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Fighting intensifies in eastern Ghouta as UN pleads for ceasefire
February 23rd, 20180 The United Nations Security Council will vote on Friday on a draft resolution demanding a 30-day truce in Syria to allow aid deliveries and medical evacuations, but it was not immediately clear if the text had won the support of Syrian ally Russia. The vote comes as warplanes pounded eastern Ghouta, the last rebel enclave near Syria's...
Pro-Syrian government forces enters Afrin to aid Kurds against Turkey
February 23rd, 20180 ANKARA/BEIRUT — Pro-Syrian government forces entered Syria's northwestern Afrin region on Tuesday to help a Kurdish militia there fend off a Turkish assault, raising the prospect of a wider escalation of the conflict. Soon after the convoy of militia fighters - waving Syrian flags and brandishing weapons - entered Afrin, Syrian...
From Kent State to Parkland: Will America ever learn?
February 23rd, 20180 By Laurel Krause My sister Allison was shot and killed in a domestic U.S. military massacre during a lunch time antiwar protest at Kent State University on May 4, 1970. Allison was 19-years old when she was targeted for assassination. Her spirit reminds us the most heinous of all massacres is when those killed are defenseless...
Trump administration sued over detention of immigrant children
February 23rd, 20180 NEW YORK — On Tuesday, A New York civil rights group sued Trump administration officials over what it called prolonged detention of immigrant children, blaming recent shifts in U.S. government policy for keeping children locked up without cause. The New York Civil Liberties Union, which filed the lawsuit in Manhattan federal court,...
Students protest over gun laws, Trump suggests arming teachers
February 23rd, 20180 WASHINGTON / TALLAHASSEE, FL — Students galvanized by the deadly mass shooting at a Florida high school confronted lawmakers on Wednesday with demands to restrict sales of assault rifles, while President Trump suggested arming teachers as a way to stop more rampages. The unprecedented lobbying effort by groups of teenagers and...
Westland Mayor Bill Wild seeks Conyers’ seat
February 23rd, 20180 Westland Mayor Bill Wild has thrown his hat in the race to replace former Congressman John Conyers in the 13th Congressional District. Wild said in a statement by his campaign he hopes to bring to Congress more than 20 years of experience as a public servant, having served about 85,000 residents as Westland's mayor since 2007 and...
Hundreds attend Sam Baydoun’s first fundraiser in bid for Wayne County Commission
February 23rd, 20180 I want to give back to all of you. I truly believe that there is no greater calling than public service. I want the opportunity to fight for you. DEARBORN — More than 500 people attended the first fundraising dinner for long-time real estate broker Sam Baydoun, who recently announced his bid for the Wayne County Commission seat being...
U.S. Senate race in Michigan: Four Republicans and one Independent challenge Stabenow
February 23rd, 20180 By Farah Harb Four Republicans and one Independent are competing to replace U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), who is running for re-election this year. The primary election will take place on August 7 and the general election will take place on November 6. The Democratic incumbent Debbie Stabenow Stabenow has been a U.S. senator...
Lebanese security generals visit Dearborn, exchange community policing and court practices
February 23rd, 20180 DEARBORN – On Thursday, the local Lebanese community held a ceremony honoring three Lebanese generals of the county’s Internal Security Forces at the Greenfield Manor, attended by community leaders as well as city, state and law enforcement officials. General Mohamad Al-Ayoubi, commander of the Beirut Police Department; General...
Lebanon arrests former ISIS financial official, operative
February 21st, 20180 BEIRUT — Lebanese intelligence arrested a man on Wednesday they believe was a financial official for ISIS in Syria, a security source said. The Syrian, arrested in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, was responsible for collecting money for the militant group in Albu Kamal, a city in eastern Syria, before ISIS was expelled from...
Syria pro-government enters Afrin to aid Kurds against Turkey
February 20th, 20180 ANKARA/BEIRUT - Pro-Syrian government forces entered Syria’s northwestern Afrin region on Tuesday to help a Kurdish militia there fend off a Turkish assault, raising the prospect of a wider escalation of the conflict. Soon after the convoy of militia fighters - waving Syrian flags and brandishing weapons - entered Afrin, Syrian...
Yemeni American teacher alleging she was fired because of hijab sues Melvindale schools
February 20th, 20181 MELVINDALE, Mich. — WXYZ Channel 7 reports that a fifth grade teacher could have been forced out because she wears a hijab. A lawsuit was filed last week against Melvindale/Northern Allen Park School District. Amirah Mosed, the teacher, alleges she was mistreated while working at Allendale Elementary School, saying she was...
