no evidence on the identity of the perpetrators and...

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Interior Minister Nohad al-Machnouk coordinating the handover ceremony at the ISF headquarters (NNA)

Lebanese Interior Minister: Stable, Continuous Cooperation between Aoun, Hariri

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 10, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – Lebanese Interior Minister Nohad al-Machnouk said that cooperation between President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri was steady and continuous to better serve the country’s interests. The interior minister coordinated the handover of the...

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Iraqi families who were displaced by the ongoing operation by Iraqi forces against ISIS to retake Mosul. AFP

Mosul’s Escapees: A Living Hell

by Dalshad Abdullah | Nov 12, 2016 | Middle East

Mosul- After 28 months into the hardline group ISIS taking over control of Iraq’s Kokajli, east of Mosul, Ali Jassim, 56, has been able to take his first free puff of a cigarette in a very long time. Liberated by the exertions of the Iraq Security Forces and elite...

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Dust clouds from travelling Iraqi army vehicles are seen during an operation to attack ISIS, Reuters

Mosul’s Karemlash Honeycombed with Underground Tunnels, ISIS Guerrilla War Vandalism

by Dalshad Abdullah | Nov 11, 2016 | Middle East

Mosul- Kurdish Peshmerga fighters have reportedly killed 16 ISIS hardliners in Bashiqa, Nineveh. The militants had been staying at a city hideout, awaiting the opportunity to make it past Peshmerga checkpoints to join the fight in Mosul. Iraqi Security Forces units of...

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Saudi-Lebanese Cooperation Thwarts Major Drug Trafficking Operation

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 12, 2016 | Saudi Arabia

Beirut- Lebanon’s Internal Security Forces (ISF) announced Tuesday that an operation to smuggle 3.5 million Captagon pills has been foiled. The thwarted drug sneak in was completed under security collaboration among Lebanese and Saudi authorities. Lebanon’s Central...