Lebanese President Michel Aoun is to start on Wednesday parliamentary consultations aimed at choosing a new prime minister. Aoun, who was elected on Monday a new head of state, will begin consultations with lawmakers over their choice for prime minister. Aoun will hold talks with former prime ministers: Tammam Salam, ...
Elite Iraqi forces were poised Tuesday for a first push into Mosul, after the prime minister warned terrorist groups who hold the city have no choice but to surrender or die. Forces from Iraq’s Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) were fighting the so-called ‘Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’ (ISIL) in ...
