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US, Russia on road to final collision

Thursday, 03 November 2016 6:22 AM [ Last Update: Thursday, 03 November 2016 6:24 AM ]

Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) meets with his US counterpart Barack Obama on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hangzhou on September 5, 2016. (Photo by AFP)

These are some of the headlines we are tracking for you in this episode of On the News Line:

US Russia on a collision course

Tensions between the US and Russia: their relation has hit such a low, that it's beyond a Cold War. US presidential hopeful Hilary Clinton has pledged to set up a no-fly zone in Syria. The Russian Ministry of Defense has warned that there may be no time for any hot-line discussions with the Americans about stealth aircraft or incoming missiles. No time for talks, meaning anything in the air will be shot down, bringing the two nuclear powered nations ever closer to a confrontation.

Lebanon's new face

The power vacuum in Lebanon has ended with the election of the leader of the Christian Free Patriotic Movement party as president. Michel Aoun secured the votes of 83 out of 127 MPs at parliament, capping a political impasse which dragged on for over two years. Aoun is a strong ally of Lebanon’s resistance movement Hezbollah and his election is seen as a disappointment for Israel and Saudi Arabia, two enemies of what is known as the axis of resistance of which Hezbollah is a main pillar. Aoun was earlier endorsed by leader of the pro-Saudi political party March 14 Saad Hariri.

Yemen heading tor partition

No end is in sight for the crisis in Yemen : The country’s former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi has said 'no' to a peace proposal put forward by Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, the UN special envoy for Yemen. The details of the plan have not been made public, but according to some sources, it gives Yemen’s Ansarullah movement and its allies a share in the country’s future government. The serious disagreement between forces loyal to Hadi and the Ansarullah movement has sparked fears over Yemen’s possible partition. Two parallel institutions in Sana’a and Aden are in the making which may end up partitioning of the country.

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