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Lebanon donor conference raises billions

Paris (AFP) - International donors pledged $11 billion in low-interest loans and aid for Lebanon at a conference in Paris on Friday to try to avert an economic crisis in a country hard hit by the fallout from the Syrian war. Lebanon's growth has plummeted due to political instability,...

Regime artillery pounds Daraa despite de-escalation deal

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime army on Friday has pounded the opposition-held neighborhoods of Daraa city with heavy artillery in a series of repeated violations to the "de-escalation zone" deal, activists said. The ground bombardment on the Old City of Daraa has followed a week of...

How a secret Russian airlift helps Assad

In a corner of the departures area at Rostov airport in southern Russia, a group of about 130 men, many of them carrying overstuffed military-style rucksacks, lined up at four check-in desks beneath screens that showed no flight number or destination. When a Reuters reporter asked the...

US policy toward fighting Daesh in Syria unchanged: general

The director of the Pentagon's Joint Staff said Thursday that U.S. military policy toward fighting Daesh (ISIS) militants in Syria remains the same following discussions with President Donald Trump this week. "We've always thought that as we reach finality against ISIS [Daesh] in Syria...