Donor meeting on Lebanon economy set for April 6 in Paris
February 20th, 20180 BEIRUT — A major donor meeting aimed at gathering support for Lebanon’s economy will take place on April 6 in Paris, a Lebanese government source said on Tuesday. The Cedre conference, also known as Paris IV, will be one of three international meetings due this year at which Lebanon will seek support for its economy and army, and...
Egyptian firm to buy $15 billion of Israeli natural gas
February 20th, 20180 TEL AVIV - An Egyptian company will buy $15 billion of Israeli natural gas in two 10-year agreements announced on Monday, a major deal that Israel hopes will strengthen diplomatic ties. The partners in Israel’s Tamar and Leviathan offshore gas fields said they would supply the private Egyptian firm Dolphinus Holdings with around 64...
Students plan rallies, Washington march, to demand stronger gun laws after mass shooting
February 19th, 20180 PARKLAND, Fla. - Stunned by the deadliest high school shooting in U.S. history, students mobilized across the country on Sunday to organize rallies and a national march in support of stronger gun laws, challenging politicians they say have failed to protect them. Students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where a former student......
Driver of van slated to be in Trump motorcade detained for having gun
February 19th, 20180 PALM BEACH, Fla. — The driver of a van carrying journalists covering President Trump was detained on Monday after Secret Service officials found a gun in his bag during a security sweep before the vehicle was to drive onto the president’s Florida property. The Secret Service said no one had been put in danger. The male driver told...
U.N. Security Council mulls Saudi praise for Yemen aid pledge
February 16th, 20180 UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations Security Council is considering a British proposal to praise Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates for pledging nearly $1 billion to ease Yemen’s humanitarian crisis, even as U.N. experts accuse a Saudi-led military coalition of using “the threat of starvation as an instrument of war” in......
‘Qoudud’ returns to war-torn Aleppo
February 16th, 20180 ALEPPO, Syria — Traditional musicians in Syria's Aleppo say their art is flourishing again 13 months after fighting in the city ended, as new students learn the techniques of "Qoudud" singing. At the National Choral Institute in Aleppo, singing coach Ahmed Kedah said he has between 30 and 50 pupils, including both school children...
U.N.: Bombs will litter Mosul for years
February 16th, 20180 GENEVA — The Iraqi city of Mosul will remain sprinkled with unexploded bombs for a decade, endangering a million or more civilians who want to return home following the end of three years of ISIS occupation, a U.N. demining expert said. Pehr Lodhammar, a senior program manager at the U.N. Mine Action Service (UNMAS) said the...
Lebanon rejects Tillerson’s border proposal, characterization of Hezbollah
February 16th, 20180 BEIRUT — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson warned Lebanon on Thursday that Hezbollah's growing arsenal and involvement in regional conflicts threatened Lebanon's security. Speaking alongside Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri in a Beirut news conference, Tillerson also said the United States was engaging with Lebanon and Israel...
Damascus warns Israel of ‘more surprises’ in Syria
February 16th, 20180 DAMASCUS — Israel will face "more surprises" should it again attack Syrian territory, Damascus said on Tuesday, after Syria's air defenses shot down an advanced Israeli warplane during the fiercest flare-up between the old foes in 36 years. The F-16 jet was hit over northern Israel on Saturday as it returned from a raid on a Syrian......
Poll: More Israelis believe bribery charges against Netanyahu, but want him to stay
February 16th, 20180 TEL AVIV — Almost half of Israel's electorate believe the Israeli police, who say they have gathered evidence against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and called for him to be charged with bribery, a poll showed on Wednesday. A police statement on Tuesday said enough evidence had been found for the 68-year-old Israeli...
America mourns, prays and does nothing to address gun violence
February 16th, 20180 The thunderous hail of bullets is always followed by the silence of a nation that cannot bring itself to do anything besides offer ineffective hopes and prayers. Once again, a place for education and advancement has become a scene of horror and fear in America. It is unacceptable that any American should have to endure the terror and......
White House rejects bipartisan Senate immigration plan
February 16th, 20180 WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Thursday, the White House rejected a bipartisan Senate proposal to protect young "Dreamer" immigrants and tighten border security, saying it would weaken enforcement of current law and produce a flood of illegal immigration. Ahead of expected Senate votes, the White House said advisers would recommend that...
Federal Appeals Court: Trump travel ban unlawfully discriminates against Muslims
February 16th, 20180 WASHINGTON — President Trump's travel ban targeting people from six Muslim-majority countries violates the U.S. Constitution by discriminating on the basis of religion, a federal appeals court ruled on Thursday in another legal setback for the policy. The Richmond, Virginia-based Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, on a 9-4 vote,......
